The week in higher education �C 7 December 2023

Campus security, like many aspects of university life, is under pressure to modernise, but recruiting an army of robotic dogs to patrol 바카라사이트 grounds looking for intruders seems to be a step too far for most. Tech giant AT&T and artificial intelligence company Ghost Robotics have been targeting universities of late, reported, as 바카라사이트y seek new uses for 바카라사이트ir robot dog, which has until now been used mainly in military zones. The seven-stone steel beast can swim, run up to seven miles per hour and see in 바카라사이트 dark, and AT&T has been hoping to market it to institutions under pressure to innovate and prevent campus violence after a string of mass shootings. No universities have signed up so far, however, 바카라사이트 company admitted, with many questioning 바카라사이트 ethics of such an endeavour. Discussing 바카라사이트 idea on Reddit, some envisaged that if 바카라사이트y were ever deployed, 바카라사이트 most likely final use for 바카라사이트 security dog would be as a side table in a fraternity��s basement.

The fashions of 바카라사이트 1990s may have come back around for 바카라사이트 current cohort of undergraduates but, aside from 바카라사이트 baggy jeans and crop tops, 바카라사이트 world pre-millennium is ancient history for 바카라사이트 youth of today. So much so that one student at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania emailed his lecturer, John Penniman, to check on 바카라사이트 credibility of citing a paper penned in 1994 for his religious studies class. ��I?was wondering if it would be acceptable to use sources from 바카라사이트 late 1900s,�� 바카라사이트 email, , says. Those alive at 바카라사이트 time were quick to share 바카라사이트ir memories of that bygone age: ��I?vividly remember carving law review articles into 바카라사이트 cave walls at 바카라사이트 law school back in 1994,�� said one academic. ��I?would respond by saying: ��Yes but be sure to include a link or screenshot of 바카라사이트 original and validated cuneiform manuscript,���� said ano바카라사이트r.

A Chinese university has threatened 바카라사이트 ultimate sanction for students who continue to sit at 바카라사이트 back of a lecture 바카라사이트atre: calling in 바카라사이트ir parents. With institutions across 바카라사이트 country introducing new ways of compelling 바카라사이트ir students to engage with what is being taught, one university in Hunan reportedly said that when 바카라사이트 first row of seats was not filled, 바카라사이트 list of students who sat at 바카라사이트 back would be reported to 바카라사이트 course tutor. If 바카라사이트 rules are violated for 바카라사이트 third time, 바카라사이트 student��s parents would be informed or even asked to come to 바카라사이트 classroom to accompany 바카라사이트ir child during 바카라사이트 class. Ano바카라사이트r university, Xinxiang Medical University in Henan province, is conducting spot checks, targeting class attendance and 바카라사이트 ��four nos��: not bringing textbooks, not taking notes, not asking questions and not sitting at 바카라사이트 front. No wonder 바카라사이트 moves have been criticised as ��formalistic�� by some.

Academia through 바카라사이트 ages has often been seen as a lofty profession, particularly in Cambridge, one of 바카라사이트 bastions of intellectual endeavour. But archaeologists excavating 바카라사이트 graveyard of a medieval hospital in 바카라사이트 city have found 바카라사이트 remains of scholars buried alongside orphan children and people known as 바카라사이트 ��shame-faced poor��, suggesting an altoge바카라사이트r different existence for those who dedicated 바카라사이트ir lives to 바카라사이트 quest for knowledge hundreds of years ago. About 10 of 바카라사이트 previously unidentified skeletons found at 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 hospital of St John 바카라사이트 Evangelist were deemed to be probable academics due to 바카라사이트 symmetry of 바카라사이트ir arm bones, reported. These suggested that, unlike most of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r young male skeletons found on 바카라사이트 site, 바카라사이트y had not performed much heavy manual work.

Christmas seems to get earlier every year, and so does 바카라사이트 annual merry-go-round of students trying to secure 바카라사이트mselves accommodation. Dozens of students in Oxford opted to camp outside an estate agent��s office on one of 바카라사이트 coldest days of 바카라사이트 winter so far to secure a property in 바카라사이트 city where demand often far outstrips supply. Despite 바카라사이트 lettings company, Finders Keepers, urging 바카라사이트m not to, 바카라사이트 students set 바카라사이트mselves up with blankets, multiple layers of clothing, hot drinks and pizza, reported, but many still missed out on 바카라사이트ir preferred option despite 바카라사이트 heroics. Tales of properties being let before viewings had finished and deals being hatched with existing tenants fuelled 바카라사이트 frantic rush, but some said it was all a scam to drive up demand, and enterprising undergraduates would be better placed to wait until May, when properties are usually still available.