How to get ahead in academia

ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH TO WORK in academia? Bin your CV and burn your books: we mean, are you good enough? If you want to join us at Progress College, we need proof you are morally aligned. Of what avail are academic credentials before unconditional devotion to the Holy Trinity of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion? Britain 2025: hundreds of academic posts stipulate a “commitment to EDI” as an essential criterion for appointment. For many, mere doctrinal belief sufficeth not. All applicants for senior jobs at University College London must evidence a “demonstrable contribution to advancing EDI”. The appointed senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Greenwich will, as a “core requirement”, “promote the University’s policies on EDI”. DON’T THINK YOUR SUBJECT AREA WILL provide cover. The would-be lecturer in mathematics…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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