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Martin Mills

Articles by Martin Mills

Person's reflection in pond, with their body missing. To illustrate the sense of grief brought on by the large numbers of job cuts across higher education in the UK

The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line

Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected 쭯 and, indeed, across the sector in general? Four scholars give their takes

Martin Mills

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Concept of a building with columns, windows, and the basic structure falling down to illustrate Why UK universities are really going broke

Charity cases: Why UK universities are really going broke

The redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial public benefit needs to be supported by profit-making activity, argues Martin Mills

Martin Mills

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Universities torn between two masters

Trying to serve students and society puts academe under unbearable strain, says Martin Mills

Martin Mills

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