Academics, Science... The truth

 God Loves a gift that keeps on giving. As people know I have a chip on my shoulder about the state of research in the UK. Especially when it comes to academia and the types of academic who work there. Periodically, if i feel demotivated, I like to remind myself why no matter what, life could be worse working at certain universities. So i dropped into that legendary North East Hell Hole, sorry that's my opinion, housing of academic (Fill in your own word). Go look at the state of the Engineering departments website. One can only assume they do no research in some of their NODES as they call them. As you click the link which goes no where. No promotion, no positivity, static - that's all i need to say. Go look for yourself #StaticResearch #DurhamDoesnt #WhatAMess #MyOpinion

 It's time for an update from one of our local NE universities. Firstly to say, they are probably all very similar, perhaps just a change in where the issues are down to the university level and class. So this university is one where it nearly killed people with some coffee experiment. This university is different with its PSS. By the university, my take is its same business, treat them like cannon fodder. However, here the PSS hype up their own importance. Apparently a grade 5 should not help a grade 3 if work needs doing as it looks bad form to do that.... what a world we live in. There are some techs who have a PhD. This inflates their feeling of importance but lack of ability. For instance, it is common knowledge that one in the engineering section was given a promotion (with no interview). Unfortunately grade does not mean ability not effort in a role. But the academic sector only likes to promote and praise those who are both too stupid and too lazy to offer any form of threa...