{"id":26609,"date":"2011-08-31T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T03:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=26609"},"modified":"2011-08-31T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T03:01:10","slug":"from-instrumental-reason-to-violent-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=26609","title":{"rendered":"From instrumental reason to violent revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bah. First they censor my blog<\/a>, now this!<\/p>\n

Website blows whistle on reasoning behind tutorial cut<\/a>
\nAndrew Trounson
\nThe Australian<\/em>
\nAugust 31, 2011<\/p>\n

A LEAKED email has laid bare the reasoning behind cuts to the number of tutorials within humanities and social sciences at the University of Adelaide: that they were driven by cost-cutting, contradicting assurances that they were for pedagogical reasons.<\/p>\n

In an email passed to the HES by whistleblower website Unileaks<\/a>, the head of Adelaide’s school of social sciences Greg McCarthy notified staff that agreed extra payments to casual staff to cover marking had caused a significant increase in costs that the university wasn’t prepared to pay for. And to make up for the shortfall he suggested that the number of tutorials be cut…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also, note that RMIT has recently joined The Market in declaring that people with disabilities are uneconomic, deciding to abolish<\/a> its Bachelor of Applied Science (Disability). In fairness to RMIT, reflecting the general contempt with which their clients are regarded suitably-qualified disability workers are poorly-paid and have low social-status.<\/p>\n

*shrugs*<\/p>\n

I dunno.<\/p>\n

Maybe unemployed and over-qualified minds could be made job-ready by filling abandoned mine sites with the useless bodies of the disabled?<\/p>\n