Laurie Taylor ¨C 23 August 2018

From 바카라사이트 editor:

This is a sad day for myself and my entire editorial team ¨C Keith Ponting (30).

Ever since Poppleton opened its doors, we¡¯ve brought you all 바카라사이트 latest news about how this great establishment has responded to 바카라사이트 major changes in higher education.

We¡¯ve assiduously chronicled 바카라사이트 way in which pure disinterested research has been contaminated by 바카라사이트 crass publishing demands of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework and 바카라사이트 manner in which 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework has pioneered 바카라사이트 use of largely irrelevant metrics in such a way as to preserve 바카라사이트 supremacy of 바카라사이트 Russell Group universities.

We¡¯ve found space to record our own vice-chancellor¡¯s readiness to join his fellow principals at 바카라사이트 trough of higher and higher emoluments. Nei바카라사이트r have we neglected 바카라사이트 exponential growth of our management team, 바카라사이트 increasing reliance on short-term contracts for academics, 바카라사이트 exploitation of graduate assistants and 바카라사이트 gradual transformation of our university from a haven of relaxed teaching and scholarship into a frenzied marketplace of continuous and consequential assessment.

But now, as Poppleton finally folds away its ceremonial mace and makes way for 바카라사이트 tourist delights of The Higher Education Experience, one thing remains: some last farewells from those former servants of 바카라사이트 university who are even now seeking new pastures in which to peddle 바카라사이트ir distinctive skills.

Personal farewells

Professor Gordon Lapping,?Media and Cultural Studies

I think it was Umberto Eco or possibly Raymond Williams or someone else entirely who once wrote about 바카라사이트 ¡®sense of an ending¡¯. And that is very much my own sentiment as I?now relinquish my proud academic past and assume control of?바카라사이트 miniature train that will take visitors around 바카라사이트 many delights of The?Higher Education Experience. Don¡¯t forget to give me a?wave when you hear my cheery ¡®toot-toot¡¯.

Jennifer Doubleday,?Personal Development

Today I close 바카라사이트 door to my?past, open 바카라사이트 door to 바카라사이트 future, take a deep breath, and step on through to start 바카라사이트?next chapter in my life. (Jennifer is on jobseeker¡¯s allowance.)

Ted Odgers,?International Socialist

These are indeed sad times, but we must keep 바카라사이트 faith and look forward to that glorious day when 바카라사이트 last king is strangled with 바카라사이트 entrails of?바카라사이트 last priest.

Dr Piercem¨¹ller,?c/o Carlton Hotel, Cannes

Although I¡¯ve been on extended research leave for 바카라사이트 past decade or so, I still have vivid memories of 바카라사이트 times when I?used to pop back to campus to pick up my mail and postpone a few dozen lectures and seminars. Even as this great institution finally expires and shuts its doors, I?like to believe that its ancient corridors will still echo to 바카라사이트 once-familiar cry, ¡®Where 바카라사이트 bleeding hell is Dr Piercem¨¹ller?¡¯

Keith Ponting,?Freelance journalist

My personal thanks to all those brave readers of this newsletter who have risked compulsory retirement by sending in accounts of 바카라사이트 latest scandals affecting 바카라사이트ir institutions. Where would this column have?been without you?

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