A large group of people goes to a restaurant and places their orders. The food comes, and despite protestations that the portions are both miserly and incorrect, the management insists that this is all they’re getting. The people are hungry, so they eat it.
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Just as they’re finishing their meals, the management returns and says that they had in fact been given the wrong food. Therefore, to make amends, they would now be given the right food, but this time in supersized portions.
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The older members of the group, who belong to the landed gentry, are experts in gluttony. They not only tuck in but also steal their neighbours' food. The victims protest to the management who claim helplessness but wink conspiratorially at the gluttons.
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At the end of the meal, a third of the group are still desperately hungry but don’t have any more money. The middle third has eaten just about enough to survive, while the gluttons are virtually incapable of moving and their internal organs are struggling.
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And the moral of the story is that the Russell Group (and other so-called 'top' universities) couldn't give a flying fuck about the sector as a whole, nor to their own staff or students.
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