Jesus Christ. I can't believe you actually just said that. Steve Smith is the head of the university and as such is directly responsible for any major changes that occur within it. Of course it's his fault that the departments closed - that's the way leadership works.

And no, it's not actually all about finances and making sure the university does well in it's 'special areas'. This is supposed to be academics, not just some business ripping off it's 'customers'. Closing down departments is anathema to the whole idea of education and learning, and Steve Smith, as the man that oversaw that, rightly deserves to be hated by anyone caught up in the whole mess. I mean, how many people's lives has Steve Smith screwed with anyway?

Final points - One of the financial reasons why Chemistry closed was that they were being charged very creative rates for things like cleaning and road maintenance, falsely inflating the amount they were 'losing' - Something that was pointed out to Steve Smith with he clearly ignored. And secondly, the whole '£10 million black hole was Steve's fault anyway - it was only the change to a new financial model which he oversaw which discovered/created the black hole in the first place.

Sorry to jump on you Pink, but I can't get over exactly how wrong I think you are.