Ian and Erica
Of course, if - as seems the case from the other thread on this list - we
are only going to be able to submit 3* and 4* material then the overall
number of submissions will be considerably lower.
It seems to me that we are reaching a stage where we are being asked to
jump through very smaller hoops held ever higher off the ground for ever
diminishing resources. Might it not be time to start to think about modern
languages or even humanities as a whole boycotting the whole sorry and
stressful exercise? We are not performing circus poodles after all.
Peter
Dr Peter Thompson
Director, Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies
http://shef.ac.uk/ernstbloch/)
Senior Lecturer in German
Department of Germanic Studies
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Quoting "Ian F. Roe" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Frank and all
>
> Although retirement next year will save me from the lunacy that is REF,
> I can only agree with the criticisms that have been aired. It seems
> rather curious that German departments seek to emphasise that even their
> undergraduate courses are taught by staff who are an expert in the
> particular field, yet when it is a matter of professional judgments
> affecting millions of pounds of public money and even - dare one say -
> the survival or otherwise of some parts of the sector, then suddenly two
> colleagues are expected to cover the entire discipline.
>
> Regards, Ian
>
> From: JISCmail German Studies List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carter, Erica
> Sent: 02 March 2011 11:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AGS consultation
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> I agree with Dan that this looks like a very skewed panel. Simply in
> terms of workload, it is unworkable - there is no way that two people,
> however committed and knowledgeable, can deal with the volume of
> material likely to be submitted. And there is of course also an issue of
> coverage. We will all have personal axes to grind on this question - my
> own would be the absence of significant representation on
> German-language film - but that could be dealt with if there was
> critical mass for German on the panel.
>
> Since there is so much at stake here for the discipline, we surely need
> to protest as vigorously as possible at this point. I understand that
> you don't want to add to members' inboxes, but if you're to make
> representation on our behalf, it would make sense for those of us who
> want to see the panel changed to add our names to a list. So count me
> in.
>
> Erica
>
>
> Professor Erica Carter
> Department of German (Incoming HOD)
> School of Arts and Humanities
> King's College London
> The Strand
> London
> WC2R 2LS
>
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