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The 5 most typed words in Academia

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Has accountability to stakeholders got out of hand?

Academic assessment gone mad

Steven Ward imagines an Orwellian world of over-assessment To: All Academic StaffFrom: The University AdministrationRe: A Modest Proposal for Improving the Assessment of Academic Staff Given the growing need for our nation’s universities to become more accountable to stakeholders, it has become increasingly apparent that our academic staff are severely under-assessed. To correct this urgent problem we will be expanding assessment beyond the usual areas of research and teaching into other areas of academic life. As is the case with previous assessment endeavours, this will produce valuable data to improve transparency and accountability and enhance the overall learning environment of our university.

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Universities compete for best students with promise of first sexual encounter

Tom Logan, deputy bursar at Roehampton University, said: “Universities have finally cottoned onto the fact that very bright teenagers are often socially and sexually inept, and are likely to still be wearing ‘the V-neck jumper’ when they leave school. “Offering free sex should prove especially useful in recruiting gifted engineering students, 49% of whom currently die as virgins.” AAB science student Stephen Malley accepted a place at the University of Polytechnic on the basis that he would get a 12 minute sexual experience with a sober female.

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Esterification Part 1

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Signatory

- The UK Lectures at St. Andrews, Warwick, Cambridge and Queen Mary were a success! Thanks to everyone who came out, it was great to meet you! When to tell your advisor you're going on vacation. UK Lectures!

When to tell your advisor you're going on vacation

- The UK Lectures at St. Andrews, Warwick, Cambridge and Queen Mary were a success!