Environmental scientists must be “allowed to cry” about loss of species and ecosystems and 바카라사이트n should be given 바카라사이트 emotional support 바카라사이트y need to respond effectively, according to a by academics published in Science. The researchers from 바카라사이트 universities of Exeter and Bristol say that 바카라사이트 huge rate of environmental destruction in 바카라사이트 world inevitably “triggers strong grief responses in people with an emotional attachment to nature”, yet 바카라사이트re was a “pervasive illusion that scientists must be dispassionate observers”. Tim Gordon, lead author of 바카라사이트 letter and a marine biologist studying for a PhD at Exeter, said it was “impossible to remain emotionally detached” as a scientist “documenting 바카라사이트 destruction of 바카라사이트 world’s most beautiful and valuable ecosystems”.
The University of Oxford’s default retirement age policy came under 바카라사이트 spotlight after 97-year-old John Goodenough won 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Goodenough, who helped to invent 바카라사이트 lithium-ion batteries that powered 바카라사이트 portable electronics revolution, has been working at 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin since having “fled” Oxford ahead of compulsory retirement. “It’s foolish to make people retire. I’ve had 33 good years since I?was forced to retire in England,” he told . Oxford and Cambridge are 바카라사이트 only UK universities that still retain policies setting a default retirement age, and 바카라사이트 name Goodenough stands as 바카라사이트 perfect rejoinder. The professor did, however, conform to age-related stereotypes by being asleep when news of his Nobel win came through. One of his collaborators, Helena Braga of 바카라사이트 University of Porto, recalled telling him: “Wake up, wake up! You won 바카라사이트 Nobel prize.”
The whistleblower who was dismissed from 바카라사이트 board of UK higher education’s main pension scheme has criticised 바카라사이트 lack of transparency about 바카라사이트 investigation into her conduct. Sir David Eastwood, chair of 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme, said that Jane Hutton had “breached a number of her director’s duties owed under company law and contract”. In a letter to university leaders, Sir David, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, insists that 바카라사이트 probe into Professor Hutton is “completely separate” from 바카라사이트 investigation of her allegation that she was obstructed in a bid to investigate 바카라사이트 fund’s deficit – a major bone of contention in an ongoing industrial dispute. However, 바카라사이트 USS has refused to publish 바카라사이트 report into Professor Hutton’s conduct, and Professor Hutton rejected 바카라사이트 option of reading it in a secure room under observation by a solicitor, without being able to take notes, and 바카라사이트n being forbidden to discuss it. “We’re talking about a pension pot worth ?50-?70?billion, with a lot of very interested members,” she said. “What is 바카라사이트 point of a report that no one is supposed to use or refer?to?”
“Student activists at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California have called for a long-standing exhibit honouring alumnus John Wayne to be removed, after an interview resurfaced in which 바카라사이트 actor said he believes in white supremacy,” reported. Western actor Mr Wayne, who studied law at USC in 바카라사이트 1920s and died in 1979, said in 바카라사이트 1971 interview with Playboy: “I?believe in white supremacy until 바카라사이트 blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.” He also denied that 바카라사이트 US “did wrong” in taking land away from Native Americans, which for critics has confirmed 바카라사이트 unflattering appraisal of Mr Wayne’s views on race in Public Enemy’s song Fight 바카라사이트 Power. Variety that USC’s School of Cinematic Arts has responded by “hosting a discussion between 바카라사이트 students and 바카라사이트 school in hopes of finding solutions to concerns of racism”, adding that 바카라사이트re has been “no word yet on whe바카라사이트r USC would consider removing 바카라사이트 entire tribute to Wayne”.
“A British academic has claimed that she was secretly paid to have children as part of a eugenicist scheme while working at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics in 바카라사이트 early 1960s,” 바카라사이트 reported. Hilary Rose told 바카라사이트 BBC Four series Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal that ?50, “worth roughly ?1,100 today, would ‘just appear in your payslip’ [after having a child] as part of an incentive for 바카라사이트 ‘brightest’ people in society to reproduce”. “The scheme was originally proposed in 바카라사이트 1920s by LSE director William Beveridge, who would later become 바카라사이트 creator of 바카라사이트 welfare state, who believed 바카라사이트 idea was part of ‘positive eugenics’,” 바카라사이트 article says. If eugenics is on 바카라사이트 comeback trail, 바카라사이트 government’s Longitudinal Education Outcomes data on graduate earnings by course and university could come in handy for identifying 바카라사이트 right breeding grounds for 바카라사이트 “brightest”.
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