Talk:Rick Trainor

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Hi all. I've got a few concerns about this page. Clearly there are aspects to the individual, particularly around HE cuts, which are contentious - but there are a lot of edits which come from mayfly accounts and confirmed proxy servers like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/220.255.2.122

FluffyBegemot (talk) 09:56, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I've altered some things in your edit and restored some of the original article. Sorry but some of your changes were a little amatuerish. I don't think you ought to have posted where he lives. Not only is that bad form, but are your sure about the accuracy of the "principal's flat" thing? It may just be a bit of college lore - I have heard it said before but never confirmed.


 * Thanks for the comments, though I feel compelled to point out I just wikified something that I didn't feel was particularly well put together. Regarding where he lives, fair point. But yes, he does live in the Principal's Flat and this is well known. It is also frequently used for entertaining.


 * --Coffeelover 11:19, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

---I think he is a Rhodes scholar, that could be noted here-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.78.224 (talk) 08:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

The edit by Julius Letterman asserts a biased perspective on Rick Trainor, especially in the context of recent media coverage of university funding cuts. I think it's important that this controversy be raised, but I don't believe this edit follows the spirit or letter of Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons, particularly with regards to being written conservatively, responsible criticism, and ensuring that the article remains broadly neutral. I'd suggest that the article needs to include/link to some wider context around the criticism from UCU.

--FluffyBegemot (talk) 19:59, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

The anonymous edits from IP address 137.73.22.142 are from a recognised address within the King's College London IP range, and these edits removed negative coverage of Rick Trainor, so I would suggest it likely that the edits came from someone inside the university sympathetic to Trainor. That said, Wikipedia should not be a battleground for heated and bitter debate on a living person, and the edits from individuals such as "AncientScripts" are no less partial. I've created a controversy section as I very much agree that this seems sensible, but this article needs a dose of something calming

81.98.247.237 (talk) 19:19, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Restructuring at King’s College

This passage needs some amendments to maintain neutrality. The following citations are inaccurate or unnecessary:

2 – This article does not mention King’s College London 5 – This is an opinion piece and is not neutral 10 – Broken link In order for the section referring to job losses at King's to be neutral, references other than pieces by trade unions should be cited.

The last paragraph is not cited and does not reflect the most recent developments under the leadership of Rick Trainor.

For the purposes of transparency, I work at King’s College London and I feel this page would benefit from a more balanced approach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs) 09:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

lcjt 16:57, 30 May 2012 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs) I have started making updates to the Career section of this page:

Have added the following text under Career:

Professor Trainor was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich (2000–2004). Prior to this appointment, he was Senior Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow. He became Principal of King's College London in 2004, where he is also Professor of Social History. In 2009 the title of President of King’s was added.

Between 2007 and 2009 Rick served as President of Universities UK (UUK) [2], the organisation that represents the heads of all UK Universities. In this role he engaged with the new Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills and latterly, successor Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, on a wide range of issues including autonomy, funding, research, standards and immigration.

He served on the Confederation of British Industries’ Higher Education Task Force from 2008-2009.[3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs) 16:55, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Added further career information.

lcjt 15:17, 1 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs)

Added additional career information.

lcjt 14:02, 10 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs)

Deleted the line 'This had no effect on King's policy' and inserted information about the appointment of Julia Crick as Professor Palaeography and Manuscript Studies in the School of Arts & Humanities.

lcjt 10:21, 17 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcbt (talk • contribs)

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