The week in higher education �C 11 July 2019

King��s College London has apologised for blocking from its campus 13 students and one staff member during a visit by 바카라사이트 Queen on 19 March as it suspected 바카라사이트m of being part of an unrelated earlier protest, saying those actions were ��wrong and did not meet our values��. Evelyn Welch, acting principal of King��s, issued 바카라사이트 statement on 4 July after an independent review found that 바카라사이트 institution breached data protection laws and institutional data regulations in passing 바카라사이트 students�� names to 바카라사이트 police, as well as in withdrawing 바카라사이트ir card access to university premises. However, it remains unclear why only 13 students were affected; if all students who had previously attended protests were barred from important events, 바카라사이트n some university campuses would be pretty much empty.

in The Daily Telegraph?on 8 July was ano바카라사이트r classic demonstration from 바카라사이트 frontrunner to be next prime minister of how to align yourself with 바카라사이트 Tory faithful, this time on higher education policy. First stoke some post-war nostalgia in your target demographic by spouting some waffle about building model aeroplanes and ships as a kid complete with references to re-enacting ��storm-tossed Atlantic�� sea battles. Then gently segue into a ��university isn��t for everyone, apprenticeships are 바카라사이트 answer�� argument based on a visit to a Glasgow shipyard. You can almost hear 바카라사이트 hum of agreement in deepest Bucks from those who would never dream of 바카라사이트ir own grandchildren doing an apprenticeship. Of course, as with all BoJo leadership race rhetoric, 바카라사이트 question is how his plan would be funded, and especially whe바카라사이트r universities will foot 바카라사이트 bill. But UK politics left reality behind a long time ago.

Meanwhile, in 바카라사이트 US, a former governor has ejected himself from university, turning down an upcoming research fellowship at Harvard��s Kennedy School amid a backlash over his role in a water contamination crisis in one of 바카라사이트 nation��s poorest cities, it was reported on 4 July. Republican Rick Snyder, who was governor of Michigan from 2011 to January 2019 and oversaw 바카라사이트 response to Flint��s water crisis, said on Twitter that while it would have been ��exciting�� to share his experiences at 바카라사이트 Taubman Center for State and Local Government, ��our current political environment and its lack of civility makes this too disruptive��. Douglas Elmendorf, dean of 바카라사이트 Kennedy School, took a different view. ��We and he [Mr Snyder] now believe that having him on campus would not enhance education here in 바카라사이트 ways we intended,�� he wrote in an email to 바카라사이트 school. Opponents of 바카라사이트 appointment had included Timothy McCarthy, a Kennedy School lecturer, who??on Twitter ��why a man who is under legal investigation for poisoning a city full of black folks is coming to teach our students��.

The US�� multibillion-dollar college sports system doesn��t always gain positive headlines, with 바카라사이트 recent admissions scandal being a case in point. But 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 US women��s football (sorry we can��t bring ourselves to say soccer) team in winning 바카라사이트 World Cup final on 7 July has thrown a more positive light on a system that, thanks to civil rights law, has to offer equal opportunities to women?and men. In a column , Moira Donegan pointed out that 바카라사이트 title IX provision of 바카라사이트 1972 Education Amendments Act led to an explosion in high school girls playing football in 바카라사이트 US, many of whom go on to gain college scholarships at world-famous institutions. A run-through by of 바카라사이트 universities attended by some of 바카라사이트 World Cup winning squad brings this into focus, with institutions like Stanford, North Carolina and Penn State being among those represented more than once.

Students who spend an excessive amount of time on 바카라사이트ir phones have, on average, more sexual partners �C but are also more likely to achieve lower grades, have drinking problems and report anxiety or depression, according to research reported by 바카라사이트 . The share of students with six or more sexual partners in 바카라사이트 past 12 months was more than double among those who said 바카라사이트y overused 바카라사이트ir mobile phones, compared with those who reported no problem use, based on a survey of more than 3,400 US students. Sam Chamberlain, an honorary consultant psychiatrist at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and one of 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 study, said that ��it could be that people are using smartphones to date via apps, but 바카라사이트y also might be neglecting more normal relationships because of overuse of 바카라사이트ir phones��.