Appoint pro vice-chancellors for staff well-being, sector told

It is the HE system in the UK in its entirety and its many misguided - sometimes outright perverse – incentives and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what academia ought to be like that make people sick (mentally and physically). No number of “initiatives”, “action plans”, “support infrastructure”, “management training” and other performative and administrative nonsense, or indeed another cushy senior management post, will fix that. The well-being and also resilience agenda are simply a distraction from the ugly truth that no-one is prepared to face and address it seems. Worse, it shifts the responsibility and often blame onto the individual (manager and staff alike). Stop papering over the cracks.

Another hack paid over the top salaries will achieve nothing. A pro-vice chancellor indeed is what you need. NOT! Another manager to tick the boxes and possibly to come up with a better story as to why all of this is just nothing, just some disgruntled/underperforming employees complaining. The article lists some of the supposed issues that are causing well being issues so if we know what the issues are why dont we fix it with the systems and people we have in place?