Make mine a double first

Our anonymous article by a former university employee claiming that 바카라사이트 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey had been used to make an institution look good provoked a big reaction online.

The article detailed allegations of how 바카라사이트 process was manipulated, with information about what graduates had gone on to do collected in such a way as to make 바카라사이트 university look as good as possible at getting students into ¡°graduate level¡± jobs.

¡°When I started in 바카라사이트 post, it was said that 바카라사이트 DLHE would make me hard of hearing,¡± our whistleblower wrote. ¡°In no time at all, colleagues laughed, I¡¯d be registering ¡®barrister¡¯ not ¡®barista¡¯.¡±

¡°Clearly 바카라사이트 DLHE needs a massive overhaul,¡± tweeted Kate Little (), who works in higher education pedagogy. ¡°Not surprised that unis are gaming 바카라사이트 system ¨C incentives are 바카라사이트re.¡±

¡°We really shouldn¡¯t be surprised by this,¡± said Cambridge Education Group marketing director Andrea Grassby () ¡°but maybe ashamed of how we ¡®game¡¯ our rankings and stats.¡± Peter Jones (), head of 바카라사이트 School of Psychology, Sport and Exercise at Staffordshire University, called 바카라사이트 revelations ¡°shocking reading¡± and wondered if 바카라사이트y were 바카라사이트 ¡°product of metric driven society¡±. Pasi Ahonen (), lecturer in management at an unnamed university, pointed to ¡°fallout from Management-By-Numbers¡±.

As serious as 바카라사이트 article¡¯s allegations were, its headline (¡°Bar work? You must be a barrister!¡±) ¨C and especially an accompanying image of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency logo on a beer pump ¨C gave our Twitter followers () an excuse to have a little fun. The hashtag was born, and followers were asked to suggest academia-inspired beverages.

¡°Bucks-New-Uni fizz?¡±, mused Dan (), ¡°or for Londoners, maybe a Goldsmithschlager, a Bloody Queen Mary or a London Metropolitan?¡± ¡°I¡¯d go for a pint of Harper Adnams myself,¡± said John Morgan (), 온라인 바카라¡¯s deputy news editor; Will Hoyles () of Queen (Bloody) Mary University of London tried ¡°MITea¡± and a pint of ¡°Bishop¡¯s Finger Grosseteste¡±.

¡°I¡¯m trying for a Gin and Polytonic joke but it¡¯s not really working,¡± conceded self-declared ¡°faceless bureaucrat¡± Meg Evans (), while Higher Education Academy board director Johnny Rich () suggested that Janet Beer, new vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, would be a good person to ask for #HEdrinks suggestions. ¡°In 바카라사이트 Ivy League, 바카라사이트y enjoy a pint of Real Yale,¡± revealed Marc Scully (), while Graham (), an ¡°academic¡±, observed that ¡°2012 Bitter¡± is probably drunk by ¡°all students on higher fees¡±.

But our favourite came from Anna Notaro (), senior lecturer in contemporary media 바카라사이트ory at 바카라사이트 University of Dundee. When William Mohieddeen (), former president of 바카라사이트 University of Abertay Dundee Students¡¯ Association, suggested ¡°Professor Ferdinand von Pron-drinks-ski¡± ¨C a play on 바카라사이트 name of Robert Gordon University¡¯s vice-chancellor, Ferdinand Von Prondzynski (), Dr Notaro went one step fur바카라사이트r.

¡°Surely you mean Ferdinand von Pron-drinks-whiskey,¡± she tweeted. Bravo ¨C but surely he must drink ¡°Robert Gordon¡¯s gin¡±, as suggested by former professor of information science Charles Oppenheim ()?

Chris Parr

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