I never knew about this US 'market' where high school students are coached by researchers (who seem to get paid well) to write research papers, which are then hosted as preprints or published in student research journals (for a fee, of course). All to help those prileged enough to afford this to get into university.

The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your Teen a “Peer-Reviewed” https://www.propublica.org/article/college-high-school-research-peer-review-publications

#AcademicEthics #academia #academicchatter #universitylife #HigherEd #researchethics #ResearchIntegrity #research

I'm teaching basic genre theory today. I love teaching basic genre theory. My students do not love it when I teach basic genre theory. In the end, however, my students often end up fairly engrossed in basic genre theory. #IAmTeaching #UniversityLife #genre

The Guardian Australia has this 'exclusive':

'Appallingly unethical’: why Australian universities are at breaking point https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/10/appallingly-unethical-why-australian-universities-are-at-breaking-point

It highlights many areas of concern in academia - loss of staff, casualistion of staff and associated poor practices, outsourcing of online material, etc. It paints a picture that this is universal Australian university experience, and in my opinion that is not correct. The article focuses on stories from just a few universities and clearly the concerns there are real.

It is near the end of term here at UNSW Sydney, and my experience of teaching two courses this term has been overwhelming positive. Face to face teaching has been great, the students are enjoying being on class, they are working hard and socializing hard. It is great to see them enjoying being at university and try they are a pleasure to teach. Okay, I do have wall to wall grading the next few weeks....

#academia #education #unsw #guardianau #HigherEd #universitylife #teaching

“Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation...”

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#university #universitylife #ChairOfChemicalAndProcessEngineering #Verfahrenstechnik #berlin #berlin365 #berlingram #ackerstrasse #Forschung #research #Wissenschaft #science #scienceisfun #laboratory #phd #phdlife #engineers #engineering #ProcessEngineering #ChemicalEngineering
https://twitter.com/tub_vt/status/1627688358842441728

My day in a #meme #universitylife #unistudent My next semester is in a week. I'm going to sew so many tails.

Giving your #university email as your spam email, because the new corporate filters send all your important stuff to spam (and you're going to lose that address someday anyway)...
#UniversityLife #AcademicMastodon

Walking Tour of The University of Tokyo Japan ❤️❤️❤️❤️ https://www.alojapan.com/701747/walking-tour-of-the-university-of-tokyo-japan-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/

#Travel #travelvlog #traveling #travelling #travelblogger #travelkaroindia #tokyo #japan #universitylife #university #universityoftokyo Walking Tour of The University of Tokyo Japan ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#Tokyo #Tokyodestinations #Tokyotour #tokyotravel #Tokyotrip #Tokyovacation #travel #travelkaroindia #travelvlog #travelblogger #traveling #travelling #東京

It’s already been a day and it’s not even 11am here. So I ran down to the beach to get some sun and try to get my brain focused. I blanked on a 9am meeting. I wrote my kid’s dr appt on the wrong day. And all I can think is that the term hasn’t even started and my anxiety is already trending back up. I already need another break. :D

#universitylife #stress #anxiety #beach

#ThrowbackThursday

I was in a #band at university. Yes, I was the uncool #keyboard player.

It was the #1990s. I was probably #high.

#Metal #Grunge #Funk #LongHair #UniversityLife

Last day/week before going back to teaching. I love teaching, but I have also greatly enjoyed this little Christmas break. Drinking #yerbamate, correcting exams, doing some extra readings

#universitylife #highereducation

"राजकीय स्कूली छात्राओं ने किया नीलम विश्वविद्यालय का शैक्षणिक भ्रमण "

#kaithalnews #kaithal #haryanauniversity #schoolstudents #careerdevelopment #studentsgroup #schoollife #lawuniversity #AgricultureUniversity #universitylife #educationuniversty
#educationalinstitute #bestuniversity #topuniversityinharyana #topuniversity

Happy holidays from Karlshochschule in Karlsruhe.
Whether you celebrate one of these holidays or not, we hope you have a wonderful and safe end of the year!:
#endofyearholidays #universitylife

Still smiling about this aside:
… ‘I didn’t want my hot take to be blunted by comms specialists and media teams thinking I was being a bit too spicy! … ’
It’s from an engaging post by @summerbeth titled ‘Submitting evidence to the House of Lords’.
https://mymisanthropicmusings.org.uk/submitting-evidence-to-the-house-of-lords/
#universitylife

@FrooView It's a similar picture in #Canada, exacerbated by the pandemic and online learning where students have not been able to seek peer support in the same way #AcademicMastodon #UniversityLife

#silentsunday

From what seems like a decade ago, but was only last year, when K and I felt like we were the only people on campus. There were others, but the campus had just reopened so it was “skeleton crew” so to speak. It was so quiet you could almost hear the ghosts. #hotelcalifornia #csuci #covid19 #universitylife #class of 2023 (me) #classof2026 (K)

Aaaaaaand that's it. Just submitted the final version of my thesis. Last step, verbal defence and then this is done!

#universitylife

Let the new journey begin.

All that's left is to clean out my campus office, a big undertaking...

But not as big as retiring from #UniversityLife & transforming professionally into a fulltime #writer.

https://anakwrenn.com/blog/detail/farewell-professor/20221215120352511

#WritersLife #author
#retirement
#SapphicMigration #FictionWriter #Blog

It may be fr-r-r-r-eezing outside but my favourite Glasgow cafe -- Kothel GWR -- is cozy and warm. The perfect place to while away a few hours reading new treasures. #DressHistory #HistoricalDress #UniversityLife #MeTime #GlasgowWestEnd

End of semester! Today I submitted the last of three essays due this past week. The euphoria lasted all of two hours... before I began mentally champing at the bit for next semester, with a fantastic work placement at Paxton House and finally for research for my dissertation to get properly underway. Can't wait! #EndOfTerm #ChristmasBreak #UniversityLife

One of Eldest's University Flatmates recently did something reckless enough to force their Maintenance Guy to add some helpful instructions to their vacuum cleaner.

#Students #UniversityLife #GenZ