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by physicsguy 313 days ago
This is totally not true in my country (UK). Staff are laid off. Tenure doesn't exist. Departments are not closed.
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aydyn 313 days ago
But thats UK, a small backwater island
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physicsguy 312 days ago
A small backwater island with 4 universities in the top 10 of worldwide rankings and outperformance in the top 100 too?
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aydyn 311 days ago
yeah
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zipy124 309 days ago
They are, but extremely infrequently and when they are it is minor numbers, at least at the largest universities. And when they are laid off it is for financial reasons not performance.
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physicsguy 306 days ago
Not sure if you're following the news, but almost every university is in financial trouble at the moment.
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