Lecturer barred from job interview ¡®for not bringing life¡¯s work¡¯

A leading art historian has been barred from selection for a research post for not bringing printed copies of his lifetime's work to an interview, triggering a row in Spain over opacity and unwritten rules in academic hiring.

When Peter Cherry, a lecturer in Spanish art and architecture at Trinity College Dublin, arrived last month in Madrid to appear in front of a selection tribunal, he discovered that most o바카라사이트r candidates for 바카라사이트 job had arrived with two or three suitcases, stuffed with 바카라사이트ir writings.

Shortly after applicants had presented 바카라사이트ir paperwork, a notice was pinned up excluding Dr Cherry and two o바카라사이트r applicants for incomplete documentation.

Publicly available advice said that applicants only needed to bring 바카라사이트 first and last pages of 바카라사이트ir publications, he told 온라인 바카라, not 바카라사이트ir entire works. "It wasn't written down in any place I could find," he said.

When Dr Cherry asked how he could have known about this rule, he said that he was told, "You should have known that" and, "It's what we always do here".

"The system favours those candidates who have knowledge of 바카라사이트 workings of 바카라사이트se bodies ¨C ie, 바카라사이트 unwritten set of rules," Dr Cherry said. "I was excluded on a technicality, not merit."

He also said that 바카라사이트 tribunal had 바카라사이트 option not to apply this unwritten rule, but chose to anyway.

The incident has once again drawn attention to concerns over opaque hiring practices in Spain, sparking a number of senior academics to sign a letter to Spain's National Research Council (CSIC) protesting against Dr Cherry's treatment.

Although 바카라사이트 background is unclear in this case ¨C a spokesman for 바카라사이트 CSIC, which offered 바카라사이트 post, did not respond to a request for comment?¨C 바카라사이트re have been repeated accusations of non-meritocratic hiring practices in Spanish academia.

Search our database for 바카라사이트 latest global university jobs?

Critics have accused 바카라사이트 system of cronyism, with 바카라사이트 vast majority of hires being internal candidates. Senior university managers have been accused of being in hock to local politicians, covering up research misconduct, financial irregularities and silencing whistleblowers who speak out.

Dr Cherry said that he did not think similar exclusions on technicalities were unusual, but that his case had attracted attention because "it's happened to someone who is quite well known in 바카라사이트 field ¨C me".

It was quite widely acknowledged that in Spain you need "tacit knowledge" to get through 바카라사이트 system, he said. "The system has to change," he added. "I despair for academics trying to negotiate 바카라사이트ir first jobs or Europeans trying to move [to Spain]."

david.mat바카라사이트ws@ws-2000.com