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[School] University of Southern Queensland, Australia [Issue and Date] I taught in this university for three years. I will remember them as the worst time of my life. The university is situated in South-East Queensland, a region renowned for its racism and corruption. The music department routinely alters the grades of its students based on religious and racial factors. Any academic to challenge these practices is ostracized, at best, and fired on a pretext at worst. The Dean of the faculty and the vice-chancellor of the university are aware of the levels of corruption in this and many other departments of USQ but are unable or unwilling to address the problem. During my employment three close colleagues had nervous breakdowns, two of them are now permanently unable to return to work. The academic quality of the department is barely highschool standard and the administrative load consumes around 80% of faculty members' work hours. Research is actively discouraged - being labelled as 'selfish' and a 'reward which should be earned'. The university maintains links with white supremist organisations in the surrounding area and has been investigated for various shady financial dealings. I would warn any potential employees to seriously reconsider applying for any position at USQ. Accepting a job there was the worst decision of my entire life. It took me 12 months of professional counselling to recover from the psychological damage done to me there. I almost walked away from academia altogether and it was only the caring support I received from subsequent colleagues that pulled me through. I have seen careers utterly decimated at USQ - give the place a very wide berth!! [Department] 
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