Many things went on at Unseen University and, regrettably, teaching had to be one of them. The faculty had long ago confronted this fact and had perfected various devices for avoiding it. But this was perfectly all right because, to be fair, so had the students. “Interesting Times” by Terry Pratchett One of the nice things of looking for a new job after 8+ years in Academia is checking out different jobs to see whether they fit. One of the not-so-nice-things is when you and a potential employer disagree about said fit. :-/ Although to be honest, I can see that the focus on the last application was a bit different and fit might have been an issue — on multiple issues. But it was worth a short, among others, because it provides you with new playing fields to work out ideas. For example, to improve academic writing at universities. It was something that was in the job description, and the main reason I applied. It’s a topic I really care about, esp. given that academic writing is rarely taught by people actually working and writing in the particular disciplines. Don’t get me wrong about people with a literature/writing background [...]
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