University of Leicester Reviews

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There is a push to increase student numbers to help the financial situation. The negative impact on staff is:
   - An ever-reducing quality of student. To increase numbers the entry requirements are lowered meaning we have to teach degree-level content to students that struggle to cope with it.
  - The Larger workload for marking, supervising etc.

There is a large disparity in the pay and position of staff between departments and within departments. There are staff that have been around for a long time and were promoted during periods when promotions were easy. They clutter up the place on high salaries that block others. Teaching or Admin staff are treated like 2nd class citizens with no pretence that things should be any different. Leicester considers itself a research-led university and won't recognise that it's teaching and students support services that keep everyone in a job.

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Lack of job stability - hard to get job made permanent due to nature of work.

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Some very badly behaved employees spoiling it for the rest.
Questionable leadership

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not se c u r e

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Open days could use more signs that give directions

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- Unclear job expectations
- Blurry job roles
- Very competitive

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Dept of Economics is rubbish don't bother
Staff at team Leicester can be difficult to work with

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No cons that I can think of

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Busy University environment and lots of administration

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Lack of skilled managers - managers have been promoted due to staff leaving, not due to merit
Plans never come to fruition. Lack of organisational structure leads to doing what "we can" rather than doing what "we should"
Be prepared for long days