What’s really going on at the University of Gloucestershire

When an anchor institution gets a Royal visit is looks good, as it did for the University of Gloucestershire’s city campus on Friday, but does it divert eyes from what’s really going on?

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the first email edition of The Raikes Journal for the week. We could have gone big on the news that a £270-million-plus investment is planned for Gloucestershire that will create a major new base for the Military’s cyber-focused force.

But we’ve just included that as one of the stories bellow. You can read the whole tale, courtesy of Carmelo Garcia, via the link.

Instead we went big on a deep dive into just what is going on at the University of Gloucestershire, and how it’s faring in what are some of the toughest time in living memory for universities.

Just as the MoD’s plans for its cyber base near Cirencester claim they will be a major economic catalyst for the county, so to is the university. But of late it’s been shedding staff, selling land and buildings and a closer look at its new City Campus reveals a £79 million investment that’s less that half full.

Don’t get the wrong idea though, there’s this is one of the most counterintuitive stories we’ve tackled of …