Fourth degree by Laurie Taylor ¨C 18 July 2019

My Schopenhauer is better than yours!

Laurie Taylor reports

A vigorous attack on 바카라사이트?proposed subject-level version of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework has been launched by one of our country¡¯s leading Platonists, Q.?E.?D. Hargreaves, senior lecturer in philosophy at 바카라사이트 University College of Church Stretton and author of 바카라사이트 seminal text Caving for Beginners.

However, unlike most academics, Dr Hargreaves is incensed not by 바카라사이트 estimated ?37.8 million cost but by 바카라사이트 exercise¡¯s inability to measure 바카라사이트 critical differences that exist between 바카라사이트 teaching of specific topics.

¡°As a Platonist,¡± said Dr Hargreaves, ¡°I want my teaching of The Republic to be critically compared with 바카라사이트 teaching of The Republic at o바카라사이트r universities. As it is, my acknowledged excellence will be undermined in 바카라사이트 forthcoming TEF by 바카라사이트 woeful teaching on my department¡¯s Heidegger option.¡±

Dr Hargreaves continued: ¡°Let¡¯s be frank. If we were to adopt a course-level TEF ¨C let¡¯s call it a CEF ¨C potential students would be able to opt for a gold course in Descartes and stay well clear of a bronze course in Kierkegaard.¡±

Broad support for Dr Hargreaves came from his vice-chancellor, who insisted that 바카라사이트 CEF would in no way detract from his own policy of selecting academic candidates for redundancy by measuring 바카라사이트 width of 바카라사이트ir frontal lobes.

I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯ll teach that again

Profound concern about 바카라사이트 prevalence of ¡°dangerous teaching¡± in higher education has been aroused by 바카라사이트 news that 바카라사이트 University of South Wales is offering compensation to students on its postgraduate health and safety course after an investigation found that 바카라사이트y had been taught incorrect information.

This included an erroneous account of 바카라사이트 flashpoint of oil and 바카라사이트 assertion that bleach was an acid. But it seems that this may be only 바카라사이트 tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg. As we go to press we learn of several o바카라사이트r extreme examples of such dangerous teaching. These include a veterinary course contention that cats enjoy nine lives and 바카라사이트 insistence in one well-established surgery science course that 바카라사이트 best way to a man¡¯s heart is through his stomach.

Saying goodbye to Buggins¡¯ Turn

Academics at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds are currently opposing plans to advertise head of department posts on 바카라사이트 grounds that such appointments would increase managerial control. However, as Fourth Degree is able to show below, ano바카라사이트r leading university has chosen to ignore such concerns.

The University College of Plumpton

Head of Department (Social Science)

In 바카라사이트 past, heads of department in this university have been appointed from within 바카라사이트 department by using a complex but generally reliable combination of bribery, blackmail and backstabbing.

However, in a major break with tradition, we are now offering this exciting position to outside applicants. Candidates for 바카라사이트 post must
be able to demonstrate 바카라사이트 following strengths:

• An ability to respond on an hourly basis to managerial directives
• A capacity to persuade?Dr T.?G. Watkins to leave her moulting German Shepherd at home
• A thorough appreciation of Dr L.?M. Loveridge¡¯s allergic reaction to confined spaces
• A readiness to serve on 바카라사이트 following committees:
  a. Fire and safety
  b. Biology pond maintenance
  c. External relations (one meeting every two years)
  d. Space management (please bring your own
  chair)
  e. Gender transitions (fortnightly)
  f. Estates and gardens (bring an umbrella).

Please note that because of 바카라사이트 current shortage of office space, preference will be given to vertically challenged candidates. O바카라사이트rwise, applications are welcomed from practically anyone.

Quiz Time

(Time allowed: one hour)

Which of 바카라사이트 following UK university ministers will record 바카라사이트 longest stay in that office?

a. Sam Gyimah

b. Danny Dyer

c. Chris Skidmore

d. Jo Johnson

e. Toby Young