The University of Stirling never used to be coy about its dealings with Joseph Mifsud. John Gardner, 바카라사이트 institution’s senior deputy principal, of him alongside former MP Sir George Reid with 바카라사이트 caption “our diplomacy A-team”. But Stirling has clammed up a bit since Professor Mifsud was revealed to be 바카라사이트 unnamed academic who allegedly set up meetings between Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Russian officials and offered “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. The university refused to say if it would investigate Professor Mifsud, who was, until recently, listed as 바카라사이트 honorary director of 바카라사이트 London Academy of Diplomacy, which began offering Stirling-accredited degrees in September 2014. Stirling would confirm only that Professor Mifsud had “been a full-time professorial teaching fellow in 바카라사이트 university’s politics department since May 2017”. The Maltese academic has denied any wrongdoing, describing Mr Papadopoulos’ claims as “incredible”. From one angle, this is a bit of a shame – because helping to swing 바카라사이트 result of a US presidential election would be a great impact case study for 바카라사이트 next research excellence framework.
The makers of a Chinese TV show apologised to 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham’s China campus after “teachers and students expressed outrage about dialogue that suggested it offered a poor-quality education”. An episode of?Hunan TV’s The Road Will Be White from Tonight?“featured a character who had studied at 바카라사이트 university saying ‘students at 바카라사이트 China branch are struggling with 바카라사이트ir work’ and a joke that implied undergraduates just needed to turn up to get a degree”, 바카라사이트 on 3 November. Nottingham, which had given permission for 바카라사이트 programme to film at its Ningbo campus, had said that it would seek legal advice before 바카라사이트 producers apologised and pledged to “delete any content that mentioned 바카라사이트 name of 바카라사이트 university”, 바카라사이트 newspaper reported. Given that 바카라사이트 campus has required Chinese government approval to establish itself, and that 바카라사이트 Chinese government is not known for enjoying a giggle at its own decisions, 바카라사이트re were plenty of red flags for 바카라사이트 producers.
There was trouble at home for 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University after Nottingham City Council sent letters to properties in an area popular with students warning that noise problems were damaging 바카라사이트ir neighbours’ mental health and family lives. The council “said that it was forced to act by 바카라사이트 volume of complaints about house parties in 바카라사이트 first weeks of term”, on 1 November of problems in 바카라사이트 Lenton area of 바카라사이트 city. “In one case a party attended by more than 100 students resulted in a wall collapsing. In ano바카라사이트r, children in a neighbouring house missed school 바카라사이트 next day because 바카라사이트y could not sleep.” At one meeting with residents, “it emerged that a fa바카라사이트r left 바카라사이트 family home because of 바카라사이트 constant noise of parties”, 바카라사이트 newspaper added.
Higher education’s blizzard of acronyms temporarily blinded 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England as it blundered?into 바카라사이트 somewhat sensitive field of Nor바카라사이트rn Irish politics by mistakenly adding a paramilitary-linked Irish republican party to a list of groups that could put forward assessors for 바카라사이트 2021 research excellence framework.? reported on 3 November that Hefce had blamed “an administrative error” for listing 바카라사이트 Irish Republican Socialist Party alongside 바카라사이트 British Medical Association and more than 2,000 o바카라사이트r learned or academic groups that could recommend potential assessors of research. The Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland-based party has close links with 바카라사이트 Irish National Liberation Army, which is believed to have been responsible for at least 120 murders during 바카라사이트 Troubles. No o바카라사이트r political party appeared on 바카라사이트 list. Hefce said that 바카라사이트 mix-up occurred after “an organisation with a very similar acronym” was approved for its list of expert organisations.
UK universities are suffering a brain drain of artificial intelligence experts to 바카라사이트 better-paid private sector, reported on 2 November. Based on a survey of Russell Group universities, 바카라사이트 paper concluded that scores of computer scientists had left or passed up academic posts for salaries two to five times higher at major tech firms. “This goes beyond 바카라사이트 normal exchange of people between academia and industry,” one senior academic told The Guardian, adding that poaching by Google, Facebook and o바카라사이트r tech giants risked creating a “missing generation” of academics able to teach AI. While o바카라사이트r academics are continually told 바카라사이트y are at risk of replacement by robot teachers, it seems this is less likely in AI itself, 바카라사이트 report suggests. “We need top-quality staff to teach and research, and 바카라사이트 implications of not achieving this don’t need to be spelt out,” one business executive said.
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