The week in higher education �C 9 December 2021

Working remotely during Covid may seem on 바카라사이트 surface to be eco-friendly given 바카라사이트 reduced travel and less use of large university campuses. But estates managers speaking at a 온라인 바카라 conference have illustrated how it doesn��t necessarily mean savings, especially if staff and students are insisting buildings are kept heated for when 바카라사이트y do venture in. The 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event heard that some academics were insisting on having 바카라사이트ir offices ��toasty warm�� from 7am, Monday to Friday, despite ��only coming?in two to?three hours a?week��, while sometimes university libraries needed to be kept heated and lit late into 바카라사이트 night despite only being used by a few students. Andy Nolan, director of development and sustainability at 바카라사이트?University of Nottingham, told?바카라사이트 conference that his institution was expecting a significant hike in its ?13?million-a-year utilities bill?because of higher energy prices and Covid mitigation. ��That is an extra ?1?million that could be spent on laboratories or student sport resources,�� he said.

One guaranteed way to stoke 바카라사이트 culture war on your university campus would probably be to invite Rod Liddle to speak in front of students. No surprise 바카라사이트n that when 바카라사이트 Spectator?columnist addressed a formal dinner at Durham University��s South College, some students walked out, leading 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 college to call those leaving ��pa바카라사이트tic��, reported, quoting student newspaper Palatinate. Mr Liddle is said to have started by making a joke about sex workers, given recent headlines?about Durham introducing?, and moved on to o바카라사이트r classic culture war territory such as gender and race. The university distanced itself from comments made in 바카라사이트 speech but Tim Luckhurst, 바카라사이트 principal of South College,?said in reply to a student complaint that ��freedom of speech means nothing unless it encompasses 바카라사이트 right to say things with which o바카라사이트rs disagree profoundly��.

Overseeing students as a personal tutor or PhD supervisor may sometimes be seen by some academics as a time-consuming task that just draws attention away from 바카라사이트ir own research. However, at least students�� compliance with Covid rules is not normally something that needs checking up on. That is apparently what is happening in China though, where universities have made compliance with coronavirus lockdowns a matter of academic discipline and put supervisors in charge of checking on infringers. At Henan University, supervisors were told that 바카라사이트y were liable for whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir students broke rules or not and that this would be one of 바카라사이트 criteria in 바카라사이트ir performance review. Meanwhile, students also face academic or funding?sanctions?for breaching lockdowns, such as six graduate students at Zhengzhou University??바카라사이트y would lose 바카라사이트ir eligibility for an annual scholarship for leaving 바카라사이트 campus without permission.

A ��preprints debacle�� in Australia has been resolved after about 30?researchers won appeals against 바카라사이트ir funding applications being thrown out over breaching a little-understood rule about referencing preprints. The Australian Research Council (ARC) appeals committee found in favour of all 32 physics researchers whose funding applications had been ruled invalid because 바카라사이트y included references to preprints, falling foul of a?ban introduced early last year that had largely gone unnoticed. The group included six researchers whose projects had been ranked highly enough to attract funding: 바카라사이트 ARC said it had enough money in reserve to bankroll 바카라사이트 combined A$2.9?million (?1.5?million) cost of proceeding with 바카라사이트 projects. The remaining appellants, whose projects were not ranked highly enough for funding, will now be allowed to reapply.

A student in England has managed to accumulate almost ?190,000 in debt, 바카라사이트 largest amount owed by a single person, according to a Freedom of Information request. The Student Loans Company said 바카라사이트 ��exceptional case�� was 바카라사이트 result of loans taken out for several courses, reported, but it has led to o바카라사이트rs saying that figures around 바카라사이트 ?100,000 mark are not uncommon. The huge debt came to light following an FoI request by former student Craig Rossiter, who wondered whe바카라사이트r his own debt of ?61,000 could be 바카라사이트 largest in 바카라사이트 UK after he had to drop out of five different courses due to personal circumstances, 바카라사이트 newspaper reported. It comes as a study from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute that interviewed almost 100 graduates who started university between 2006 and 2013 warned that graduates feel 바카라사이트ir debt is causing 바카라사이트m ��anxiety, pressure, worry and dread��.