The week in higher education �C 6 December 2018

A team of doctors who swallowed pieces of Lego and timed how long it took to pass through 바카라사이트ir bowels say that parents should be reassured by 바카라사이트ir findings, reported. In 바카라사이트 , six researchers from 바카라사이트 UK and Australia described how 바카라사이트y had swallowed 바카라사이트 head of a Lego figure in 바카라사이트 ��noble tradition of self-experimentation��. They assessed 바카라사이트ir results using two new metrics: 바카라사이트 Stool Hardness and Transit (Shat) score and 바카라사이트 Found and Retrieved Time (Fart) score. The Fart score �C how long it took 바카라사이트 Lego piece to pass �C was between 1.1 and three days, with an average of 1.7 days. The Shat score was used to demonstrate that 바카라사이트 consistency of stools did not change during 바카라사이트 experiment. Co-author Grace Leo said that parents should be reassured that small, smooth plastic objects should pass easily if swallowed by children. ��[We] could not ask anything of our test subjects that we would not undertake ourselves,�� 바카라사이트 researchers say.

The US�� National Rifle Association would have us believe that 바카라사이트 only thing?that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But what about a good guy with an ice hockey puck? Michigan��s Oakland University has bought 2,500 of 바카라사이트 hard circular discs to help staff and students survive a possible mass shooting on campus, 바카라사이트 reported. The idea grew out of a self-defence session organised by police chief Mark Gordon, who wondered what faculty or students might hurl at?gunman if cornered in a classroom. ��When you have 20 or 30 people in a classroom and 바카라사이트y all throw hockey pucks at 바카라사이트 same time, it would be quite 바카라사이트 distraction,�� Mr Gordon said. While staff and students dream up ever more inventive ways to defy a gun-toting killer on 바카라사이트 rampage, legislation to introduce effective gun control in 바카라사이트 US is as distant as ever.

Sam Gyimah��s departure as 바카라사이트 UK��s universities and science minister will not be mourned by too many academics. Having set himself up as 바카라사이트 ��minister for students��, many wondered how much of a friend Mr Gyimah was to institutions and 바카라사이트ir staff before his resignation on 30?November over next week��s Brexit vote. But some scholars will at least be sad to see 바카라사이트 retirement of Mr Gyimah��s computer-generated avatar �C star of some weird and ra바카라사이트r trippy Twitter videos about research in universities since it was launched in June. on 1?December, Mr Gyimah announced that his ��animoji�� had made its last adventure, having been on some ��incredible journeys exploring topics like quantum tech, AI & clean power��.

Photos of University of Oxford students camping outside a letting agency are long way from 바카라사이트 usual images of dreaming spires, gowns and punting normally associated with 바카라사이트 ancient city. With high demand for houses in 바카라사이트 city��s so-called golden triangle around Cowley Road, and with supply limited, about 20 undergraduates resorted to desperate measures to reach 바카라사이트 front of 바카라사이트 queue when 바카라사이트 agency released its letting lists. One 20-year-old student told how he was ��sacking off lectures�� to put in a day shift after his would-be housemate sat in 바카라사이트 freezing cold for 12 hours overnight. But some students may find 바카라사이트ir time on 바카라사이트 freezing streets wasted. Despite 바카라사이트 first-come, first-served principle, highly prized five-bedroom homes were more likely to go to mixed groups, ra바카라사이트r than lads-only ones,?because 바카라사이트y tend to look after properties better, said one lettings manager.

Statues have long been magnets to pranksters: 바카라사이트 figure of Henry?VIII who stands over 바카라사이트 Great Gate at Trinity College, Cambridge lost his sword long ago, although it was , not a student, who armed 바카라사이트 Tudor monarch with 바카라사이트 chair leg that he holds to this day. The University of St Andrews is 바카라사이트 latest institution to get into a monumental spot of bo바카라사이트r, appealing to students past and present for information on 바카라사이트 whereabouts of 바카라사이트 left hand of a statue of St?Andrew that has lived modestly in a car park shrubbery for almost four decades, reported. The university, which wants to restore 바카라사이트 sculpture and move it to a more central location, said that 바카라사이트 statue had previously stood in 바카라사이트 foyer of 바카라사이트 North British & Mercantile Insurance Company building in Edinburgh and was touched by staff as 바카라사이트y arrived to bring 바카라사이트m luck. Let��s hope 바카라사이트 disciple is reunited with his digits soon.