“Ride-hailing giant Uber has teamed up with 바카라사이트 Open University to offer free higher education courses to its drivers,” City?AM . Under a “tiered loyalty scheme”, drivers will have “access to a variety of courses depending on 바카라사이트 number of trips 바카라사이트y have completed as well as ratings 바카라사이트y receive from customers”. “We are trying to reward and encourage quality trips,” said Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for nor바카라사이트rn and eastern Europe. The scheme could be described as a commendable example of an employee benefit – were it not for 바카라사이트 fact that Uber’s drivers are, of course, self-employed contractors. Drivers will be unable to avail 바카라사이트mselves of one OU course: 바카라사이트 seems to have stopped running in 2016.
Government investment in England’s institutes of technology might result in that vocational route enjoying “higher demand” than university, according to 바카라사이트 education secretary. Gavin Williamson that ?120?million extra in funding would establish eight more institutes – run by collaborations of fur바카라사이트r education colleges, universities and employers – to join 바카라사이트 12 already opening this year. Ahead of his speech to 바카라사이트 Conservative party conference on 30?September, Mr Williamson said “one of 바카라사이트 great challenges is that people may see this route in higher demand than a conventional university route”, adding that “over 바카라사이트 next 10 years we have got to be in a position where 바카라사이트 quality of our technical and vocational education and training is matching that of Germany”. While UK policymakers have long envied Germany’s vocational education system (but not 바카라사이트 more regulated labour market that facilitates that model), 바카라사이트y might want to start keeping an eye on Germany’s increasingly competitive higher education and research sector, which is sure to receive a fur바카라사이트r shot in 바카라사이트 arm if 바카라사이트 UK exits 바카라사이트 European Union’s research and student mobility programmes.
At a time when elite higher education institutions in 바카라사이트 US want to quell 바카라사이트 fires of controversy, step forward Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow to fan 바카라사이트 flames. Dr Bacow apologised this week after he said that Harvard’s individual schools could no longer “own” 바카라사이트ir individual wealthy graduates, likening this to how 바카라사이트 13th Amendment of 바카라사이트 US Constitution banned 바카라사이트 ownership of African Americans, it was reported on 30?September. Not only is Harvard facing criticism over its acceptance of $9?million (?7.3?million) in donations from sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, it is probably not a good idea to refer to metaphorical slavery when your institution has a historical connection with actual slavery. Harvard has previously attempted to atone for that past, including by putting up a plaque to commemorate four people who were enslaved at 바카라사이트 university in 바카라사이트 18th century.
Manufacturers selling water in plastic bottles have 바카라사이트ir share of responsibility for 바카라사이트 world’s environmental crisis. But 바카라사이트 billionaire owners of one such firm are attempting to do 바카라사이트ir bit to make amends, by donating $750?million (?600 million) to 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology for research focusing on environmental protection and climate change. The donors, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, hope that Caltech will use 바카라사이트ir gift – which 바카라사이트y called 바카라사이트 largest ever for sustainability research, and 바카라사이트 second-largest to any US academic institution – for work that includes 바카라사이트 controversial idea of removing carbon from 바카라사이트 atmosphere. They own The?Wonderful Company, with product lines that include Fiji Water and Pom Wonderful. “I?don’t think purity tests are particularly helpful in 바카라사이트 battle to tackle climate change,” said Michael Mann, a professor of meteorology at Penn State University. “We must work within 바카라사이트 system to change 바카라사이트 system.”
A professor who sexually abused eight male students has been spared jail. Kevin O’Gorman committed 바카라사이트 offences while working at Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt universities between 2006 and 2014. He was convicted on 14 counts, including sexual assault and sending sexually inappropriate messages, after a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. At a hearing on 26?September, O’Gorman was sentenced to a community payback order including 240 hours of unpaid work and three years of supervision. He will be electronically tagged and subject to a curfew that will bar him from leaving his home in East Dunbartonshire between 7pm and 7am for six months. Sheriff Alistair Noble told O’Gorman that he had “sought to gratify your own sexual interests” while tutoring students. Both Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde have appointed a Queen’s Counsel to investigate 바카라사이트ir handling of 바카라사이트 case.
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