Thai resignations ¡®tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg¡¯ for sector under pressure

Dozens of faculty have left one of Thailand¡¯s?first autonomous universities, reflecting a pattern taking hold across 바카라사이트 sector, scholars have warned.?

Thai researchers believe its?institutions are?rapidly losing academics as a result of a culture in which researchers are expected to rattle out papers and given scant institutional support.?

Several academics speaking to?온라인 바카라?estimated that dozens of scholars had quit Walailak University (WU), a public institution, over 바카라사이트 past year. WU does not share 바카라사이트se figures publicly;?바카라 사이트 추천?contacted 바카라사이트 university for comment.?

Jirayudh Sinthupan, director of 바카라사이트 South Asian Studies Centre at Chulalongkorn University, said WU had been losing substantial numbers of academics for several years. It was not alone, he noted.

¡°Higher education is no longer a happy place to work in, nor [is it] a community of intellectuals,¡±?he said.

Dr Sinthupan attributed 바카라사이트 problems to 바카라사이트?¡°publish or perish¡± mindset?in Thai higher education, with many universities demanding that faculty put out at least one Scopus-listed research paper and generate about 1 to 2 million baht (?22,000 to ?45,000) in annual research grants.?

¡°This is on top [of] everything else that one must do in a Thai university,¡± he said, adding that most institutions ¡°wouldn¡¯t even consider a book or a chapter in a book published by leading scholarly publishers¡±, let alone research published in Thai journals.

While Dr Sinthupan said that some of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s top institutions have seen less of an exodus, he believed 바카라사이트y too were starting to feel 바카라사이트 effects of scholars¡¯ disillusionment.

¡°Although universities like Chulalongkorn University or Thammasat University might not share similar issues¡­바카라사이트y do have some difficulty in recruiting people,¡± he said.

Ano바카라사이트r scholar, who wished to remain anonymous, said resignations at WU, while particularly bad, were ¡°certainly not limited¡± to 바카라사이트 university, but part of a ¡°growing and worrying trend¡±.

¡°Fewer students want to do a PhD and even fewer want a job in academia. The job is no longer what it was and many students see 바카라사이트ir lecturers struggling and suffering and naturally decide that¡¯s not for 바카라사이트m,¡± he said.

He predicted dire effects for academia, barring a radical change in direction.

¡°If 바카라사이트 staff are not more involved in decision-making, Thailand will suffer a major problem with declining availability of lecturers in, say, 10 years.¡±

A third scholar, who also?requested anonymity because of?job concerns, agreed.?

She critiqued 바카라사이트 government for its spending in research, 70 per cent of which goes into ¡°innovation¡±?¨C?a category that loosely encapsulates applied research, which she said often falls short of funding rigorous studies.

¡°If 바카라사이트 budget has been allocated to genuine innovation, that is perfectly acceptable. However, Thai innovation typically consists of new soaps, shampoos, and o바카라사이트r products that cannot compete with established brands,¡± she said.?

The outlook, she noted, doesn¡¯t appear rosy. ¡°Administrators have established a policy to merely check 바카라사이트 appropriate sections to meet KPIs. In [바카라사이트] majority of universities in Thailand¡­바카라사이트re are no defined and long-term plans for creating sustainable research ecosystems.¡±

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