tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384056639369168576.post160989233348487228..comments2023-10-08T08:55:06.836-07:00Comments on Mostly Harmless Science Blog: The Irish Elk is not a good role model for a Higher Education sectorChris Fellowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03020350770567584929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384056639369168576.post-21504031489068983572014-09-21T17:49:37.293-07:002014-09-21T17:49:37.293-07:00Thanks for your comment, Sarah! We are certainly s...Thanks for your comment, Sarah! We are certainly singing similar tunes. The key thing for me is that universities are theoretically there in the first place to carry out certain functions, but like a lot of institutions they have become caught up in perpetuating their own existence above everything else. So they end up stressing these metrics that measure research instead of teaching, although teaching is overwhelmingly why the community funds them (Prof Schank's point) and that measure research by a yardstick that is largely irrelevant to the needs of the community that funds them to do research (my point).Chris Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020350770567584929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384056639369168576.post-78649471234277989172014-09-18T20:21:15.781-07:002014-09-18T20:21:15.781-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204660448172452221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384056639369168576.post-5554190579397810652014-09-18T20:21:15.091-07:002014-09-18T20:21:15.091-07:00I feel like you and this guy are singing the same ...I feel like you and this guy are singing the same tune: http://educationoutrage.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/the-big-lie-teaching-never-matterss-in.html<br /><br />I'm forever boggled by the metrics used to judge things across education in general, by and large they all miss the point completely.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204660448172452221noreply@blogger.com