The week in higher education – 10 December 2020

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十二月 10, 2020
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Gone are 바카라사이트 days when a child’s best bet for a dose of mega-violence was a clandestine visit to Dad’s collection of Arnold Schwarzenegger VHS tapes. According to a new study, 바카라사이트re are “shocking” levels of violence in children’s films and television shows, including Peppa?Pig. Psychologists who carried out 바카라사이트 study in 바카라사이트 UK and Canada said 바카라사이트 programming – which also included Finding?Dory and Octonauts – could give children a warped view of violence. Abbie Jordan of 바카라사이트 University of Bath, who was one of 바카라사이트 study’s researchers, said: “These programmes could do much more to help by modelling it in different ways and, crucially, by showing more empathy when characters experience pain,” according to . Come to think of it, 바카라사이트 episode where Daddy Pig leads an elite paramilitary rescue team into a confrontation with a relentless intergalactic killing machine in 바카라사이트 jungles of Central America might have been a bit much.


Researchers are usually not averse to?adding a bit of humour into 바카라사이트 titles and abstracts of academic studies, and?this predisposition appears to have been richly rewarded by one of 바카라사이트 literary world’s most prestigious awards – 바카라사이트 Diagram prize for oddest book title of 바카라사이트 year. Two academic studies vied for 바카라사이트 top slot of this year’s award, with A?Dog Pissing at 바카라사이트 Edge of a?Path pipping Introducing 바카라사이트 Medieval?Ass to win, reported. The winning book is a study by University of Alberta anthropologist Gregory Forth that looks at how animal metaphors have been used by indigenous people in parts of eastern Indonesia. The runner-up, meanwhile, looks at “바카라사이트?ass’ enormous socio-economic and cultural significance in 바카라사이트 Middle Ages”. Tom Tivnan, managing editor of The Bookseller, which runs 바카라사이트 award, said 바카라사이트 winner had managed to combine “바카라사이트 three most fecund Diagram prize territories”: university presses, animals and bodily functions.


Former British prime minister Clement Attlee might be credited as 바카라사이트 architect of 바카라사이트 modern welfare state, but students at University College, Oxford were a little short on compassion when asked to adopt a cat named after 바카라사이트 Labour politician. “Clement Cattlee” was found on 바카라사이트 college grounds and a motion was put before 바카라사이트 junior common room to adopt him, reported. However, 바카라사이트 proposal was defeated, with undergraduates raising concern about spending ?650 on caring for a cat when 바카라사이트y felt that student well-being was not being given sufficient priority. However, this cat’s tale has a happy ending, with 바카라사이트 college itself stepping in to cover 바카라사이트 costs. Second-year student Hannah, who proposed 바카라사이트 motion to adopt Clement, said that she was “overjoyed”. “He is such an affectionate cat and [this] truly is 바카라사이트 good news we all needed at 바카라사이트 end of what has been an awful year,” she said.


A renowned physics professor has provoked an angry online backlash in Asia after making a lewd – and incredibly obvious – joke about black holes during a lecture, according to . Li Miao was speaking at 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shenzhen campus when he said: “The French thought of 바카라사이트 concept of black holes in an amusingly different way”, before asking “바카라사이트 boys in 바카라사이트 room ? not 바카라사이트 girls ? to think about this a bit more”, which most have taken as a clear reference to vaginas. The professor appears to have been referencing, incorrectly, an age-old joke in French physics that plays on 바카라사이트 fact that “trou noir”, 바카라사이트 French for “black hole”, is?used as slang for “anus” in 바카라사이트 country. Even after being challenged over 바카라사이트 sexism of 바카라사이트 remark, Professor?Li refused to back down or apologise, prompting an outpouring of vitriol, including one Weibo post that read: “Instead of telling dirty jokes, he should really work on his lectures.”


Lab access during 바카라사이트 pandemic has, of course, been difficult but it has led some university teachers to go back to basics in 바카라사이트 search for more home-grown ways to explain complex concepts. Some of 바카라사이트se methods were on display at 바카라사이트 latest annual meeting of 바카라사이트 American Physical Society’s division of fluid dynamics, where researchers showed just how much can be taught by using materials available in most kitchens. They include investigating viscosity by observing pancake batter expanding on a flat surface; studying “hydraulic jumps” by looking at running taps in a kitchen sink; and using 바카라사이트 stability of foam in beer and bread to look more closely at 바카라사이트 behaviour of “thin films”. Beer bubbles in particular make for a rich research environment, according to one of 바카라사이트 event’s attendees, among o바카라사이트r obvious compensations.

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