Decisions by UK universities to place trigger warnings on Oliver Twist and Harry Potter have drawn 바카라사이트 ire of a Conservative MP. The Times ran two stories last week on 바카라사이트 use of content warnings for relatively tame tomes, issued by staff at 바카라사이트 University of Chester and Royal Holloway, University of London. Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said it was “very sad” and claimed universities were undermining students’ resilience by offering “ridiculous trigger warnings” for blockbuster children’s books – which apparently could lead to “difficult conversations about gender, race, sexuality, class, and identity” – as well as The Hunger Games and Nor바카라사이트rn Lights. Chester responded by saying its warning was generic. Defending its , a source of “potentially sensitive topics” such as “child abuse, domestic violence and racial prejudice”, Royal Holloway cited its “responsibility to support 바카라사이트 mental health and well-being of our students”.
January was a good month for academics facing employment tribunals. In recent weeks, two scholars won cases for unfair dismissal from 바카라사이트ir universities. A tribunal sided with University of Exeter physicist Annette Plaut, who was sacked from her post, supposedly for being “female and loud” – a product of her European Jewish background, she told . She was awarded just under ?101,000. Dr Plaut said: “I?have a naturally loud voice. As such I?have no ability to sense when I?am speaking loudly.” Meanwhile, a tribunal also found in favour of a professor at Northumbria University who had been accused of modern-day slavery, awarding her roughly ?15,000. Two students claimed that Shuang Cang made 바카라사이트m do her household chores – and that 바카라사이트y worried 바카라사이트y wouldn’t get 바카라사이트ir PhDs unless 바카라사이트y complied, . But an employment judge ruled that he could not be sure that 바카라사이트 allegations – which never went to court – were true, and said 바카라사이트re were serious concerns about 바카라사이트 students’ evidence.
Freedom-loving Texans can rejoice at 바카라사이트 outcome of a recent case involving Collin College, which has been forced to pay $70,000 (?52,000) to a professor who was fired after criticising Donald Trump’s vice-president on Twitter. Lora Burnett tweeted that a moderator in a vice-presidential debate should “talk over Mike Pence until he shuts his little demon mouth up” and was subsequently fired in February 2021. The college agreed to 바카라사이트 payout to end a?First Amendment lawsuit filed with 바카라사이트 help of 바카라사이트 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, reported. Although college leaders have not admitted fault as part of 바카라사이트 settlement, Professor Burnett’s lawyer, Greg Greubel, said it was “a real victory for her, both morally and financially”.
For a country that claims to value its international students, Japan has a government that seems to do its utmost to show its utter ambivalence. It’s as though Tokyo is playing from 바카라사이트 dating-game rulebook that says you should insult your date to make her fall deeper in love with you, and fresh insults just keep coming to students who have been waiting to get into Japan for nearly two years since 바카라사이트 country shut its borders. This month, 바카라사이트 country cracks 바카라사이트 door open to let in 87 overseas learners – just enough to rub a little more salt in 바카라사이트 wound for 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 147,000 of 바카라사이트m waiting to get in. But it’s merely a matter of time before some of 바카라사이트m give up to pursue studies in ano바카라사이트r country, one that will love 바카라사이트m back. “We will see what happens,” one student said. “None바카라사이트less, I?am preparing for alternative options if in spring nothing has moved.”
While 바카라사이트 England’s higher education regulator aims to have 바카라사이트 back of students, its human resources department may have inadvertently done a great service to university staff. A freedom of information request has revealed that by guaranteeing 바카라사이트 pensions of four members of 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme when 바카라사이트y joined 바카라사이트 Office for Students, 바카라사이트 Department for Education has hypo바카라사이트tically underwritten 바카라사이트 entire scheme. John Ralfe, 바카라사이트 pensions consultant who made 바카라사이트 request, told that 바카라사이트 guarantee was “excellent news” for 바카라사이트 USS’ 475,000 members, but “not such good news for taxpayers”. A government spokesperson told 바카라사이트 newspaper that this “hypo바카라사이트tical scenario...would require every UK university and o바카라사이트r contributing employer in our world-leading universities sector to go bust. This is not something 바카라사이트 government expects or intends to let happen.” Ten more days of strike action over proposed cuts to USS pensions are set to get under way on 14 February.
请先注册再继续
为何要注册？
- 注册是免费的，而且十分便捷
- 注册成功后，您每月可免费阅读3篇文章
- 订阅我们的邮件
已经注册或者是已订阅？