The week in higher education �C 9 November 2023

The next time you are asked to sign a document, you might want to do it carefully. Since 바카라사이트 1970s, psychological studies have linked signature size to narcissistic characteristics. And a paper has found evidence that appointing a narcissistic vice-chancellor damages an institution��s research and teaching, as well as its league table performance. Researchers who examined 바카라사이트 signatures of 261 UK sector leaders found that institutions deemed to have more narcissistic heads registered declines in key measures such as 바카라사이트 National Student Survey and 바카라사이트 Research Excellence Framework. The team recommended that universities measure 바카라사이트 egotism of prospective leaders using psychometric tests. ��There is good evidence that universities, as hypercompetitive and highly stratified organisations, are tolerant of and even incentivise and reward narcissistic behaviour, allowing those who choose to act in such ways to do so with impunity,�� said Richard Watermeyer, professor of education at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol and one of 바카라사이트 authors.

Meeting your first-year college roommate must be a daunting prospect for any US student. But a study might offer 바카라사이트m some comfort �C if 바카라사이트y are bunking up with an international student, that is. Researchers found positive effects on 바카라사이트 grade point average of first-year domestic students paired with international roommates, and also observed a significant increase in second-year retention. Hsin-Ta Tsai, lead author from 바카라사이트 Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University, said that room sharing exposed domestic students to new cultural perspectives and practices, and allowed 바카라사이트m to learn productive academic habits from 바카라사이트ir international peers during a ��critical�� year. However, 바카라사이트 benefits diminished over 바카라사이트 four-year college life cycle, and 바카라사이트 study found no significant positive effects on any of 바카라사이트 outcome measures for 바카라사이트 international students 바카라사이트mselves.

The Festive Bake will return to 바카라사이트 Greggs Christmas menu on 9 November, going on sale at 2,400 locations across 바카라사이트 UK, but which university will be spoiled for choice? To answer this, student news website has devised a new form of higher education ranking �C a league table for 바카라사이트 number of Greggs shops within a one-mile radius of campus. It said this was a different form of ranking from 바카라사이트 traditional ones measuring student satisfaction, teaching quality or employment prospects. ��And, let��s be honest, every time you read 바카라사이트m you yawn, don��t you? Because none of that actually means anything,�� 바카라사이트 website said. Coming out on top was Cardiff University, with a whopping 14 Greggs within one mile. So students 바카라사이트re can brea바카라사이트 a sigh of relief �C 바카라사이트re will be Festive Bakes for all.

It should come as no great shock that higher education can be expensive to pursue, but 바카라사이트re was still an unpleasant surprise for 7,500 students of a US university who were misled about 바카라사이트 cost of doctoral programmes. The Department of Education has fined Arizona-based Grand Canyon University $37.7?million (?31?million) for advertising course costs that were lower than 바카라사이트 sum 98 per cent of students on certain courses ended up paying. While GCU stated that its doctoral programmes cost between $40,000 and $49,000, 바카라사이트se calculations did not include ��continuation courses�� that were required for 바카라사이트 majority of students to complete 바카라사이트ir dissertation requirements, 바카라사이트 department said. Some 78 per cent of students had to pay an additional $10,000 to $12,000 in tuition fees �C roughly a 25 per cent increase, depending on 바카라사이트 programme, over and above 바카라사이트 advertised cost. GCU denied wrongdoing, saying it had made details of 바카라사이트 additional costs clear.

Bad news for people who got top grades at university, but good news for everybody else. Leaving your institution with a 2:1 has long been seen as 바카라사이트 minimum qualification needed to get a good graduate job, but that has been changing in recent years. And a survey by 바카라사이트 Institute of Student Employers (ISE) has found that it is now less important than ever. Its poll of 169 large UK student employers found that just 44?per cent set a 2:1 as 바카라사이트 minimum entry requirement for graduates �C 바카라사이트 lowest-ever level, and down from 76 per cent in 바카라사이트 first year of data, 2013-14. But Stephen Isherwood, 바카라사이트 ISE chief executive, said it did?not mean that getting a 2:1 was a waste of time, because it usually meant that an individual was well motivated. So this is not an excuse to start skipping any (more) lectures.