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Queensland University of Technology defends removing 'merit' from hiring policy
jpanhalt:
I assume many of you have seen this cartoon about diversity.
[plain]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edtHJMaws0[/plain]
It seems Queensland University is imitating parody.
AndyBeez:
--- Quote ---"When people say things like 'We do this on merit', they're actually reflecting the bias of their own experience,"
"There isn't a way of being colourblind that's not got some form of bias into it."
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No sh!t Karen!
So no more hiring females or aboriginals(?) on the basis that they are the very best person for the job?
Clearly QLUT has a 'diverse' range of leadership skills. I can think of which box this one ticks - an empty one?
I should add, that as someone who works in the UK, this diversity BS is a conversation from decades ago.
RoGeorge:
That "decision" is not to be taken lightly, that's national sabotage. Universities are strategic objectives, just like military bases. Ask you intelligence services to open an investigation.
Meanwhile, the students, the university and the Australian people should disobey the "decision", and remove her instead. Find out who come up with that "decision", too. Whoever is messing with the education system is doing so to ruin your future.
Also, her salary seems disproportionately large:
--- Quote ---https://campusmorningmail.com.au › news › qut-finances-are-sound-but-what-about-the-casuals
QUT: finances are sound, but what about the casuals?
Professor Margaret Sheil's salary for 2020 was $1,209,999 and for 2019 $1,189,999. Compare this to the Premier of Queensland's annual pay of $385,605.
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.RC.:
--- Quote from: magic on November 28, 2023, 08:21:20 am ---
AFAIK actual commies never used gender or ethnic quotas and were opposed to feminism and other identity politics.
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In politics left and right is pretty corrupted and meaningless. In fact people can and do believe what they want to believe and justify to themselves that they hold the superior position.
Everything is mixed up. You can have socially "conservative" people but still believe in communism. You can have socially "progressive" people that believe in capitalism, and vice versa.
After being on internet forums for years to me it appears there is an infinite number of positions on the socially "progressive", socially "conservative", politically communist and politically capitalist graph and on top of that those positions people hold seem to change as their circumstances and life experience changes.
In fact I would say you can not tell a person's true views by what others say about them, or even what they write in forums themselves as communication skills vary from person to person and comprehension skills vary as well, and emotions are not easily determined by written language.
But it seems some people cannot handle this constant changing flux of views and think, well such and such said this so therefore they absolutely are X, and these people are on all sides as well.
Warhawk:
I would have never said that a person with lobotomy could be a vice-chancellor. :-+
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