Orson Le Guin

Orson Le Guin

@orsonleguin.bsky.social

Disposession is 9/10s of the law. Ansible to no-one.

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Tanita Tikaram
@tanitatikaram.bsky.social

White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .

Orson Le Guin
@orsonleguin.bsky.social

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if, given the current geopolitical climate, your April Fool prank doesn't cause significant panic in the stock market and a number of companies to go under and a military escalation somewhere... then you're. Just. Not. Trying. Hard Enough!

Orson Le Guin
@orsonleguin.bsky.social

Solidarity with Dundee University staff. 632 job cuts is atrocious. And an investigation into what went wrong? What went wrong was principals and SMGs high on unsustainable international student numbers, but they were getting too many bonuses and salary increases to quit.

Orson Le Guin@orsonleguin.bsky.social

Some of the bigger universities are absolutely using this (real crisis) as cover to bury bad news. As per the article "partly blamed" on lower international student numbers. What or who else is to blame? But just on intl student numbers - who should be blamed for the consequences of mismanagement?

Orson Le Guin
@orsonleguin.bsky.social

HE sector is broken and it starts at the top. People unqualified to manage a single line budget are tossing words like "strategy" around constantly. As if just using that word confers some kind of wisdom or ability to plan ahead.

Orson Le Guin
@orsonleguin.bsky.social

These people did not have a "strategy" beyond take credit when things are good (nothing to do with them), pretend all still good when it's clear political decisions are going to torpedo intl student numbers, take money until the last minute before running away to let their staff suffer consequences.

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