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University of Sussex academic moves on

12:40pm Sunday 21st March 2010 in


An academic at the University of Sussex is moving on.

Paul Layzell, the deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Sussex, has been appointed as the new head of Royal Holloway, University of London.

Professor Layzell, who moved to Sussex in 2006 and was responsible for the plan to save £5 million from the university’s budget in 2010-11, said he was “delighted and privileged” to take up the post.

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Comments(8)

corruptive says...
1:15pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Typical, he swans off with his golden handshake to destroy some other lives and not have to live with the mess he made.

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taskforce says...
2:25pm Sun 21 Mar 10

This is endemic of the management culture that has grown up around highly paid executives these days

its what leads to the insane short-termism that you are seeing at Sussex, where management are slashing and burning the university's traditionally strong areas in favour of short term profitable rubbish like business management

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Granny says...
2:43pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Cannot see anything in the article referring to a golden handshake!

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corruptive says...
3:41pm Sun 21 Mar 10

No you can't, Granny - that's because it's not an "article", it's just a cut-and-pasted press release, which Tim Ridgeway found in his Inbox. You don't seriously think Tim was out 'snooping', ear-to-the-ground, and uncovered this story by himself, do you?

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MarcoPolo says...
4:54pm Sun 21 Mar 10

Man gets new job - of what possible relevance is this to the current issues at Sussex?

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taskforce says...
10:12pm Sun 21 Mar 10

MarcoPolo: If you had been following events at all you'd know that Layzell was largely responsible for the incompetent plans that have been drawn up. Indeed, on the very day that he left his post at Sussex, this very newspaper had a column from this very man in their two page spread on the strike defending the proposals and attacking staff.

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MarcoPolo says...
10:21pm Sun 21 Mar 10

taskforce wrote:
MarcoPolo: If you had been following events at all you'd know that Layzell was largely responsible for the incompetent plans that have been drawn up. Indeed, on the very day that he left his post at Sussex, this very newspaper had a column from this very man in their two page spread on the strike defending the proposals and attacking staff.
Wrong. The plans were not the work of one man. These were complex decisions and involved lots of people and lots of consultation. The naive love a bogeyman - academics should know better.

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Tabitha Rohrer says...
10:00am Wed 24 Mar 10

Looks like the PR company Sussex hired has been hard at work, since this article had a much different tone a few days ago. VCEG: spending our money on what matters.

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