Dean of the Sydney Con + Plagiarism = ?

[prongated]

https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/silence-persists-in-halls-of-music/2007/10/07/1191695739497.html

...any takes? I'm confused...how hard is it to establish a definite case of plagiarism? It looks so shameful I don't understand how they can march on...

[ada]

Yes that's an interesting one, isn't it?

From personal experience I can say academia is (often) a cesspit of competing egos, insecurities, empire building, factionalism and underhanded attempts at career advancement.

What the academics seem to forget is they are there not to further their own careers but to nurture those of their students. Here you have what can be a fundamental conflict of interest.

What the rest of the world tends to forget, though, is that academics, like everyone else, are human.

[ahinton]

Interesting variation on a theme by William Barrington-Coupe, methinks; I do wish, however, that journalists and others wouldn't persistently write of "reaching a crescendo" when that is not strictly what is meant, revealing thereby that they don't know what "crescendo" actually means (and this is particularly unfortunate in a piece about a music conservatoire!)...

Best,

Alistair

[ada]

I do wish, however, that journalists and others wouldn't persistently write of "reaching a crescendo"

Best,

Alistair

Perfectly valid criticism. Those bloody hacks 

Blame the subs.

[prongated]

From personal experience I can say academia is (often) a cesspit of competing egos, insecurities, empire building, factionalism and underhanded attempts at career advancement.

...for the undergraduate performance course, she has pretty much cancelled concert practise and reduced lessons from 1 hour per week to 45 minutes a week...not sure how they're going to become proficient performers...

What the rest of the world tends to forget, though, is that academics, like everyone else, are human.

...nonetheless, apparently pretty much every other academic in Australia that was caught plagiarising in the past had been relieved from their post...so why not this one?