Leicester drops promotion of work by academics facing redundancy

Shortly after highlighting ‘game-changing’ study, tweet is pulled after critics point out the researchers involved could lose their jobs

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March 12, 2021
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March 12, 2021
Anna McKie
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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by davep@... on March 15, 2021 - 8:34am
Bumbling and incoherent management?
#2 Submitted by l.... on March 15, 2021 - 8:52am
There's a similar article about the game-changing nature of the research on the University's website...which does not allow comments (https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts). Deleting the tweet seems like a mechanism for controlling open responses, rather than a recognition that one should not boast about research one does not plan to further foster.
#3 Submitted by c.... on March 7, 2024 - 7:35am
How is acaxe.ic freedom compatible with direction from bureaucrats?

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