tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post1628845961076313275..comments2024-03-20T08:37:50.011+00:00Comments on Bullying of Academics in Higher Education: Finally tackling the issue...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-66928846642412365822009-01-16T11:11:00.000+00:002009-01-16T11:11:00.000+00:00I would willingly release the details of my story ...I would willingly release the details of my story if I felt it would help... but I think I'd be more likely to find myself in an even more impossible situation than I am already....<BR/><BR/>Aphra BehnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-79164547744632706232009-01-15T16:57:00.000+00:002009-01-15T16:57:00.000+00:00I'm not sure that this isn't just a fictitious the...I'm not sure that this isn't just a fictitious theoretical blog -- a work of creative writing, rather than being a true account of bullying at a real institution. Why didn't they just publish some various and real stories from the bullied academics blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-34067813307011256582009-01-15T15:09:00.000+00:002009-01-15T15:09:00.000+00:00The new "academic team leader" (whatever happened ...The new "academic team leader" (whatever happened to "chairman" or "head"?) could well have been my own former department head or his fawning assistant.<BR/><BR/>People like that aren't completely satisfied until they control every aspect of the lives of their subordinates and they've made those poor souls completely miserable. The reason why they do it often has next to nothing to do with actual academic matters.<BR/><BR/>At the place I used to teach at, nothing was done unless it was political. It wasn't political unless it was personal. It wasn't personal unless it damaged someone. It wasn't damaging unless it ruined that person's life.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the nobility of higher education....<BR/><BR/>El CidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-13728302566405634242009-01-14T20:14:00.000+00:002009-01-14T20:14:00.000+00:00This is such an important step to have taken. Hav...This is such an important step to have taken. <BR/><BR/>Having read it just now I can immediately recognise the signs... the colleagues who think it's just a personality clash... the dictatorial style... the undermining....<BR/><BR/>Aphra BehnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com