They’ll never take our freedom! – Weeknote #277 – 21st June 2024

I was in London for most of the week, attending meetings, going to a roundtable, working in the office and undertaking field research.

This Wonkhe article was interesting in that the argument was that universities should prepare for less autonomy in exchange for a more secure future. Will universities be willing to sacrifice their independence for financial security?

I attended an expert roundtable on funding hosted by UUK in London to support a report they will be publishing in September. Quite a limited conversation due to the limited time available and the limited timeframe for the report (next six weeks) and the purpose of the report which is to influence incoming government about external support HE sector needs. It was interesting to reflect that in some areas of the sector, there is still limited imagination on what needs to happen (fix a broken model), though there are other institutions who are already looking at how they can transform their operating model.

Attended a meeting about the Intelligent Campus Maturity Tool. Hopefully soon I will be able to publish some of the ideas we have for this tool. I have been working on the Intelligent Campus Maturity Tool competency statements, in the main covering the campus and technology.

This tweet made me smile

I’m increasingly of the view that the reason for The Great Silence is that civilisations are inevitably crushed by the weight of nobheads shortly after inventing the internet.

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