Like the civil service, universities work in a policy-led environment.
Centralisation of power by the Holyrood government is another of the paradoxes of devolution: police, councils, fire service, universities.
The emotion of people who've been to good universities, et cetera, is not that they owe everything to democracy, but that they owe everything to people like them, who are better able to run companies, the civil service, universities, societies in general".
Like many public services, universities had been enjoying a boom: their total funding doubled between 1997 and 2009 whereas student numbers increased by just 20%.
Claiming that outsourcing cuts costs without hurting services, universities from Falmouth to Sussex to Northampton are handing over their services to outside companies run for profit.
And with the sector spending in the region of £10bn every year on buying goods and services, universities are looking to reorganise – through outsourcing or collaborative procurement – to reduce costs.
I hear of so many similar stories from people working in schools, social services, universities and even voluntary organisations that it seems the management culture Andrew Smith exposes now dominates the publicly funded sector.
These included religious organisations, employment services, universities and colleges and youth and leisure groups.
Participants were employed in a range of different health services, including alcohol and drug services, Aboriginal medical services, universities, government health services, social services, cultural resource centres and counselling services, prisons and forensic services.
Participants were employed in a range of different services across the mental health field, including: private psychology clinics, Aboriginal medical services, government health services, universities, cultural resource and counseling services, prisons, social services, and drug and alcohol services.
The university also has schools of communication, education and allied human services, university studies, law, and continuing education.
