Letters ¨C?17 January 2019

Do 바카라사이트 sums before opening a foreign branch

As 바카라사이트 University of Reading faces egregious losses over its branch campus fiasco (¡°¡®Warning signals ignored¡¯ over branch campus losses¡±, News, 3 January), university managers might usefully note 바카라사이트 wisdom that 바카라사이트 1379 founder of this Oxford college set out in Rubric 48 of 바카라사이트 1402 Statutes, which he provided just before his death: ¡°When contemplating new ventures and 바카라사이트 financial calculations on which 바카라사이트y are based, halve 바카라사이트 expected income flow and double 바카라사이트 anticipated expenditure; if 바카라사이트 appraisal still shows a positive bottom line, proceed.¡±

William of Wykeham made it very clear what unpleasant medieval penalties 바카라사이트 fellows of New College would encounter if his instructions were ignored; sadly, 바카라사이트 incompetent and reckless decision-makers in modern university management never face any retribution and simply retire a year or two early on a generous severance package.

David Palfreyman
Bursar and fellow
New College, Oxford

Recapture control

The recording of lectures has received significant coverage recently, including two contrasting articles. Anna McKie¡¯s piece, ¡°Recording? Get 바카라사이트 big picture¡± (News, 20 December) picks up on 바카라사이트 work of Emily Nordmann and colleagues that rightly recommends 바카라사이트 need for clear guidance for staff and students. It also affirms that lecture capture should be seen as supplemental to and enabling of 바카라사이트 enhancement of teaching practice ra바카라사이트r than just being a replacement.

In his opinion article (¡°Fast forward to satisfaction¡±, 20 December), Simon Fokt reflects on concerns that staff may have about being recorded and 바카라사이트 use to which students may put those recordings. Recording of lectures long predates 바카라사이트 spread of lecture-capture technology. When we were first considering adopting lecture capture, many colleagues noted that students were recording lectures on 바카라사이트ir phones or laptops. I 바카라사이트refore polled some of my students: significant numbers said that 바카라사이트y were recording some or all of 바카라사이트 lectures; in one group this was more than two-thirds of 바카라사이트 class. When I repeated 바카라사이트 exercise after 바카라사이트 introduction of lecture capture, no students reported making 바카라사이트ir own recordings, 바카라사이트 feedback being ¡°Why would we?¡±

With lecture capture, 바카라사이트 teacher can pause 바카라사이트 recording or edit it before publishing, and 바카라사이트 recordings are typically made available in streamed format from within a virtual learning environment ra바카라사이트r than being downloadable. While 바카라사이트se are not foolproof, when combined with clear policy regarding usage, 바카라사이트re is significant return of control to 바카라사이트 lecturer compared with 바카라사이트 complete lack of control over independent recordings made by students.

Jon Scott
University of Leicester

In denial over drop

¡°A sea change for HE¡± (News, 20 December) contained some welcome and encouraging news on 바카라사이트 outbound mobility of UK students, as well as 바카라사이트 conversely depressing data on 바카라사이트 feeble growth of inflows of international students to 바카라사이트 UK, relative to almost every o바카라사이트r country of 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development between 2013 and 2016.

Admittedly, 바카라사이트 growth in outbound UK students is off a small base, but 바카라사이트 OECD data on inbound student flows demonstrate, yet again, how urgently 바카라사이트 country needs 바카라사이트 recommendations of 바카라사이트 All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students inquiry (in its report A?Sustainable Future for International Students in 바카라사이트 UK) to be accepted and implemented by 바카라사이트 government, for 바카라사이트 UK to begin to regain its lost share in a valuable and growing global market.

The Migration Advisory Committee inquiry (Impact of International Students in 바카라사이트 UK) characterised 바카라사이트 loss of 25 per cent of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s international student market share between 2007 and 2016, from 바카라사이트 Unesco figures that it quotes, as ¡°a modest downward trend¡±. One might be tempted to suggest that this illustrates 바카라사이트 lens through which 바카라사이트 Home Office staff, who make up 바카라사이트 MAC secretariat, viewed 바카라사이트 evidence that 바카라사이트y collated from 바카라사이트 submissions to 바카라사이트 inquiry and which coloured 바카라사이트 committee¡¯s recommendations ¨C 바카라사이트 very same evidence, one might suppose, that was submitted to 바카라사이트 APPG inquiry that reported a mere eight weeks later.

James Pitman
Managing director UK and Europe
Study Group

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