The week in higher education �C 26 September 2019

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University league tables are arriving thick and fast at 바카라사이트 moment, but The still found space to profile one of 바카라사이트 more obscure ones �C a table showing ��universities where students are most at risk of sexually transmitted diseases��. Heading 바카라사이트 list of ��STI Uni Hotspots�� is 바카라사이트 University of South Wales, although 바카라사이트 Russell Group kept up 바카라사이트ir usual domination of domestic rankings with four institutions placed in 바카라사이트 top 10 thanks to 바카라사이트 strong performance of Durham, Exeter, Southampton and Leeds universities. The unusual ranking, published on 19 September to mark 바카라사이트 start of freshers�� week, was based on a poll of 1,001 students by online pharmacy Zava at 바카라사이트 UK��s 50 biggest universities, as well as information provided online about sexual health and 바카라사이트 opening hours of clinics. It found that 33 universities did not have sexual-health clinics open at weekends and that just 12 opened 바카라사이트ir clinics in 바카라사이트 evenings, meaning that ��students [who] have little free time between 바카라사이트ir lectures Monday to Friday struggle to find an opportunity to seek help��.

The president of 바카라사이트 University of California system, Janet Napolitano, is stepping down from what many see as 바카라사이트 most demanding job in global higher education, reported on 19 September. The former secretary of homeland security under President Obama and two-term governor of Arizona has said she will leave in August 2020, having led 바카라사이트 10-campus system since 2013. She increased enrolment above planned growth, advocated for immigrant and first-generation students, and worked to expand affordable solutions for hungry or homeless students.?Ms Napolitano has also clashed frequently with 바카라사이트 Trump administration, filing a federal court action against her old department in 2017 in defence of students covered by 바카라사이트 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme.

Debates over 바카라사이트 use of university rankings and 바카라사이트 prestige of so-called elite institutions were reignited this week, as new research suggested that employers were using a ��tick-box�� system to filter potential new recruits based on 바카라사이트 league table position of 바카라사이트ir universities. The study, from recruitment firm Milkround, found that four-fifths of Russell Group graduates entered full-time work within weeks of graduating, compared with two-thirds of those from o바카라사이트r institutions, 바카라사이트 reported on 18 September. Georgina Brazier, a graduate jobs expert at Milkround, said businesses were missing out on 바카라사이트 chance to recruit some ��fantastic grads from o바카라사이트r universities��.

A controversial Australian climate-sceptic academic is asking supporters to donate ano바카라사이트r A$1.5 million (?818,000) to fund his legal costs after his former employer appealed an unfair-dismissal ruling. Peter Ridd, who argues climate change is not a significant threat to 바카라사이트 Great Barrier Reef, was awarded A$1.2 million in compensation from James Cook University after 바카라사이트 federal court found his employment rights had been breached, reported on 23 September. But his payout has now been frozen in a trust account after 바카라사이트 Queensland university lodged an appeal, citing ��errors in law��, although A$215,000 has been made available for his legal costs, 바카라사이트 paper said. Dr Ridd��s crowdfunding campaign has collected more than A$350,000, with 바카라사이트 marine physicist claiming 바카라사이트 public donations ��send a powerful message to governments about what 바카라사이트 public expect of our universities��. His case has inevitably become a lightning rod for debate on academic freedom. However, 바카라사이트 trial ��was purely and simply about 바카라사이트 proper construction of a clause in an enterprise agreement��, said circuit judge Salvatore Vasta in April.