tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post7996797232390192124..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: Midsummer madnessThe Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-89843706309418380142018-07-04T10:41:47.236+01:002018-07-04T10:41:47.236+01:00Yes,indeed, Phil, it is time for it to get a kicki...Yes,indeed, Phil, it is time for it to get a kicking from the UCU. I'm reminded by Dr Vole's piece of the publish-or-perish cull disguised as "redundancy" that carried me off from an institution in west London named after an engineer of French descent. My POSTGRAD course - I kid you not - was taught in the next academic year by a Ph.D. student whose area of research was barely tangentially connected with the subject.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-48566483967856764862018-06-30T10:29:14.346+01:002018-06-30T10:29:14.346+01:00I'm declining anything that breaches my contra...<i>I'm declining anything that breaches my contract</i><br /><br />And so should you all, and so should <b>we</b> all.<br /><br />Where's the union in all this? I can't remember seeing your employer featured in the weekly email.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com