Creativity campaign to attack red tape: 'Constrained' academics demand freedom to think amid growing bureaucracy

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A national campaign for a 'creativity movement' is planned in order to defend academic creativity against red tape and confrontationist managers. Establishment of a national creativity network of academics backed by support and action groups is recommended to resist their helplessness against the prevalent audit culture, and to take free-thinking and intellectual risks in teaching and research.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Bureaucracy, Learned institutions and societies, Learned societies, Educational aspects

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Barnsley lad not a 'leather sofa' type

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John Coyne, new vice-chancellor of Derby University, discusses his approach to university management. Coyne contends that everything he does needs to be driven primarily by the quality of the student experience and then, secondarily, to inform any decisions that need to be made through the gathering and analysis of the best information available.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Colleges and universities, Officials and employees, Universities and colleges, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Interview, Company business management, Coyne, John

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Whistleblowers: Bilston chaos continues

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Questions exist over the Further Education Funding Council's handling of the closure of Bilston Community College after studying their accounts. Although allegations of funds mismanagement have been denied, auditors are still investigating.

Community colleges

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