Work Culture - System Engineer Nottingham College Employee Review

Colleagues seem decent, although don't interact with them much socially as working online. Students are mostly OK too.

Usually UK HE lack of organisation, but can be worked through (just about) with patience.

Nice colleagues and some useful development opportunities, easy to get lots of experience at the ‘coal face’ of education

Crisis of workload and staff mental health, low trust organisation, very cliquey and hierarchical. Lack of recognition of hard work. Lack of a cohesive or clear vision - most strategies are driven by buzzwords, not data or substance. Some departments have a frosty ‘cult’ mentality. Staff turnover in some teams is high. Feels like the college lacks a cohesive vision, jumping from strategy to strategy every couple of years without giving anything time to bed in - many colleagues describe it as like having a new job every academic year.