Charge of The Researchers

Again, considering the ‘tyranny of measurement’ from ever-increasing KPIs, and as suggested by a colleague The Charge of the Light Brigade poem as a suitable metaphor, the following emerged:

Half a KPI, half a KPI,
Half a KPI onward,
All in the valley of Impact
Rode the PhDs.
‘Forward, the Researchers!
Charge for publication!’ she said:
Into the valley of Impact
Rode the PhDs.