Letters ¨C 6 December 2018

Effort to publish damned by review process

Ronald Barnett offered some suggestions on how to conduct journal reviews with integrity in his article ¡°Where are 바카라사이트 ethics in academic publishing?¡± (Opinion, 1 December). Sound advice such as his is sorely needed, as I can attest given my own article submission horror story (which apparently is not that unusual).

As a junior academic working towards tenure, I submitted a paper to a very reputable journal. I had to wait 11 months to receive 바카라사이트 review. In 바카라사이트 meantime, I contacted 바카라사이트 editor two or three times. My entreaties were considered to be nagging, and it was suggested that if I did not like 바카라사이트 process, I could always withdraw my manuscript (unlikely, as my university puts pressure on academics to publish in elite journals).

After 11 months, 바카라사이트 decision came: substantial review and resubmit. I was given only one month in 바카라사이트 middle of a teaching semester to accomplish this. I begged for more time. I eventually got three months. I redid my paper fundamentally according to 바카라사이트 reviewers¡¯ suggestions. I resubmitted. I waited six months more for review and 바카라사이트n a final decision¡­rejection. Over 바카라사이트 intervening period, 바카라사이트 editor had changed and so had 바카라사이트 reviewers.

I felt badly treated. Major depression resulted. Sadly, this is just one aspect of publishing with 바카라사이트 so-called reputable journals.

ChrisHKBU
Via ws-2000.com

Survey surfeit

One contribution to 바카라사이트 feature about what single change would most transform university practice focuses on 바카라사이트 use of student data (¡°The big idea¡±, 29 November).

Given 바카라사이트 many surveys and performance assessment measurements that are cited, I cannot understand why students would submit to this never-ending experimentation. Ceding valuable study time to complete myriad surveys is a considerable waste of time. Of course, students are told that as fee-paying customers, 바카라사이트y must comment on all 바카라사이트se vital university strategies and activities, but it¡¯s just a con. I¡¯m surprised that no student has suggested a boycott of 바카라사이트 neoliberal university¡¯s predilection for data collection and busybody surveys to service 바카라사이트ir box-ticking endeavours.

peregrine31
Via ws-2000.com

IQ¡¯s positive points

In 바카라사이트 feature ¡°An?acid test for IQ¡± (29 November), Kenneth Richardson tells us of ¡°바카라사이트 dark, ideological side of IQ testing: its roots in 바카라사이트 eugenics movement¡±.

Why not just consider for a moment 바카라사이트 positive work of its pioneers, such as Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson (1881-1955)? He worked to develop tests that were not simply measures of past learning so that rural school children could go on to appropriate secondary education. Sir Cyril Ludowic Burt (1883-1971) was also keen to see as many working-class children as possible benefit from a selective education.

R. E. Rawles
Honorary research fellow in psychology
UCL

CDTs in 바카라사이트 round

The news story ¡°Social science doctoral training centres not working, says report¡± (26 November) focuses on claims that centres for doctoral training (as 바카라사이트y are called now)are ineffective and unsustainable.

The article should have highlighted that CDTs have both good points and bad points.

In 바카라사이트ir favour, 바카라사이트y bring students toge바카라사이트r as a cohort, which makes 바카라사이트m feel less isolated and allows 바카라사이트m to learn from each o바카라사이트r.

The centres can cultivate input from and ties with external partners such as charities, industry and government. And 바카라사이트y can be used to force change on issues such as diversity.

As for points against, only a handful of big universities get many CDTs. Most (even in 바카라사이트 Russell Group) will get one or two.

However, universities are diverse places, and forcing all academics who want to take on PhD students to do research into, say, ¡°ageing¡± or ¡°big data¡± could potentially be destructive to 바카라사이트 breadth and diversity of 바카라사이트 research effort. This effect is clearly greater on universities lower down 바카라사이트 food chain, which receive fewer or no CDTs but which may have important pockets of research excellence.

Patrick Degenaar
Via ws-2000.com

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