Just heard from our lecturer that he may be made redundant next week! Now, this would be fine if he was one of those useless lecturers that just blab from the front of the class and think of themself as being superior to everyone else in the room. But, he's not. He's the best lecturer/tutor I've had in all my years of tertiary study. Not only does he use extremely comprehensive and well researched slides in his lectures, but he is hilarious, very down to earth, has extensive experience in the areas he teaches about, and does all that he can to help his students pass his courses. He also has the largest workload of anyone in the education faculty and drives all the way from Levin to Wellington for work each day! The university as an institution and the students will lose a lot if he loses his job.
The reason given by the university is that he's not involved in enough research and is not publishing 4 journal articles each year. Personally I think it's much better that he's spending his time being the amazing lecturer that he is, rather than doing research. And I think anyone whose been in any of his classes would agree. We pay fees to be educated well, not for our lecturers to write articles for external publications.
Sort out your priorities Victoria University!
And that's my rant. And a bit of a tribute to Chris Bowden.
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