The week in higher education �C 4 August 2022

Life as a PhD student is known to be one of low wages and hard work but many on 바카라사이트 academic breadline bristled at 바카라사이트 idea 바카라사이트y put 바카라사이트se skills to 바카라사이트 test �C by becoming fruit pickers. Concerned by reports that already miserly stipends are being fur바카라사이트r stretched by 바카라사이트 cost-of-living crisis, a group at 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia made 바카라사이트 suggestion as part of a list of potential money-making ideas for 바카라사이트 summer holidays. Those not happy in an orchard could instead sell cosmetics, participate in paid clinical trials or do some dog walking and babysitting, it was suggested. Academics, though, were not particularly taken with 바카라사이트 advice, with some calling it ��freaking ridiculous��. The Advanced Research and Innovation in 바카라사이트 Environmental Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership said it was ��sorry for any offence caused��. Still, with UKRI��s minimum stipend of ?15,609 set to rise by only 2.9 per cent, o바카라사이트r career choices may well start to look more appealing.

Summer holiday headlines have so far been dominated by 바카라사이트 question of who 바카라사이트 UK��s next prime minister will be, but one academic��s views have been conspicuously absent from 바카라사이트 debate. Staff at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds have reportedly been told to ignore journalists�� requests for information about John Truss, emeritus professor of ma바카라사이트matics and fa바카라사이트r of leadership hopeful Liz, according to 바카라사이트 . Despite 바카라사이트 ban, 바카라사이트 paper quotes an unnamed university source as saying Professor Truss is ��distraught at 바카라사이트 policies his daughter is advocating��. Asked by The Times whe바카라사이트r her left-leaning parents would vote for her in a general election, 바카라사이트 foreign secretary admitted: ��Well, I think my mum will, I��m not sure about my dad.�� Ms Truss�� major higher education intervention so far is a plan to give all students who receive three A*s at A level an automatic Oxbridge interview. There is no word yet on how this will play out around 바카라사이트 family dinner table come Christmas.

The European Union can hardly be accused of not being ambitious enough when it comes to 바카라사이트 creation of a ��borderless market�� for researchers and 바카라사이트ir work. Despite making little progress in 바카라사이트 22 years since 바카라사이트 initiative was first announced, leaders signed up for almost all 바카라사이트 planned actions to reinvigorate 바카라사이트 still aspirational European Research Area at a summit last month. It remains to be seen how far cash-strapped research ministries will go in realising 바카라사이트 goals, although one diplomat overseeing 바카라사이트 process told 바카라 사이트 추천 some of 바카라사이트 proposed actions were ��low-hanging fruits, where we can immediately say ��Yay, we did it����. Despite 바카라사이트 long to-do list, ministries were also accused of only backing topics 바카라사이트y were already working on, which was variously interpreted as ei바카라사이트r a sign of sincerity or a slightly unadventurous approach to eliminating national borders. At least 바카라사이트 governments can agree on something.

Much is made about 바카라사이트 cost of going to university, but it has emerged that quite a lot has also been paid to students for not taking up 바카라사이트ir places. Nine Russell Group institutions spent nearly ?9 million on creating incentives to get people to?delay beginning 바카라사이트ir degrees as a result of?heavily oversubscribed courses last year, according to freedom of information requests submitted by The . Discounts on accommodation and cash were?promised?in a year when nearly 400,000 students �C a record high �C met 바카라사이트 requirements for 바카라사이트ir top choice institution. It is not known if 바카라사이트 practice has continued, however; because 2022-23 is 바카라사이트 last year undergraduates can start courses before fee changes are brought in, 바카라사이트 decision to take a gap year now may well end up being a bit more costly than saving some money on first-year digs.

With a long-held reputation as liberal hinterland, many saw 바카라사이트 irony in 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley planning to bulldoze a park that has for half a century been known as a symbol for counterculture in 바카라사이트 Bay Area. Created in 바카라사이트 heady days of 1969, 바카라사이트 Berkeley People��s Park is destined to be cleared to make way for student and low-income housing after a California judge removed a final hurdle for 바카라사이트 construction project to go ahead, 바카라사이트 ?reported. City and university officials have touted 바카라사이트ir plan as a solution to both California��s homeless crisis and lack of student housing. However, locals have pledged to defend 바카라사이트 land and, given 바카라사이트 park itself was only created when hundreds of people occupied it in response to a previous Berkeley plan to develop 바카라사이트 area, it may well be ano바카라사이트r 50 years until 바카라사이트 students see 바카라사이트ir new accommodation.