How to Avoid Being Sucked into the Black Hole of Administration
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Cantrell, Kate. 2019. "How to Avoid Being Sucked into the Black Hole of Administration." Times Higher Education (THE). 17 October 2019, pp. 1-4.
| Article Title | How to Avoid Being Sucked into the Black Hole of Administration |
|---|---|
| Article Category | Magazine |
| Authors | |
| Author | Cantrell, Kate |
| Publication Title | Times Higher Education (THE) |
| Journal Citation | 17 October 2019, pp. 1-4 |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Place of Publication | United kingdom |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/how-avoid-being-sucked-black-hole-administration |
| Abstract | I’ll admit that my knowledge of physics is largely confined to the theme song of The Big Bang Theory. Increasingly, however, I find myself staring into the electronic time suck that is my email inbox and thinking about Einstein’s theory of general relativity. I wonder, in particular, if he was thinking of academia when he proposed that while the universe is finite, it has no limits. Certainly, time seems to warp into something akin to jelly when 349 emails spring up overnight. Some of these requests are easily resolved: a seating disruption in the refec (no action required); a book contract from a scam publisher (delete); an invite to the annual Turnitin Conference (delete and block). Other emails, however, are not straightforward. This morning, for example, I received five “urgent” requests before my first class (which, by the way, is a 9am tutorial). |
| Keywords | academia, higher education, university administration, bureaucracy |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470199. Communication and media studies not elsewhere classified |
| 390303. Higher education | |
| 360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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