The School of English
Yesterday, it was found that Tony Fisher, a lecturer in the School of English here at Nottingham, had made derogatory comments about students on his public Facebook page. We discussed this, and various reactions to it, on The Pulse.
Caitlin first explained a bit about the comments:
Next we discussed the issue in the studio:
We spoke to Lucy, who is one of Tony's tutees, and who supports the view that this was a simple mistake which has been blown out of proportion:
Not everyone agreed though, as we discovered when we went out and about on campus to get other students' views.
You were keen to express your views about this throughout the show. One listener said:
"There isn't an issue at all. It's such a non-story...I'm more concerned that students who are adults are unable to handle comments on the internet without freaking out to this extent. If someone says something online that you disagree with either ignore it or just tell them. This just in, Nottingham admits babies."
Someone else added: