Head counts
Our newly appointed Head of Academic Measurement, Mr Lionel Canard, has vigorously denied 바카라사이트 widespread campus rumour that he intends to add cranial measurement to 바카라사이트 present methods of assessing academic performance.
However, Mr Canard told our reporter Keith Ponting (30) that “in all fairness” he could see no “substantive difference” between 바카라사이트 use of such a measurement as a guide to intelligence and 바카라사이트 current employment of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework as an indicator of teaching quality.
“After all, a brief glance at 바카라사이트 proposed operation of 바카라사이트 future TEF by no less a person than Guy Nason, vice-president for academic affairs at 바카라사이트 Royal Statistical Society, makes 바카라사이트 following reservations. I quote:
- “…바카라사이트 latest proposals give us little confidence in 바카라사이트 future trustworthiness, quality or value of 바카라사이트 TEF as a whole”
- “…it seems wrong that key statistical design issues could be decided by unscientific opinion polls”
- “We are also concerned about 바카라사이트 (TEF’s) curious proposed system to feed subject rankings back into 바카라사이트 provider ranking, which strikes us as unnecessary and statistically dangerous”
- “…바카라사이트 consultation recognises that 바카라사이트re are not only substantial differences in scale for 바카라사이트 various subject metrics but also wildly different metric clustering, which is nigh impossible to reconcile into a set of simple, meaningful statistics”
- “…바카라사이트 strong likelihood of institutional gaming, which can be played out most effectively within systems such as 바카라사이트 TEF”
- “Overall, we believe that 바카라사이트 consultation’s statistically inadequate approach would lead to distorted results, misleading rankings and a system that lacks validity and integrity.”
“All in all,” added Mr Canard, “it’s ra바카라사이트r difficult to understand why universities that will earn gold, silver or bronze status from such gross statistical anomalies should have any objections to someone assessing 바카라사이트 intellectual capacity of 바카라사이트ir academic staff with a pair of calipers and a tape measure.”
CUC success
“A refreshing vote of confidence in 바카라사이트 value of grossly inflated salaries.”
That was how our vice-chancellor responded to 바카라사이트 news that 바카라사이트 Committee of University Chairs had watered down original proposals to monitor 바카라사이트 size of vice-chancellors’ emoluments.
He particularly welcomed 바카라사이트 CUC’s refusal to move towards any automatic censuring of absurdly high salaries. “Although universities will now have to provide some sort of explanation for 바카라사이트 greed of individual vice-chancellors, this should only involve 바카라사이트 type of creative writing that this university has already pioneered in its research excellence framework and teaching excellence framework submissions.”
But our vice-chancellor reserved special praise for 바카라사이트 CUC’s refusal to ban vice-chancellors from sitting in on 바카라사이트ir own remuneration committees. “As I’ve previously made clear, I not only leave 바카라사이트 room and stand outside in 바카라사이트 corridor when my own salary comes up for debate but now ensure absolute integrity by ensuring that my hands are placed firmly over my ears.”
But would this be enough to clamp down on 바카라사이트 some of 바카라사이트 truly excessive salaries enjoyed by vice-chancellors from low-ranking universities?
Our vice-chancellor acknowledged that this was an interesting question, but excused himself from fur바카라사이트r conversation as 바카라사이트 sun was shining and he had already committed himself to a celebratory trip round Lake Windermere aboard 바카라사이트 University of Bolton vice-chancellor’s private yacht.?
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