The Faculty

A darkly clever satire of the modern university workplace with all its dramas, intrigues and personalities. At last – thirty-one-year-old Sarah Dixon has landed her first casual academic contract. In her naivety – she imagines a university to be a place where she can teach and research in peace – surrounded by inspirational colleagues. Instead – she has joined a faculty in free fall – its staff fighting desperately to cling to their jobs while management is determined to slash costs and dispense with the non-performers. This is a timely story as many questions are raised as to the future of our universities and the nature of academia. 'Shrewd, witty, knowing and disturbingly up-to-the-minute.' Robert Drewe Sarah Dixon is 31-year-old casual academic who is finally achieving her dreams of a placement at a prestigious university even if it is only a short term contract. Like many before her, Sarah pictured a scholarly place where she could teach, write and read surrounded by intellectual colleagues. Instead, she has joined a faculty in free fall, its staff fighting tooth and nail to keep their jobs and an administration determined to innovate no matter what the cost. The Faculty mixes black humour with the personal journey of a bold and independent young woman making her way in the modern university workplace.