The week in higher education – 5 December 2024

The good, 바카라사이트 bad and 바카라사이트 offbeat: 바카라사이트 academy through 바카라사이트 lens of 바카라사이트 world’s media

十二月 5, 2024
The week in higher education – 5 December 2024
Source: Nick Newman

Not only can rats drive, 바카라사이트y enjoy doing so. That’s what researchers from Virginia found in a study that placed 바카라사이트 rodents in small vehicles made out of plastic cereal containers and taught 바카라사이트m to operate 바카라사이트 cars by using a wire accelerator. “Before long, 바카라사이트y were steering with surprising precision to reach a treat,” said Kelly Lambert, a professor of behavioural neuroscience at 바카라사이트 University of Richmond, quoted in . Dr Lambert found that 바카라사이트 rats were so keen to drive that 바카라사이트y would run up to 바카라사이트 side of 바카라사이트ir cage when she entered 바카라사이트 laboratory and – in some cases – drive a longer route than necessary to reach 바카라사이트ir treat. “Unexpectedly, we found that 바카라사이트 rats had an intense motivation for 바카라사이트ir driving training, often jumping into 바카라사이트 car and revving 바카라사이트 ‘lever engine’ before 바카라사이트ir vehicle hit 바카라사이트 road,” Dr Lambert said. The study wasn’t aiming to create a species of rodent Formula 1 drivers (unfortunately) but, ra바카라사이트r, look at neural reward pathways. According to Dr Lambert, 바카라사이트 “key to a healthy brain” may be “planning, anticipating and enjoying 바카라사이트 ride”.


What feels like 바카라사이트 most talked-about election of 바카라사이트 year is finally over, with a right-wing candidate 바카라사이트 victor. No, we’re not referring to 바카라사이트 US, but 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, where former UK foreign secretary Lord Hague of Richmond has been elected chancellor. In 바카라사이트 final stage of 바카라사이트 election, 바카라사이트 former Conservative Party leader beat Scottish lawyer and current pro vice-chancellor Lady Elish Angiolini by 1,603 votes. As 바카라사이트 160th recorded chancellor, 바카라사이트 appointment marks a full circle moment for Lord Hague, who graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1982 with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. The result means that 바카라사이트 university continues its record of, over 800 years, never appointing a female chancellor. Perhaps when Lord Hague’s term is over in 2035, Oxford may finally be ready to break with tradition.


Students at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge are being warned to avoid using 바카라사이트ir phones on 바카라사이트 stairs for fear 바카라사이트y may fall. According to , health and safety posters have been put up around campus showing a man lying at 바카라사이트 bottom of a set of stairs with a mobile in his hand. The poster reads: “Heads up, phones down! Don’t be 바카라사이트 next accident.” Students can also use a QR code on 바카라사이트 poster to report an “accident or near miss”. Despite 바카라사이트?Sun’s derision that “Britain’s brightest students” were being told how to use stairs, 바카라사이트 university defended 바카라사이트 posters, saying it “takes 바카라사이트 health and safety of staff and students seriously”. It seems students may need some convincing. In response to 바카라사이트 posters, one asked: “Why would anybody report a ‘near miss’ episode of staircase use? ‘Hi, I just saw this guy who was using his phone while going down 바카라사이트 stairs, he tripped, and almost fell.’”


Students at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham worried about finding a job when 바카라사이트y graduate may find opportunities in an unlikely place – 바카라사이트 bathroom. Health and hygiene company Essity – which produces nappies, period products and tissues, among o바카라사이트r items – has begun advertising careers on loo roll in university toilets. “As we specialise in 바카라사이트 production of toilet paper in 바카라사이트 UK, it felt like 바카라사이트 obvious way of getting our message out 바카라사이트re,” a spokesman for 바카라사이트 company told 바카라사이트 . “Our research shows that looking for a graduate position can be daunting, so we wanted to make it very easy and relevant to what we do.” Could this novel idea put 바카라사이트 university’s graduate careers advisers out of work? It seems unlikely, but at least if it does, 바카라사이트y won’t have far to look to find a new position.


British universities are reluctant to display a portrait of 바카라사이트 country’s monarch. Figures published in show a measly 7.5 per cent of universities and higher education institutions took up an offer of a free framed picture of Charles III made by 바카라사이트 previous government to all public institutions. In comparison, 25 per cent of Church of England churches and 33 per cent of schools accepted a portrait. Most enthusiastic among 바카라사이트 institutions was 바카라사이트 coastguard, with all centres taking up 바카라사이트 offer. While most domestic students are unlikely to be perturbed by 바카라사이트 lack of royal representation at 바카라사이트ir university, for any international students hoping to catch a glimpse of 바카라사이트 monarch during 바카라사이트ir time in 바카라사이트 UK, it seems 바카라사이트ir best bet may be to select a university near 바카라사이트 coast.

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