First of, you have my respect for writing this. I couldn't force myself to get up and take a stand yet.
this is simply an academic term, as far as I’m concerned. I think you're right on this, I just didn't realise it before, because I'm too deep inside this academic system myself and thus understood without thinking twice why the OTW were using that phrase and what it was supposed to mean (although I very much prefer the way you phrase it here to the version that's still on their homepage.)
I'd be interested in what exactly it is you do for the OTW, if you want to tell me. Maybe I can be of use, too. I just didn't volunteer because it still costs me more energy to discuss complicated things in English than in German, and I have my thesis to work on. But if I knew exactly what to do to help...
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this is simply an academic term, as far as I’m concerned.
I think you're right on this, I just didn't realise it before, because I'm too deep inside this academic system myself and thus understood without thinking twice why the OTW were using that phrase and what it was supposed to mean (although I very much prefer the way you phrase it here to the version that's still on their homepage.)
I'd be interested in what exactly it is you do for the OTW, if you want to tell me. Maybe I can be of use, too. I just didn't volunteer because it still costs me more energy to discuss complicated things in English than in German, and I have my thesis to work on. But if I knew exactly what to do to help...