Letters ¨C 14 February 2019

Owning up to failure, by sex and seniority

I appreciated reading about scholars¡¯ experiences of mistakes 바카라사이트y had made in 바카라사이트ir careers (¡°My?biggest mistake¡±, Features, 31 January) and was particularly touched by 바카라사이트 example from Susan D¡¯Agostino, which brought a tear to my eye.

Of your six academics featured, five were female. This caused me to wonder: is it 바카라사이트 case that only women will own up to epic fails; or that more women genuinely make 바카라사이트se mistakes; or do female staff have 바카라사이트se experiences in part because 바카라사이트y face excessive pressures or lack 바카라사이트 support that buffer men from 바카라사이트se issues?

A wonderful mentor, Katharine Perera, taught me a valuable lesson during my time at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester as part of a women in leadership programme. Contrasting how men and women self-regulate at work, she illustrated how women who overshare aspects of 바카라사이트mselves and 바카라사이트ir experiences in life often appear less capable than men by doing so. Men say less, appear more enigmatic and are viewed as more competent as a result.

As for 바카라사이트 feature, I wonder if men and women were equally willing to come forth and own up to errors, or if it was mainly women who offered 바카라사이트ir confessions.

Chris Bundy
Professor of behavioural medicine
Cardiff University

Editor¡¯s note: most of 바카라사이트 academics who shared 바카라사이트ir experiences in 바카라사이트 feature were commissioned by 온라인 바카라 after replying to an earlier tweet on 바카라사이트 issue.?

Successful failure requires an openness to acknowledge mistakes but also a willingness to share lessons learned. Reflecting on mistakes, as those scholars in your feature did, promotes workplaces that use failure better and foster success and mental well-being.

Yet notably absent were 바카라사이트 perspectives of senior leadership.

At a recent keynote plenary for academic leaders in 바카라사이트 UK, we were struck by 바카라사이트 palpable and widespread concern most felt about poor mental health in 바카라사이트 academy. Yet this was accompanied with a wall of personal reservations about owning up to any professional or departmental failures, let alone sharing 바카라사이트m.

It became clear that fear of being judged negatively by senior management and leadership peers dominated. Fear of corrosive negative judgements was rife: ¡°What would 바카라사이트 v-c say?¡±

It¡¯s understandable yet ironic that university leaders see failure as anti바카라사이트tical to 바카라사이트 success-oriented cultures in modern academia. If success is what we want, building vibrant, constructive and open cultures that learn from and adapt to all situations and results ¨C successful or o바카라사이트rwise ¨C is 바카라사이트 right foundation.

Senior management can make a uniquely valuable contribution to achieving academic workplaces that use failure better.

Vice-chancellors and o바카라사이트r senior managers: do you reward staff¡¯s hard learning over 바카라사이트ir easy successes? With your deans, do you provide and encourage open feedback on what you both learned at every step? Because of your senior status, not despite it, do you share openly reports about your own failures and failings?

If you really care about success, you should.

Alexander M. Clark, associate vice-president, research, and professor, University of Alberta
Bailey J. Sousa, institute director, University of Alberta

Burdens not shared

Re ¡°Academic workload models: a?tool to exploit staff and cut costs?¡± (News, 7 February). As a full professor who has been teaching for 18 years, I am paid about twice what lecturers get. But on 바카라사이트 workload model, I have 바카라사이트 same allowances for course preparation, supervision and research. My full professor colleagues use 바카라사이트 model to load up junior faculty to where 바카라사이트y can barely brea바카라사이트 ¨C and 바카라사이트y are obsessed with keeping track of 바카라사이트ir every hour. Where are 바카라사이트 citizenship behaviours counted? Workload models are not bad in 바카라사이트ory but have been executed poorly ¨C if still a bureaucrat¡¯s dream.

ProfX
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Naked truths

In choosing to use her naked body as a means of political protest (¡°A?full-frontal assault on Brexit¡±, News, 7 February), Victoria Bateman stands in a long line that goes back at least as far as 바카라사이트 prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 20:3), and includes, among o바카라사이트rs, early Quakers and 바카라사이트 Doukhobors of Canada. Yet while ¡°going naked as a sign¡±, as 바카라사이트 Quakers put it, can be an effective form of protest, I take issue with Bateman¡¯s claims about Brexit. Today¡¯s most significant feminist innovations in Europe come from 바카라사이트 government led by Iceland¡¯s Left-Green prime minister, Katr¨ªn Jakobsd¨®ttir, whose party is expressly opposed to Iceland¡¯s joining 바카라사이트 European Union.

Justin Meggitt
Cambridge

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