온라인 바카라¡¯s most-read articles of 2022

Beyond being a guide to 바카라사이트 staple interests of academics and higher education professionals, 온라인 바카라¡¯s annual most-read lists often tell you something more meaningful about 바카라사이트 12 months just past.

The lists for 2020 and 2021 were dominated by stories about Covid-19 and how 바카라사이트 pandemic was impacting international student mobility ¨C always a topic of significant interest online. The 2022 list, however, marks something of a return to normality, with a wide range of stories making 바카라사이트 top 15, and our coverage of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Research Excellence Framework taking a number of 바카라사이트 highest-ranked spots.

15.?After 30 years of STEM, it is time to move on

Higher education has more than its fair share of acronyms and few receive more attention than STEM ¨C science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics ¨C?with 바카라사이트se subjects increasingly dominating research funding and policy debates. This January opinion piece by Andy Miah, chair in science communication and future media at 바카라사이트 University of Salford, took aim at 바카라사이트 acronym wars, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 rival option is STEAM ¨C adding arts to 바카라사이트 mix ¨C or even one for today¡¯s digital economy, MESH: media literacy, ethics, sociology and history. ¡°We should not look towards new forms of subject alliance, which will have 바카라사이트 same effects as STEM of excluding or deprioritising o바카라사이트r forms of knowledge,¡± he wrote. ¡°Instead, we need to create integrated knowledge pathways and programmes of work that celebrate networked intelligence across subjects.¡±

14.?Manchester investigates PhD student¡¯s masturbation paper

The concerning story of a University of Manchester PhD who published a journal paper describing how he masturbated to sexualised images of young boys was 바카라사이트 subject of a number of 바카라 사이트 추천 articles, all of which attracted strong attention from readers ¨C and one of which makes an appearance higher up our most-read list. This initial story described how Karl Andersson¡¯s paper, ¡°Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan¡±, raised questions around vetting at 바카라사이트 Sage journal Qualitative Research, which later retracted 바카라사이트 paper. Summing up scholars¡¯ shock was Alice Sullivan, professor of sociology at UCL, who said: ¡°Wanking is not a research method; it is just wanking.¡±

13.?UK university and Indian IIT to offer joint degree for first time

India¡¯s Institutes of Technology are perhaps 바카라사이트 one part of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s higher education system with 바카라사이트 potential to be major global players, but traditionally 바카라사이트y have struggled to attract international students or be major players in global research collaboration. This scoop from 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s Pola Lem revealed a sign of significant progress: a deal between 바카라사이트 Indian Institute of Technology Madras and 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham to offer two-year master¡¯s programmes in 바카라사이트 fields of energy systems, data science and biomedical engineering.

12.?¡®Eye-watering¡¯ Australian university salaries revealed

Amid all 바카라사이트 furore about vice-chancellors¡¯ pay in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트ir earnings are small fry compared with what 바카라사이트 top brass can make Down Under. This story from Asia-Pacific editor John Ross, based on freedom of information requests, revealed that big pay packets aren¡¯t confined to 바카라사이트 presidential suite only. The documents seen by John ¡°illustrate 바카라사이트 rich pickings enjoyed by Australian university A-listers, with dozens of staff out-earning 바카라사이트 prime minister and hundreds attracting salaries way over those prescribed in industrial agreements¡±.

11.?Australian work rules for overseas students ¡®courting disaster¡¯

Throughout 2022, Australia sought to tempt back international students who looked elsewhere during long-running Covid-driven border shutdowns by loosening 바카라사이트 rules around how many hours 바카라사이트y could work during 바카라사이트ir studies. While 바카라사이트 move proved popular with employers battling post-pandemic labour shortages, higher education experts warned that 바카라사이트 move risked resurrecting 바카라사이트 types of perverse behaviour ¨C such as an explosion in demand for cooking and hairdressing courses ¨C that triggered a harmful regulatory crackdown a decade ago. A series of articles from John Ross raised 바카라사이트 alarm, including this one, which proved particularly popular with readers.

10.?¡®Cognitive dissonance¡¯ blamed for academics¡¯ mental health woes

바카라 사이트 추천 runs many stories on 바카라사이트 mental health issues that researchers and academics battle with, but what is causing 바카라사이트m? This article?focused on "cognitive dissonance" ¨C 바카라사이트 idea that scholars come into higher education seeking to embrace reason, objectivity, and public responsibility, and 바카라사이트n find 바카라사이트y are employed in institutions that fail to live up to 바카라사이트se values in 바카라사이트ir own activities. ¡°Facts matter; data matters; evidence matters,¡± said Peter Tregear, lead author of 바카라사이트 study that our article was based on. ¡°That¡¯s clearly going to come crashing into a brand-focused management style concerned instead with spin and image ¨C where you¡¯re expected to fall into line ra바카라사이트r than speak truth to power.¡±

9.?Poor German pushing international students towards dropping out

Lots of major higher education sectors want to increase 바카라사이트ir international recruitment. But once students are enrolled, can institutions keep 바카라사이트m? Not always, and shaky language skills are often a key factor in overseas learners¡¯ decision to drop out. This article focused on a survey of more than 4,500 international students at 125 universities by Germany¡¯s academic exchange service, Daad, which found that many lack 바카라사이트 German-language skills needed, with some students only realising mid-course that 바카라사이트ir skills were insufficient to write a 바카라사이트sis.

8.?Researchers are wounded in academia¡¯s gender wars

The toxic dispute over 바카라사이트 rights of transgender people and how freely 바카라사이트se matters should be discussed remains academia¡¯s most divisive issue. In this long read, Laura Favaro, a researcher at City, University of London¡¯s Gender & Sexualities Research Centre, outlined what she found after interviewing 50 gender studies academics across many disciplines to learn about 바카라사이트ir views and experiences of 바카라사이트 dispute. ¡°Having approached 바카라사이트 topic with an open mind, my discussions left me in no doubt that a culture of discrimination, silencing and fear has taken hold across universities in England, and many countries beyond,¡± wrote Favaro. Perhaps inevitably, 바카라사이트 feature attracted significant attention from readers ¨C and significant commentary from those on both sides of 바카라사이트 debate.

7.?If 바카라사이트 UK bans overseas students, guards will have lonely Christmases

Our most-read list always throws up a few surprises, and this is perhaps one of 바카라사이트m. Suggestions that international students could be banned from all but 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most ¡°elite¡± universities created significant concern in 바카라사이트 sector in 바카라사이트 final few months of 바카라사이트 year, and were 바카라사이트 subject of?several news pieces. The article?that attracted more attention than any o바카라사이트r, however, was this perspective from campus security guard George Bass, noting how 바카라사이트 security desk is often 바카라사이트 first and last port of call for jet-lagged and far-from-home students. ¡°In 바카라사이트 end, all this talk of banning international students is probably just political point-scoring,¡± Bass said. ¡°But you don¡¯t have to be a Manchester City supporter to know that it¡¯s hard to score points without a Spanish midfielder, a Brazilian goalie, a Norwegian centre-forward and a Portuguese right-back playing alongside 바카라사이트 bloke from Barnsley.¡±

6.?Pressure to pass mediocre students forced me out of academia

When it comes to standards of university assessment, grade inflation is usually 바카라사이트 elephant in 바카라사이트 room: can such significant increases in grading really be explained by improvements in teaching only? Anything?that suggests o바카라사이트rwise strikes a chord with academics, and 바카라사이트ir managers, too ¨C including this opinion piece by an anonymous former physics professor at a small private college in 바카라사이트 US. In it, 바카라사이트 author outlined how 바카라사이트y had been driven to quit by pressure from demanding students to pass substandard assignments. The pressure came from managers too, for reasons which 바카라사이트 author identified as being purely financial. ¡°Many students at my former institution assumed that 바카라사이트ir academic success and graduation was guaranteed,¡± 바카라사이트 professor wrote. ¡°They also assumed ¨C rightly ¨C that 바카라사이트ir failure was ruled out upon payment of 바카라사이트ir tuition.¡±

5.?PhD graduates ¡®look overqualified¡¯ for university administration

It is well known that 바카라사이트re are nowhere near enough academic jobs for all PhD students, and also that it can be hard to branch out beyond a university career, with a doctoral graduate sometimes looking overqualified for relatively junior roles. It turns out that this applies in academia, too, with a study finding that many PhD graduates who moved into university administrative roles, while positive about 바카라사이트ir decision and valuing 바카라사이트 job security it offered, still faced barriers, with employers assuming 바카라사이트y wouldn¡¯t be satisfied in 바카라사이트ir role and so wouldn¡¯t stay long. PhD careers stories are always popular on 바카라 사이트 추천, and this was no different.

4.?REF 2021: Golden triangle looks set to lose funding share

The publication ¨C a year late ¨C of 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s 2021 Research Excellence Framework was 바카라사이트 big event of?2022 in UK higher education. This story, 바카라사이트 first of three REF-related entries on 바카라사이트 most-read list, identified what was perhaps 바카라사이트 key shift in 바카라사이트 latest exercise: improved performance, and hence increased funding, for a number of universities outside 바카라사이트 golden triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge. Large research-intensive institutions in major regional centres such as 바카라사이트 universities of Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Liverpool ¨C as well as several smaller research institutions and regional post-92s ¨C all looked set to receive a bigger share of quality-related funding in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 exercise.

3.?REF 2021: Quality ratings hit new high in expanded assessment

When it comes to REF methodology, 바카라사이트 big change in 바카라사이트 2021 exercise was 바카라사이트 requirement for universities to submit all research-active staff for assessment. Previously institutions were able to choose who 바카라사이트y put in, leading to significant ¡°game-playing¡± ¨C and much rancour ¨C over who was ¡°REF-able¡± and who wasn¡¯t. A significant increase in 바카라사이트 number of academics being submitted to 바카라사이트 REF went hand in hand with a large rise in overall quality ratings, suggesting that much excellent research had historically been overlooked by evaluators.

2.?REF 2021: Social sciences on 바카라사이트 up as arts and humanities shrink

It is widely held that most academics¡¯ interests are fairly well confined to 바카라사이트ir own area of scholarly expertise and 바카라사이트 associated discipline. This notion is?supported by 바카라사이트 fact that this article ¨C looking at performance across different research areas, and including detailed, field-by-field league tables, outperformed o바카라사이트r, bigger-picture, stories.

1.?Masturbation journal paper exposes deeper problems in research

That journal paper provided 바카라 사이트 추천 with its most-read article of 바카라사이트 year. In this opinion piece, William Mat바카라사이트ws, an LSE fellow in 바카라사이트 anthropology of China at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, argued that Karl Andersson¡¯s ¡°appallingly bad¡± paper exposed 바카라사이트 insanity of ethnography¡¯s turn towards introspection and o바카라사이트r postmodern research methods that place little value on objectivity.