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last month, out of the blue, we were notified that the CCI would no longer exist and would become part of London College of Communication.

This massive decision was not discussed with us and has massive implications. It is a reminder of the machinations of the institution and that there is often little regard for the people that build up the very things that the university is valued for.

This is not a unique story sadly and due to wider systemic issues related to lack of funding from the government, this is probably set to continue.

It makes me think back to the idea of ‘possibility-spaces’ and conversely ‘impossibility-spaces’. It feels increasingly that universities are the latter – places where due to myriad factors (the-effects-of-neoliberalism-on-higher-education, pearce-2019-edu-industrial-complex) it’s becoming more and more difficult to do our jobs.

[add more detail about the challenges of impossibility spaces] -> socio economic factors listed here a start…
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