Podcast Civilization is now under threat.

[Snake_Baker]

The world has now officially lost it's mind, and civilization is under threat.

Oxford is now allowing students to have their marks amended in subjects such as mathematics, due to their perceived racial victimisation.

This is what happens when the humanities creeps in to higher education administration and resets the parameters.

An Oxford degree is no longer worth a pinch of s**t.

 

[Present Not Past]

The world has now officially lost it's mind, and civilization is under threat.

Oxford is now allowing students to have their marks amended in subjects such as mathematics, due to their perceived racial victimisation.

This is what happens when the humanities creeps in to higher education administration and resets the parameters.

An Oxford degree is no longer worth a pinch of sh*t.

Universities have been selling their degrees for years now.
In which case, the customer is always right.
Actually, if I had the spare cash I'd buy one myself now.

 

[Seeds]

The world has now officially lost it's mind, and civilization is under threat.

Oxford is now allowing students to have their marks amended in subjects such as mathematics, due to their perceived racial victimisation.

This is what happens when the humanities creeps in to higher education administration and resets the parameters.

An Oxford degree is no longer worth a pinch of sh*t.

Utterly stupid but civilisation under threat? China is going rogue right now and the only country that can bring them into line currently has no leader. We have bigger things to worry about.

 

[Roobs321]

Yeah, forget global warming...

 

[truedemon]

The world has now officially lost it's mind, and civilization is under threat.

Oxford is now allowing students to have their marks amended in subjects such as mathematics, due to their perceived racial victimisation.

This is what happens when the humanities creeps in to higher education administration and resets the parameters.

An Oxford degree is no longer worth a pinch of sh*t.

Haven’t you noticed the dumbed down so it’s that has been going on for the past 20 odd years.

As the popularity of the left and greens grow in the education system is the true barometer of how stupid future society will be

 

[truedemon]

Utterly stupid but civilisation under threat? China is going rogue right now and the only country that can bring them into line currently has no leader. We have bigger things to worry about.

It has a leader that is supported by a dozen or so other countries! The democratically have gone full * mode to distract

 

[Seeds]

Yeah, forget global warming...

How exactly is global warming going to be a civilisation killer other than in pacific islands? We live in a world with excess food and round the clock artificial heating and cooling. On top of all that renewables withbatteries will be cheaper then fossil fuel energy within the decade which means capitalism alone will dramatically reduce emissions and limit temp changes to very manageable levels.

Meanwhile we have nuclear weopans becoming more devastating then movies even imagine, large parts of the world turning their backs on democracy and globalisation to embrace war mongering nationalism and a virus adding fuel to the fire.

 

[Marcel Proust]

What a bizarre conversation

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

 

[iBeng]

Hey, remember when universities let rich people pay for their dumb kids to get in?

But nah, THIS is where we get outraged.

 

[Frank Bunn]

From The Times.

Oxford University has revealed plans to “decolonise” its maths and science degrees and will allow students of any subject who have been affected by the Black Lives Matter furore to seek lenient marking.​

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In a letter to the student union, Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor, said that the mathematical, physical and life sciences division had been awarded a grant to develop teaching resources that supported the diversification of its curriculums, describing it as “an area that is frequently overlooked”.​

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She added: “Many departments in social sciences have begun work on making their curriculum more inclusive and adding diverse voices to it. This includes steps such as integrating race and gender questions into topics, embedding teaching on colonialism and empire into courses, changing reading lists to ensure substantial representation of a diverse range of voices, and ensuring better coverage of issues concerning the global South in syllabuses.”​

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The university invited students affected by the killing of George Floyd in the US to apply for mitigating circumstances. It also said that it was trying to employ more black counsellors.​

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In her letter, Professor Richardson said: “Any student taking university assessments who feels their performance has been affected should submit a self-assessment mitigating circumstances form after their final examination or assessment.” Heads of house would alert tutors and welfare staff to the potential need for workload to be reduced and would “urge colleagues to reach out to any black students who may be experiencing difficulty at this time”.​

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The Black Lives Matter protests have also had an impact on the National Trust, which said that it had been silent for too long on identifying connections that its properties have with slavery and colonialism. Hilary McGrady, director-general, said that the trust had identified that just under one third of the properties it cared for had “direct or indirect links to colonialism broadly and slavery more specifically”.​

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She told the BBC that it had not done enough in the past to ensure that visitors to its sites were aware of the circumstances in which previous owners amassed their fortunes. Last week the trust removed from Dunham Massey Hall near Altrincham, Manchester, a statue of a kneeling black man carrying a sundial.​

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The Colston Hall music venue in Bristol, named after the slave trader Edward Colston, whose statue was torn down in a protest last week, removed his name from signs yesterday. A new name will be announced in the autumn.​

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The National Education Union wrote to Boris Johnson yesterday saying that the school curriculum should be reviewed to ensure that it was “rooted in black and global history”. The biggest teaching union said trainee teachers should be equipped with anti-racist strategies and the curriculum should cover Windrush and migration.​

 

[JP Sauce]

From The Times.

Oxford University has revealed plans to “decolonise” its maths and science degrees and will allow students of any subject who have been affected by the Black Lives Matter furore to seek lenient marking.​

​

In a letter to the student union, Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor, said that the mathematical, physical and life sciences division had been awarded a grant to develop teaching resources that supported the diversification of its curriculums, describing it as “an area that is frequently overlooked”.​

​

She added: “Many departments in social sciences have begun work on making their curriculum more inclusive and adding diverse voices to it. This includes steps such as integrating race and gender questions into topics, embedding teaching on colonialism and empire into courses, changing reading lists to ensure substantial representation of a diverse range of voices, and ensuring better coverage of issues concerning the global South in syllabuses.”​

​

The university invited students affected by the killing of George Floyd in the US to apply for mitigating circumstances. It also said that it was trying to employ more black counsellors.​

​

In her letter, Professor Richardson said: “Any student taking university assessments who feels their performance has been affected should submit a self-assessment mitigating circumstances form after their final examination or assessment.” Heads of house would alert tutors and welfare staff to the potential need for workload to be reduced and would “urge colleagues to reach out to any black students who may be experiencing difficulty at this time”.​

​

The Black Lives Matter protests have also had an impact on the National Trust, which said that it had been silent for too long on identifying connections that its properties have with slavery and colonialism. Hilary McGrady, director-general, said that the trust had identified that just under one third of the properties it cared for had “direct or indirect links to colonialism broadly and slavery more specifically”.​

​

She told the BBC that it had not done enough in the past to ensure that visitors to its sites were aware of the circumstances in which previous owners amassed their fortunes. Last week the trust removed from Dunham Massey Hall near Altrincham, Manchester, a statue of a kneeling black man carrying a sundial.​

​

The Colston Hall music venue in Bristol, named after the slave trader Edward Colston, whose statue was torn down in a protest last week, removed his name from signs yesterday. A new name will be announced in the autumn.​

​

The National Education Union wrote to Boris Johnson yesterday saying that the school curriculum should be reviewed to ensure that it was “rooted in black and global history”. The biggest teaching union said trainee teachers should be equipped with anti-racist strategies and the curriculum should cover Windrush and migration.​

*clutches pearls*

 

[M Malice]

 

[Messenger]

I thought it was going to be something serious.