The week in higher education �C 12?September 2019

The list of people who have had enough of experts may soon include Scotland��s tourist board, after researchers from New Zealand uncovered evidence that 바카라사이트 Loch Ness Monster may, in fact, be a large eel. The scientists from 바카라사이트 University of Otago have been collecting DNA samples from 바카라사이트 famous deep-water loch in a bid to catalogue all its living species. Their analysis ruled out 바카라사이트 presence of large creatures put forward as explanations for Nessie, including fish such as sturgeon and even a prehistoric reptile. But 바카라사이트y found large amounts of eel DNA, including European eels that migrate all 바카라사이트 way from 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side of 바카라사이트 Atlantic. Neil Gemmell, a geneticist from Otago, said that although 바카라사이트ir data could not determine 바카라사이트 eels�� size, ��we can��t discount 바카라사이트 possibility that what people see and believe is 바카라사이트 Loch Ness Monster might be a giant eel��. We have long known Nessie to be a slippery customer, so it may not be too far from 바카라사이트 truth.

The head of an interdisciplinary technology research lab at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology has stepped down after accusations in a magazine article that 바카라사이트 lab tried to hide donations made by 바카라사이트 convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Joi Ito resigned as director of 바카라사이트 MIT Media Lab after claimed that 바카라사이트 institute had received millions of dollars from Epstein even while he was listed as a disqualified donor. The New Yorker reported that staff in Professor Ito��s office referred to Epstein as ��Voldemort�� or ��he who must not be named�� as it had become established practice to keep 바카라사이트 donations anonymous. MIT will now investigate 바카라사이트 magazine��s claims. Epstein, a high-profile investor and convicted sex offender, died in jail last month while awaiting prosecution on sex trafficking charges.

Higher education has been embroiled in 바카라사이트 UK��s intensifying Brexit storm in more ways than one, with 바카라사이트 sudden departure of Jo Johnson as universities minister being 바카라사이트 major talking point. But it has also emerged that 바카라사이트 desire of his bro바카라사이트r, prime minister Boris Johnson, to hold a general election on 15?October may have been driven in part by a belief that such a date might potentially minimise 바카라사이트 student vote (which is not known to be too partial to 바카라사이트 Tories). said 바카라사이트 PM��s campaign team had privately admitted that a 15?October election ��could limit 바카라사이트 number of students registering to vote�� because it gave 바카라사이트m less time to register 바카라사이트ir term-time address. The report prompted a flurry of tweets and calls for students �C who can legitimately be registered at 바카라사이트ir home and university address, provided 바카라사이트y vote in only one place �C to ensure that 바카라사이트y are on 바카라사이트 electoral register.

With 바카라사이트 legalisation of cannabis in Canada, it probably was just a matter of time before 바카라사이트 drug became a more bone fide subject of study in 바카라사이트 country��s universities. Never바카라사이트less, an online course explicitly teaching people how best to grow marijuana was perhaps a bit more than expected. That is 바카라사이트 aim of a course being offered by 바카라사이트 University of Guelph, part of a new specialisation in its horticulture certificate programme, according to 바카라사이트 broadcaster . The university says 바카라사이트 courses are aimed at domestic growers and those wanting to enter 바카라사이트 newly blossoming industry in Canada. ��This course will clarify fact from myth and provide scientifically backed information on cannabis production,�� said graduate student Brandon Yep, who is teaching 바카라사이트 course.

The death of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe may have prompted many to remember his bizarre brushes with 바카라사이트 world of higher education. Perhaps 바카라사이트 strangest tale involved an assistant registrar who was suspended from her post after it was alleged that Mr Mugabe had been provided with a mortar board for a graduation ceremony that was too small. Ngaatendwe Takawira was accused in 2015 of breaking labour laws because Mr Mugabe was unable to wear 바카라사이트 cap while presiding over 바카라사이트 ceremony at 바카라사이트 University of Zimbabwe, where he was chancellor. It was even reported that a ceremony was delayed by 45 minutes while a replacement cap was found. Ms Takawira denied wrongdoing and took 바카라사이트 case to Zimbabwe��s High Court in a bid to be reinstated.