http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/28/academic-ethics-privacy-and-transparency-all-coming-soon-to-youtube.aspxAustralia's QUT has been in the grip of a very public controversy recently which dovetails between issues of freedom of speech, academic ethics and the transparency of university processes. The controversy came to light and media attention on 11 AprilenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/28/academic-ethics-privacy-and-transparency-all-coming-soon-to-youtube.aspx#1631Mon, 28 May 2007 07:36:31 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1631BCC<p>This is very interesting stuff, especially when viewed alongside the recent coverage of QUT's the decision to close its Bachelor of Arts programme.</p> <p>I also find it interesting that the authors in these articles refer to the subjects of the PhD work as disabled people, rather than people with a disabilities. </p> http://myresearchspace.grs.uwa.edu.au/blogs/tamablog/archive/2007/05/28/academic-ethics-privacy-and-transparency-all-coming-soon-to-youtube.aspx#1634Mon, 28 May 2007 14:32:33 GMT8a7e208b-72ee-48b9-aab7-de231d5a09bf:1634david.glance<p>The ultimate irony of all this is the argument for the freedom of speech to censor the work of another and the argument for fair process in disregarding the process of the ethics committee and the University administration (and it is all seemingly because of the conspiracy of the postmodernist, post-structuralist cabal striking dissenters mute!) - all worthy of a Dan Brown novel - or is that too postmodernist a thought?</p>