Universities, Not Facebook, May Be Facing Collapse

When I wrote my post on Facebook WILL Die I never expected to read a headline article on the front page of the Guardian which gave a Secret List of Universities Facing Collapse . But that was the headline of Saturday’s Guardian (7 July 2007).

The article listed almost 50 institutions which are “ at risk of financial failure ” – although HEFCE responded by saying that the information was out-of-date and many of the institutions have taken action to address their financial difficulties. And if a university did go under, or, in the face of severe financial difficulties, departments were closed and staff left, how might this affect the intellectual property and networked services housed within the institution? Might not outsourcing the management of IT services, such as an institutional blogging service, be an appropriate strategy for an institution on the list? Technorati