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Thanks Julia. What a turn-up for the books, the pancreas conceding like that! Among the many gems of clear, concise and elegantly crafted scientific discourse, I think my favourite is: Experts were called in, and upon reducing laboratory brightness by 15.3, we introduced a dozen eggs to a large dish. After breakfast, the experts had Ms H. look at a wall. It actually left me eagerly anticipating the sequel! Martin From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julia Miller Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 2:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Predatory journals Gordon, I loved your article. You and others may be interested in another article published recently in a predatory journal: Protozoal Importunity in a Thirty-Three-Year Old Lawyer: A Farewell to Arms? (https://juniperpublishers.com/gjorm/volume5-issue1-gjorm.php) My son wrote this article, and also bargained with the journal, pitting them against another predatory journal in a bidding war to see who might publish it first. GJORM then published his article quickly without any fee and without telling him that they had published it. I use this example to teach my students about the need to read critically for themselves, regardless of whether a journal is 'peer-reviewed' or not. Best wishes Julia From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gordon Asher Sent: Monday, 23 July 2018 5:49 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Predatory journals As one aspect of an increasingly neoliberal, academic research-publishing regime - those 'predatory journals' 'For those who haven't yet come across the term, "predatory journals<https://theconversation.com/why-you-should-care-about-the-rise-of-fake-journals-and-the-bad-science-they-publish-72130>" are becoming a bit of a nuisance in science. They actively masquerade as legitimate mainstream journals, often with similar layouts and names - although they very likely have essentially zero threshold for publication, despite typically claiming to operate with rigorous peer review processes. Most academics will know the irritation of receiving multiple spam emails per day soliciting manuscripts or inviting one to join editorial boards of unfamiliar journals. Much more importantly, though, these predatory journals are undermining the credibility of scientific publishing because the research they publish appears to be largely unvetted. So partly out of frustration with this situation, but also out of curiosity, I wanted to see just how low the bar for publication might be. This is the story of my "study".' https://theconversation.com/i-got-a-hoax-academic-paper-about-how-uk-politicians-wipe-their-bums-published-99417?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493+CID_d8d5fc3abf4f5da81ecd0185d7050821&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=I%20got%20a%20hoax%20academic%20paper%20about%20how%20UK%20politicians%20wipe%20their%20bums%20published [https://images.theconversation.com/files/227986/original/file-20180717-44073-16cmhfn.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=0%2C579%2C4500%2C2250&q=45&auto=format&w=250&h=140&fit=crop]<https://theconversation.com/i-got-a-hoax-academic-paper-about-how-uk-politicians-wipe-their-bums-published-99417?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493+CID_d8d5fc3abf4f5da81ecd0185d7050821&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=I%20got%20a%20hoax%20academic%20paper%20about%20how%20UK%20politicians%20wipe%20their%20bums%20published> I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published<https://theconversation.com/i-got-a-hoax-academic-paper-about-how-uk-politicians-wipe-their-bums-published-99417?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2023%202018%20-%20106949493+CID_d8d5fc3abf4f5da81ecd0185d7050821&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=I%20got%20a%20hoax%20academic%20paper%20about%20how%20UK%20politicians%20wipe%20their%20bums%20published> theconversation.com Politicians on the right surely wipe with their left hand; and vice versa? Work like you don't need money Love like you've never been hurt and dance like no-one's watching "Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world." Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) "Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from that ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable." Hannah Arendt (The Crisis of Education) "it is impossible to imagine a future unless we have located ourselves in the present and its history; however, the reverse is also true in that we cannot locate ourselves in the present and its history unless we imagine the future and commit to creating it" (Anna Stetsenko, 2015). ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LDHEN list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LDHEN&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the LDHEN list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LDHEN&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the LDHEN list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=LDHEN&A=1