I recently got this from Birgit in Ozland. Many thanks Birgit! I have added the Plain English link to this blog. Go down to the bottom on the left to find it.
Triumph of gobbledygook : UNSW’s grand plan
to remake the university, its ‘2025 Strategy’ has been gonged by a world
authority — the UK plain English Campaign —whose recipients
are recognised for their exemplary use of bad and confusing English. Here is the winning passage, which valiantly attempts to explain something
called a strategic matrix.
“The Strategic Matrix is
intended to facilitate the cross-cutting interactions our staff and students
are seeking in order to secure the benefits of linking across faculties,
schools, divisions, disciplines and other organisational boundaries. The
vertical axis — our Schools, Faculties and Divisions. The eight Faculties and
Divisions, along with our Canberra campus and the 50 Schools within them form
the vertical axis of the UNSW Strategic Matrix. The horizontal axis — our
strategic priorities, themes and enablers. The three strategic priorities,
which have emerged from the consultation — Academic Excellence, Social
Engagement and Global Impact — and the eight themes that sit within them, along
with our strategic enablers, form the horizontal axis of our Strategic Matrix.”
I hope that is all clear now :-)) Off to The Philharmonie in a couple of hours to relax with Mahler's 6th Symphony. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
Sunday, March 11, 2018
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I can see modern university administrators rating Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein in their annual performance reviews on the triple matrix axes of Academic Excellence, Social Engagement and Global Impact.
Well done - you seem to have understood it all. I wonder if you are the only one :-))
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