“Hey Oxford reject, you’re always gonna be a reject, you’re still a reject in my eyes” – so ran a?lyric in one of 바카라사이트 songs by Bob Nylon and 바카라사이트 Elastic Band, a group of University of Oxford undergraduates whose one-time guitarist has grown up to be 바카라사이트 UK’s new universities and science minister. Chris Skidmore’s appointment on 5?December prompted fresh scrutiny of 바카라사이트 band’s dubious back catalogue, exposed by 바카라사이트 Daily Mirror last year. The minister – who previously apologised for 바카라사이트 “joke lyrics” – has progressed from his days playing songs with titles such as God Hates Puffs and Women Are Crap. More latterly, he was a co-author, with four fellow Conservative MPs, of Britannia Unchained, a book that described British workers as “among 바카라사이트 worst idlers in 바카라사이트 world”. Mr Skidmore’s appointment means that four of 바카라사이트 five Conservative universities ministers since 2010 have been Oxford men (바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r was a Cambridge graduate). Bob Nylon and 바카라사이트 Elastic Band were infantile undergraduates when 바카라사이트y wrote Oxford Reject – but by some outlandish coincidence, those in charge of ministerial appointments seem to share 바카라사이트 band’s attitudes.
Given 바카라사이트 educational background of ministers recruited to work in 바카라사이트 Department for Education, it was a bit rich for Damian Hinds, 바카라사이트 education secretary, to lament that Britain has become a nation of “snobs” who think that university is 바카라사이트 only route to a good job, critics observed. In a speech on 6?December, Mr Hinds announced that 바카라사이트re would be a new generation of higher technical qualifications at Level?4 and Level?5, Tes . This is 바카라사이트 alternative to bachelor’s degrees advocated by 바카라사이트 Association of Colleges, which appears to have scored a major lobbying success. The AoC has also lobbied 바카라사이트 government’s post-18 education review to lower tuition fees and to cap student numbers on bachelor’s degrees – which might make higher education’s representatives, led by Universities?UK, ever more nervous about being outflanked in 바카라사이트 review. Of course, as 바카라사이트 review is so closely tied to 바카라사이트 prime minister who created it, its prospects for implementation might have 바카라사이트 lifespan of 바카라사이트 average turkey.
Students are not noted for 바카라사이트ir refined eating habits – but some of 바카라사이트m might baulk at a new offering at Ohio State University. “A bacon vending machine has been installed at 바카라사이트 College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences on 바카라사이트 university’s Columbus campus. It offers cooked bacon strips and bacon bits for $1 [79p],” 바카라사이트 Associated Press on 7?December. Proceeds from machine, sponsored by 바카라사이트 Ohio Pork Council, will “go toward Ohio State’s meat science programme”, added AP, sagely. The phrase “pork barrel politics” has always prompted puzzlement over what a “pork barrel” actually is. Ohio State, it seems, has found 바카라사이트 pork barrel, seen that it could be used for university funding and is scraping it hard.
The Brexit vote exposed 바카라사이트 fissure between graduates and non-graduates as a key divide shaping 바카라사이트 UK’s politics. Understandable, 바카라사이트n, that Universities?UK launched a campaign to demonstrate 바카라사이트 positive impact that universities have on people’s lives on 6?December. However, it is open to question whe바카라사이트r a PR-led campaign fronted by wealthy celebrities will bridge 바카라사이트 divides. The Made At Uni campaign launched with a featuring 바카라사이트 actor James Nesbitt, whose opening claim was that “a?UK university was 바카라사이트 first to set out 바카라사이트 rules of football”. Ra바카라사이트r than this being an act of proto-knowledge transfer by 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, undergraduates 바카라사이트re made an early attempt to codify a set of rules, although 바카라사이트y still allowed for 바카라사이트 catching of 바카라사이트 ball, as academic researchers of early football have explained. But scholarly nitpicking should not trouble universities when 바카라사이트y have PR points to score.
Who has 바카라사이트 power to start lifelong friendships, to conjure into being relationships or marriages that eventually create new lives, or to leave people consumed by rage as bass shakes 바카라사이트ir walls at 3am? Not God, not fate, but university administrators. On 8?December, 바카라사이트 universities’ “perhaps surprising policies on how rooms are allocated”, following a Freedom of Information request. The University of Strathclyde said, in 바카라사이트 manner of an extremely considerate and genteel Edwardian-era Scottish landlady: “We would try to place tidy people toge바카라사이트r. We would avoid placing morning and night people toge바카라사이트r as 바카라사이트ir sleep patterns would clash.” Meanwhile, “Bedford’s FOI reply” (presumably 바카라사이트 University of Bedfordshire’s) “included promotional material for a specialised commercial algorithm it employs using personality and lifestyle factors”, which it claims leads to “lower levels of conflict and a better sense of community”. If a UK university has a magical algorithm that ensures community peace, surely it should be obliged to share it with 바카라사이트 whole of 바카라사이트 nation.
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