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Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores:
The University continues to make a sizeable surplus.
What financial pressures exist are significantly due to spiralling depreciation from irresponsible capital spending.
Management continues to use misleading metrics to justify a harmful narrative.
Firing staff will undermine financial strengths, as well as undermine the University’s academic mission.
Behind management’s latest moves: large scale compulsory redundancies coming soon
With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line
A repurposed UoE: what might management’s dream university look like?
Behind management plans to shift towards a downsized, standardised and (even) more commercial university
More money than ever for buildings, while threatening compulsory redundancies
University management is planning to spend more money on capital expenditure this year (2024-25) and again next year (2025-26) than in any year in the past decade, while continuing to threaten compulsory redundancies.
Reckless downsizing: the “logics” of management’s cuts
Unpacking the “business model” behind the plans to restructure the University of Edinburgh
“Cutting Revenue” is Not the Way to Solve Financial Pressures
We should be clear: when we write that they are “manufacturing a crisis”, our emphasis is just as much on the crisis as the manufacturing.
Cuts Could Kill Our University
University management is courting a death spiral, where cuts in the name of sustainability actually undermine that which they are meant to save.
No Compulsory Redundancies at The University Of Edinburgh!
Management Is Manufacturing a ‘Financial Crisis’ to Impose Staff Cuts
Misleading and Partial Data in Management’s “Crisis” Narrative
A number of management’s claims on UoE finances appear to overstate costs and understate the contribution that staff make…
Is the University of Edinburgh’s management financially prudent? No!
In this blog, we describe why we believe management’s approach to the budget is wrong.
Dire Financial Straits at UoE? NO!
Are things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers!