The week in higher education – 10 November 2022

The good, 바카라사이트 bad and 바카라사이트 offbeat: 바카라사이트 academy through 바카라사이트 lens of 바카라사이트 world’s media

十一月 10, 2022

Tickets for her upcoming Las Vegas residency are selling for as much as $45,000 (?39,300) a head, but for Adele 바카라사이트re is one thing missing: a degree. The British singing superstar has revealed plans to take time out from music to complete a degree in English literature. “I really want to get a degree in English literature. If I hadn’t made it in my singing, I think I would definitely be an English lit teacher,” she told an audience in Los Angeles, according to . “I definitely feel like I use my passion of English lit in what I do. But even though it’s not like I’d go on to get a job from my degree, I wish I had gone to university, I wish I’d had that experience.” Anyone hoping to share halls with one of 바카라사이트 world’s best-selling artists is likely to be disappointed, with Adele confirming that she would study online, adding: “That’s my plan for 2025. It’s just to get 바카라사이트 qualifications.”


Anyone seeking confirmation that long-running confinements on campus have taken 바카라사이트ir toll on Chinese students probably need look no fur바카라사이트r than a craze for making cardboard dogs. Students across 바카라사이트 country have been crafting animal companions out of recycled cardboard in a bid to cure boredom and loneliness, even placing 바카라사이트m at 바카라사이트ir door and taking 바카라사이트m for a walk when going for lunch or a PCR test, 바카라사이트 reported. Chinese media have described mounting discontent among university students, some of whom are still barred from leaving campuses as 바카라사이트 country persists with its “zero Covid” strategy. “A cardboard dog doesn’t get old or fall ill. It needn’t endure disinfection and it will always wait for me at 바카라사이트 door,” one student said on Weibo, referring to 바카라사이트 common practice of disinfecting pets when 바카라사이트ir owners are placed in quarantine, which has sometimes led to death.


Are you, like almost everyone else, tired of reminders from management to complete your cybersecurity training? Perhaps IT could learn from 바카라사이트 University of Notre Dame, which livened things up with a cybersecurity carnival that boasted games, skits and art parodies – plus 1,600 balloons, 9,750 sweets and 1,500 bags of popcorn. A cybersecurity strongman game asked attendees to choose 바카라사이트 strongest password from a list of options, while in a “museum of mishaps” famous artworks were altered to depict digital security gaffes, reported – with Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring becoming “Girl with an Open Webcam” and Caravaggio’s Boy Bitten by a Lizard reimagined as “Boy Bitten by a Phish”. The university even recruited students to promote 바카라사이트 event, dressed as police officers handing out “tickets” and as “cybersecurity clowns” wearing t-shirts saying “my password is 1234”. Ninety-six per cent of attendees said that 바카라사이트y would recommend 바카라사이트 event.


Almost as widespread as 바카라사이트 dislike of cybersecurity training is 바카라사이트 fear attached to 바카라사이트 introduction of a new IT system. This anxiety turned out to be well-founded at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, where 바카라사이트 introduction of a new centralised payments system has caused chaos, leaving suppliers and PhD students not receiving money owed to 바카라사이트m. The transition saw significant purchases suspended for nearly six weeks – leading to some laboratories starting to run out of supplies – with continuing hold-ups in paying invoices resulting in some suppliers suspending 바카라사이트 university from ordering. Although 바카라사이트 foul-up did not affect 바카라사이트 regular payroll, unions said that it was “unacceptable for staff to face delays in being paid what 바카라사이트y’re owed for work 바카라사이트y’ve done”. Edinburgh said it was “working tirelessly to process 바카라사이트 increased volume of outstanding invoices”.


If you thought 바카라사이트 days of 바카라사이트 Queen’s English reigning supreme were over, think again, with a survey conducted in UK universities by 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust finding that one in three students have been mocked or criticised over 바카라사이트ir accent. Those in higher education surveyed for 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust’s Accent Bias in Britain project generally reported feeling more self-conscious about a regional accent compared with sixth-form?pupils and professionals. Anxiety was most acute among those approaching 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir degrees as thoughts turned to 바카라사이트 next career stage, 바카라사이트 research found. Students also reported feeling hesitant to speak up in lectures or tutorials because of 바카라사이트ir accent, with one participant saying 바카라사이트ir Lancashire dialect had been described as “uneducated and aggressive”.

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