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Seems a bit ranty to me Roy. On 25 Sep 2016 9:06 a.m., "Roy Hanney" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi David > > I quote from the JISC Mail site for this list "This list will provide a > discussion forum for people interested in external examining issues". > Though it has largely become a channel for advertising positions and it > would seem like that is appropriate and useful. It is also appropriate and > useful for people to engage in discussion and debate here as well. > > All the best. > > -- > Roy Hanney > Course Leader | Media Production | School of Media Arts & Technology > Southampton Solent University | East Park Terrace | Southampton SO14 0YN > T: 07894 899 044 | E: [log in to unmask] | www.solent.ac.uk > <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> > > > David I Reid <[log in to unmask]> > 25 September 2016 at 09:00 > > Hello. > With respect, this is a server for EE adverts. While I am interested in > these kinds of questions and debates could you possibly create or suggest > an alternative online space for them? At the moment it feels an imposition > to receive these emails. > Thank you. > David. > > ######################################################################## > To unsubscribe from the EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS&A=1 > Geoffrey Darnton <[log in to unmask]> > 25 September 2016 at 07:18 > > ...oh, the stupidity in adverts for EE posts can have additional > stupidities - there was an advert here recently for an EE requiring > applicants to have a PhD! That was for an EE of regular programmes, not for > appointment as a PhD examiner - how stupid is that? How on earth can the > D-Level descriptors have any impact on competence to be an external > examiner? - and that advert was from a university which of all entities > should understand how incredibly narrow some PhDs are and the set of > transferable skills in the D-Level descriptors is the narrowest set of > transferable skills in all the level descriptors......I really worry about > academics or academic managers who write adverts containing requirements > like that.....! > > On 24/09/2016 22:54, Roy Hanney wrote: > > ######################################################################## > To unsubscribe from the EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS&A=1 > Roy Hanney <[log in to unmask]> > 24 September 2016 at 22:54 > Which came first the chicken or the egg? > > The UCU boycott aside, the insane logic of needing to have experience > before being allowed to apply is stupidity at its most inane. > > Even a trained monkey could work that one out. > > Roy Hanney > > On 24 Sep 2016, at 19:32, mel martin <[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > ######################################################################## > To unsubscribe from the EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS&A=1 > > > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EXTERNAL-EXAMINERS&A=1