Oxford University to reform voting rules for poetry professor post
Oxford University tonight announced changes to the centuries-old tradition of voting for its professor of poetry post, instead introducing processes that bring it something closer to the 21st century.
The vote, every five years, has been called a "kamikaze convention", and this year descended into embarrassing farce when Ruth Padel felt compelled to resign after nine days in the job.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 8 December, 2009
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