Academic capitalism, competition and competence: the impact on student recruitment and research assessment

Recent events show a government in constant changes of mind about how to control implementation frequently changing policies, and the inefficiencies inequalities that result from capitalistic approaches public service functions. These same factors feature within higher education (HE), demonstrating values, culture, decision processes power structures twenty-first-century capitalism have filtered into UK system permeate operation quality assessment for both teaching research, where, sponsored by government, – ‘commanding heights’ policy development delivery been captured small elitist group institutions. The has inequity, process inefficiency stress risk mental health well-being research staff, as well failure meet desirable objectives.