[Geo4All] Anti-Cori.jruption in UK universities

[Andrea Giacomelli]

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Il dom 9 ago 2026, 8:35 PM Suchith Anand via GeoForAll <
geoforall at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> The University of Greater Manchester vice-chancellor suspended last year
> over allegations of financial mismanagement and other misconduct has been
> sacked from his post. Details at
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j19yx4026o
>
>
> Are UK universities doing enough to monitor internal fraud or financial
> misconduct?
>
>
> UK universities should enforce strict anti-corruption measures under the
> UK Bribery Act 2010.
>
>
> UK universities would do well to learn from the mistakes of Australian and
> Canadian institutions foolish enough to engage with corporate consultants
> Nous etc. These companies promises of efficiency and savings have
> ultimately proven costly and incredibly damaging to higher education,
> staff and students.
>
>
> “Nousferatu”: Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from
> universities? Details at
> https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714413.2023.2290972#d1e114
>
>
> ‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities
>
>
> https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education/2025/06/14/mind-boggling-stupidity-the-consultancy-that-captured-universities
>
>
> "Campus Chaos" on Australian ABC is a must watch for anyone working in a
> UK university - sobering to see what is going on in Australian
> Universities, and how inflated VC and executive salaries, institutional
> opacity, and terrible advice from consulting firms has led to needless job
> and course cuts in many Australian universities. This is essentially
> vandalism of an essential social good. Working at the University of Exeter
> where over 500 of my academic colleagues were notified in June 2026 that
> they are at risk of redundancy , the revelations in this documentary are
> familiar.
>
>
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/campus-chaos/106513874
>
>
> Please sign our petition to defend Humanities and Social Science. Over
> 35,000 have signed the petition to stop redundancies at the University of
> Exeter. Details at
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2026-July/006684.html
>
>
> I request the UK government to investigate the role of consultancy firms
> involved in advising the university senior managements on ‘restructuring’
> and senior university management of many UK universities taking significant
> pay rises and bonuses.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
> On 5 Aug 2026, at 13:19, Suchith Anand  wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> According to the Guardian article dated  8 July 2026 , three people have
> been arrested as part of an investigation into financial crimes involving
> the University of Greater Manchester, including allegations of fraud,
> bribery and money laundering.
>
> Details at
> https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/08/three-arrested-investigation-university-of-greater-manchester
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ly5550jkxo
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/04/regulators-inquiry-university-greater-manchester-fraud-claims
>
> These news on alleged financial irregularities at the University of
> Greater Manchester raises questions on the governance and financial
> structures in UK Higher Education.
>
> This also raises some serious questions of the Office for Students and why
> they didn't catch any of this?
>
> The police only got involved thanks to some good local investigative
> journalism. Let's protect actual journalism, and let's change the
> governance & funding system of UK Higher Education.
>
> What does Andy Burnham’s promise to transfer power from Westminster to
> local communities mean for academic communities?
>
> This article *“UK devolution must extend to its authoritarian
> universities”* published in Times Higher Education  might be of interest.
> Institutions whose managers are unaccountable to their staff can never be
> truly civic universities, says Krzysztof Nawratek. Details at
>
> https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-devolution-must-extend-its-authoritarian-universities
>
> This article on *“A Co-operative Future for Britain’s Universities?*” by
> Dr Michael Paraskos might be of interest. Details at
>
> https://party.coop/2026/07/03/a-co-operative-future-for-britains-universities/
>
> This book  launched in July 2026 titled “*Corrupted Kingdom: Britain’s
> Disappearing Integrity – and How We Can Get It Back” * by Professor
> Robert Barrington (Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the University
> of Sussex) might be of interest. Details at
> https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-for-study-of-corruption/index
>
> The UK's universities are facing an unprecedented crisis. Across the
> sector, thousands of jobs are being lost, departments are shrinking, and
> research capacity is being eroded. I request the UK government to
> investigate the role of consultancy firms involved in advising the
> university senior managements on ‘restructuring’ and senior university
> management of many UK universities taking significant pay rises and bonuses
> throughout a worsening national economic situation.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Suchith
>
> Professor Suchith Anand
> Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments
> and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science
> Diplomacy |  SDG Volunteer and Advocate
> https://spspa.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?username=sa1131
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