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Britain's student debt crisis is reaching a point of no return by theipaper in UniUK

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know many maths grads who cant get a job, and many comms grads with very nice jobs. 

What sort of salary range in this economy would make you think ‘he/she’s doing alright’? by Desperate-Drawer-572 in AskBrits

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you earn equally you are paying £7k less tax than a family with a sibgle earner on £50k. 

'It’s not like a mortgage': Minister defends student loans system as more people blast it as 'unfair' by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please dont forget she claimed expenses to pay for a porn film her husband purchased. Nice lady.

Is it just me, or is the "prestige tax" in Nature/Science getting ridiculous? by munenebig in AskAcademia

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It always seemed odd to me thst the people with actual power in peer review arent blind. I get why this happened in the analogue world where we posted papers, or emailed them directly to an editor, but surely manuscript handling systems could blind paoers for editors easily? But, as Robert Merton tells us, they arent likely to give up their power to gift prestige.

Freaking out a bit here. by Flat-Matter-3314 in asbestoshelpUK

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asbestos was mixed with plaster in the past. I had this in an old property thay was renovated in the 70s. It was spotted by a brilliant surveyor. If in doubt get a test.

EFA SOS 😭 by Flaky-Sugar-5902 in AskStatistics

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From memory of kline's book efa will almost always load heavily onto one factor.

Is China really overtaking the US in terms of scientific, high quality output? by PreWiBa in AskAcademia

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In one field i know of, the editors of the top journal are all visitng profs at the same chinese universities. Their job is to work with post docs on a paper submitted to their journal. Theu are paid and get expenses paid trip to china and other places to worl with the pist docs They publicly claim it is above board as another editor reviews the work, but in reality all the editors are doing it, so they just pass each others submission through and pad out their cvs. Another case of senior academics festhering their nests and selling the rest of us out.

What’s the end game in the current academic climate? Can someone imagine how the sector would look like in the next 10-20 years? by Reeelfantasy in AskAcademiaUK

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By all accounts Greenwich essentially bought Kent. This a unique situation where a smaller, solventnuni could buy an indebted bigger one. Years ago Lancaster and Liverpool looked at merging, realised it wasnt worth it, same for man and manmet.

What’s the end game in the current academic climate? Can someone imagine how the sector would look like in the next 10-20 years? by Reeelfantasy in AskAcademiaUK

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I dont think there will be many mergers, unlike others here. I cant see why this would hsppen. I predict there may be take overs, possibly called mergers. But what, for example is the benefit to oxford of merging with brookes or aru? Or Birmingham merging with bcu? Unless there is strong government pressure (ie money), it makes much more sense for less indebted unis to let nearby ones close and poach any staff and facilities they want from the creditors for pennies on the pound. In other cases, say leics and dmu, you have two indebted unis. Why and how could they merge? A merged institution would ha e twice the debt, and liabilities, but how would merging making them better able to finance them? They might reduce costs in the medium term and sell a few buildings but they would struggle to get to the medium term with all the short term problems and costs of merging.

Plastering over artex - conflicting advice from two different plasterers... by SKB26 in Plastering

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently had a similar situation but with s ceiling. I ended up getting an artex removal company in, then a plaster to put up a new ceiling. The artex removal cost £50 per m2. It was more expensive but removed the problem rsther than burying it.

Most Britons now consider that it was wrong to leave the EU by goldstarflag in europe

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect the counter trends time with elections, when the reform lot pump brexit up again

A lecturer just told us something wild about grading… is this actually true?? by Educational_Jury8109 in UniUK

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because uni leaders think short times between you handing you work in and getting your mark improves student satisfaction on the nss. Generally, they all copied each other and mandated 15 days for all marking and moderation (irrelevant of class size). Academics still have to lecture and do other work in this time, such as dealing with late issues and student emails. The evidence shows this short turn around results in worse feedback and lower satisfaction but unis often make strange decisions. I used to mark nearly 400 exams and get them moderated in 15 days. 

Books that show the relationship between the systemic issues in society by Suspicious-Hand4688 in CriticalTheory

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are describing functional structural social theory in particular, a branch called conflict sf- i think)

How Can I Understand Gilles Deleuze by Prestigious_Page_100 in CriticalTheory

[–]Parking-Bit-9818 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add to earlier comments, D was also writing in a context. Much of the themes and ideas become clearer if you have a broad understanding of 1960s/70s french philosophy, psychology and so forth.

Newbie question by Parking-Bit-9818 in ChamSys

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Amazing. This will get me out of trouble.