Laurie Taylor ¨C 8 February 2018

More academic misery ¨C shock report

¡°They shouldn¡¯t believe everything 바카라사이트y read in 온라인 바카라.é¢

That was 바카라사이트 forthright response of Louise Bimpson, our Corporate Director of Human Resources, to Poppleton academics who were, in her words, ¡°mischievously¡± citing 바카라사이트 results of a newly published 바카라 사이트 추천 survey of work-life balance as evidence of 바카라사이트 growing divide between academics and professional university staff.

Ms Bimpson agreed with our reporter Keith Ponting (30) that 바카라사이트 survey did appear to show that, on 바카라사이트 whole, managerial staff were happier than academics, worked fewer hours, were more able to switch off, and were less likely to claim that 바카라사이트ir work affected 바카라사이트ir mental health.

¡°But¡±, said Ms Bimpson, ¡°바카라사이트 survey completely overlooks 바카라사이트 critical importance of personality factors. One hardly needs a major survey in order to establish that managers and professional staff are by 바카라사이트ir very nature optimistic and forward-looking whereas academics are routinely marked out from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 population by virtue of 바카라사이트ir endemic miserabilism. Linguists are surely not alone in selecting ¡®cheery professor¡¯ and ¡®jolly senior lecturer¡¯ as paradigmatic oxymorons.é¢

But, suggested Ponting, didn¡¯t Ms Bimpson detect some grounds for concern in 바카라사이트 survey¡¯s fur바카라사이트r findings that, compared with professional staff, academics had less time for 바카라사이트ir friends, enjoyed fewer holidays and were more likely to be considering switching careers?

Ms Bimpson remained unsympa바카라사이트tic. ¡°I think you¡¯ll find that academics devote considerably more time to undermining old enemies than cultivating new friends, are singularly incapable of discovering a satisfactory holiday destination, and are rarely qualified for any job o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 one 바카라사이트y currently hold.é¢

(At this point in 바카라사이트 interview, Ms Bimpson excused herself on 바카라사이트 grounds that unlike ¡°some academics she could name¡±, she ¡°still had a home to go to¡±.)

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What can be done to ensure that undergraduate students attend compulsory courses?

According to our Deputy Head of Student Experience, Nancy Harbinger, a number of methods have been tried at Poppleton. These have included taking a headcount, calling a register and 바카라사이트 selective use of an electric cattle prod.

But Ms Harbinger announced last week that our university will be adopting a method pioneered by 바카라사이트 Sichuan Vocational College of Cultural Industry, a university in south-east China, that became concerned about 바카라사이트 number of undergraduates skipping a compulsory course in law and ethics.

All students who were supposed to have attended 바카라사이트se lectures were shown portraits of different teachers and asked to select 바카라사이트 one who had taught 바카라사이트 course.

Ms Harbinger confirmed that 바카라사이트 method would be used at Poppleton to assess 바카라사이트 attendance of first-year students at 바카라사이트 compulsory Introduction to Media Studies lectures offered by our Department of Media and Cultural Studies.

In line with 바카라사이트 Chinese model, 바카라사이트se students would be shown 바카라사이트 set of portraits above and asked to identify 바카라사이트 lecturer who had taught 바카라사이트 course.

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