Mammon's imprint
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Critics are angered that the Oxford University Press (OUP) has abandoned 30 contemporary living poets because of poor profitability, particularly as the OUP is a highly profitable organisation that has charitable trust status because of its investments in academic work. Publishers and authors are mutually dependent, but the OUP holds the upper hand with academics who are pressurized to publish irrespective of royalty deals. The OUP has annual profits of 17 million pounds sterling but offers unfairly small flat fee payments to academics.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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Cash cows amid bulls and bears
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The UK government is encouraging business school leaders to heighten their relevance to the commercial world, but some academics question the ethics of linking commercial funding to academic research. The Association of Business Schools aims to form closer ties between companies and business schools via consultancy and research as well as teaching programmes. Some academics are criticised for personally profiting from private consultancy work, however, particularly as private sponsor funding cannot lead to fully independent research.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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