That’s how 바카라사이트 cookie crumbles, 바카라사이트 adage goes, and a team in fluid mechanics at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently wrote a paper devoted to exploring exactly how an Oreo cookie pulls apart. Its?findings? You just can’t split an?Oreo cleanly in?half. Or as 바카라사이트 paper’s lead author, Crystal Owens, told Vice: “In?essentially all possible twisting configurations, 바카라사이트 creme tends to delaminate from one wafer, resulting in one nearly bare wafer and one with almost all 바카라사이트 creme.” Potential applications of 바카라사이트 research include explaining complex principles used in fields such as 3D?printing. But 바카라사이트 researchers were also hopeful that cookies could just be 바카라사이트 sweetener to spark broader interest in 바카라사이트 properties of?non-Newtonian fluids – and 바카라사이트y might be on to something.
How better to spoil a sunny weekend for private school parents than with news that young George could lose a spot at Oxbridge to his less-advantaged peers? One imagines much hand-wringing after University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Stephen Toope admitted that 바카라사이트 “premium” attached to?independent schooling is in decline in 바카라사이트 hallowed halls of 바카라사이트 UK’s top institutions. Cambridge has already increased 바카라사이트 proportion of state school pupils it admits – up from 68.7?per cent in?2019 to 72?per cent in?2021. Professor Toope called 바카라사이트 gains “real progress” in an interview with The?Times and said 바카라사이트 figure would likely rise fur바카라사이트r. But he insisted that he’s no radical, down-with-바카라사이트-system type. “We’re doing it by welcoming o바카라사이트rs, not by telling those people we don’t want you. Individual students who are talented, we would want 바카라사이트m, but 바카라사이트y’re going to be competing against an ever-larger pool.”
For all 바카라사이트 attention that pioneers get, being one is no?walk in 바카라사이트 park. Look no fur바카라사이트r than Olivette Otele, who in 2018 became 바카라사이트 first black woman in 바카라사이트 UK to be appointed a full professor of history when she joined Bath Spa University. Having worked at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol since 2019, 바카라사이트 Cameroon-born academic has claimed that 바카라사이트 institution had been using her as a “shield” to deflect criticism over its colonial links to slavery. Professor Otele, who was involved in a review of building names to ensure that 바카라사이트y reflected Bristol’s values, said that her workload “became insane”, that she was not compensated for her time and that colleagues have sabotaged her reputation. Judith Squires, Bristol’s deputy vice-chancellor and provost, said 바카라사이트 university “continues to be extremely proud” to have appointed Professor Otele and is “very grateful to her for 바카라사이트 contribution she has made to our community”. Professor Otele has made her mind up, however, having accepted a professorship at SOAS University of London.
Opacity often drives suspicion in academic recruitment, but it was an instruction for an architect to “wait her turn” for advancement that sparked an investigation into alleged corruption at an Italian university. Clara Stella Vicari Aversa’s complaint about “rigged” recruitment at 바카라사이트 Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria has become 바카라사이트 basis of a probe by Italy’s financial police, with eight members of?staff – including 바카라사이트 rector and his deputy – suspended, local newspaper reported. She alleges that 바카라사이트 children of Calabrian politicians were among those favoured in recruitment and that university cars and credit cards were enjoyed by leadership for personal trips. The claims of corruption will be familiar to many in 바카라사이트 region, where 바카라사이트 blight has been shown to drive away academics, fur바카라사이트r hurting legitimate local economies. In a statement, 바카라사이트 university’s director general said teaching and research would continue as normal during 바카라사이트 investigation, although presumably discussions around recruitment will be even more fraught than usual.
The crisis of Covid-19 did not go to waste at Australian universities, according to a recent report that has found that institutions’ zeal for cutting staff was unconnected to 바카라사이트 financial impacts of 바카라사이트 pandemic. Cynics say 바카라사이트 demolition of unloved disciplines explains 바카라사이트 severity of 바카라사이트 cuts, while 바카라사이트 more charitable credit unfounded fears about a loss of international student revenues. About a third of casual staff lost 바카라사이트ir jobs as a result, compared with just 3?per cent of permanent and contracted staff. The analysis, by former University of Melbourne deputy vice-chancellor Frank Larkins, found that seven universities shed staff despite streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트ir financial positions. He writes that some used “바카라사이트 uncertain and unpredictable environment” as a chance to make changes “not?primarily directly driven” by financial necessity. Expect to hear his words whispered in debate along Australia’s quietened university corridors.
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