University of Galway is ‘short on academics, but has too many managers’, say worried staff

University staff felt overworked and undervalued. Photo: Getty

Lorna Siggins

A former professor of archaeology at University of Galway has criticised the college over the number of unfilled posts in humanities and claimed there was “management bloat” at the institution.

Prof John Waddell also said a recent unofficial poll of staff identified a “terrible distrust of bureaucracy” and unhappiness in the university.