Cantrell, Kate 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-614X
(2019)
How to Avoid Being Sucked into the Black Hole of Administration.
Times Higher Education (THE), 17 October 2019.
pp. 1-4.
ISSN 0049-3929
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).
| Item Type: |
Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
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| Refereed: |
No |
| Item Status: |
Live Archive |
| Additional Information: |
No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -) |
| Date Deposited: |
05 Nov 2019 04:52 |
| Last Modified: |
01 Jun 2021 05:12 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
academia, higher education, university administration, bureaucracy |
| Fields of Research (2008): |
20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2001 Communication and Media Studies > 200199 Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education
19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing > 190402 Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting) |
| Fields of Research (2020): |
47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4701 Communication and media studies > 470199 Communication and media studies not elsewhere classified
39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education
36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3602 Creative and professional writing > 360201 Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting) |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): |
E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970119 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing
E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education |
| URI: |
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/37307 |
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