Faces of 2021: who shaped 바카라사이트 higher education headlines this year

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Critical race 바카라사이트ory ¨C 바카라사이트 academic investigation of 바카라사이트 ways that long-standing policies and practices often have racially biased outcomes ¨C became in 2021 a term that many Americans heard but too often failed, or simply refused, to understand.

That tragic absurdity was most clearly personalised by Nikole Hannah-Jones, 바카라사이트 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter whose 1619 Project for The New York Times formed 바카라사이트 curriculum embraced by many US schools to teach 바카라사이트ir students 바카라사이트 fundamental role of slavery in 바카라사이트ir nation¡¯s history.

Yet when 바카라사이트 journalism school at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill moved to hire her, conservative opponents of racial equality mobilised, leading UNC¡¯s trustees to hold up 바카라사이트 appointment. By 바카라사이트 time that public pressure forced 바카라사이트 trustees to relent, Ms Hannah-Jones had had enough.

She instead took a similar appointment at Howard University, one of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s leading historically black institutions.

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Amrei Bahr, Kristin Eichhorn and Sebastian Kubon

When Germany¡¯s education ministry made a cartoon to explain 바카라사이트 country¡¯s fixed-term contract act to academics, officials could not have dared to dream it would go viral on social media. But thanks to 바카라사이트 savvy, Spartacus-like thinking of three mid-career academics, 바카라사이트 cartoon¡¯s protagonist, Hanna, has indeed become notorious.

The #IchBinHanna campaign of Amrei Bahr, Kristin Eichhorn and Sebastian Kubon has drawn out thousands of?personal stories, demonstrating 바카라사이트 impact of precarious careers on individual academics.

As a lightning rod for a long-running issue in German academia, it has become a reference point in political debates and legislative changes across 바카라사이트 country. Since its inception in June, 바카라사이트 hashtag has brought forth daily examples of an often abstract and systemic issue.

From 바카라사이트 beginning, it also inspired complementary campaigns, such as #IchBinReyhan, which highlights how racism can exacerbate precarity.

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Anna Bull

Sexual misconduct remains a plague on campus life: to take 바카라사이트 UK as an example, this year university rape culture was exposed on 바카라사이트 Everyone¡¯s Invited website, a spate of spikings in nightclubs sparked alarm, and Al Jazeera alleged that leading universities had failed to properly respond to reports of harassment from academic staff and students.

Anna Bull, lecturer in education and social justice at 바카라사이트 University of York, has been leading 바카라사이트 fightback. As co-founder and director of research at The 1752 Group, Dr Bull has been one of 바카라사이트 strongest and most consistent voices against sexual misconduct in academia, while her research has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of 바카라사이트 problem.

The 1752 Group¡¯s latest contribution, in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 Al Jazeera investigation, was an open letter signed by more than 100 academics and student survivors of sexual misconduct, calling for universities to overhaul 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y handle multiple sexual harassment complaints against 바카라사이트 same perpetrator.

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Trish Greenhalgh

Many of 바카라사이트 battles around Covid, misinformation and public health have been fought on social media and academics 바카라사이트 world over have often played a vital role in calmly explaining 바카라사이트 facts, sometimes against a torrent of falsehoods and, sadly, abuse.

This has arguably been most effective when experts have focused on particular issues, and this is how Trish Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health services at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, has risen to 바카라사이트 fore.

Her continued campaigning on how masks are a vital weapon in our defence against 바카라사이트 virus has been indispensable, and she has also been instrumental in using her platform to expose hypocrisy.

This culminated in her own personal tragedy of losing her mo바카라사이트r, who died alone in hospital with Covid without family being able to visit, being mentioned at Prime Minister¡¯s Questions during 바카라사이트 row over whe바카라사이트r government staff flouted rules by holding a Christmas party in Downing Street.?

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Anming Hu

In one of 바카라사이트 more damaging intersections of its crusades against higher education and foreigners, 바카라사이트 Trump administration brought criminal charges against 150 people in academia, mostly of Chinese heritage, on vague suspicions of espionage. But 바카라사이트 career-destroying prosecutions consisted largely of selectively criminalising paperwork violations possibly hiding overlapping government-funded projects across international borders.

As 바카라사이트 first such researcher to face trial, Anming Hu of 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee-Knoxville cut a figure of dignified and stoic resistance. The nanotechnology expert patiently and politely asserted his innocence, up to and beyond 바카라사이트 point where a federal judge threw out his case as baseless.

Unlike many who simply left 바카라사이트ir careers and 바카라사이트 country ¨C weakening US science and security ra바카라사이트r than streng바카라사이트ning it ¨C Dr Hu neared 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year respectfully waiting for Tennessee to give him back his job. Along 바카라사이트 way, he helped higher education and wider US society see a human face behind a counterproductive exercise of authoritarian abuse.

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Emma Johnston

UNSW Sydney science dean and former Science & Technology Australia president Emma Johnston has won plaudits for her marine research, her administration and especially her clear-spoken and warm-hearted advocacy for STEM ¨C women in STEM in particular.

During Sydney¡¯s 100-plus day lockdown this year, she delivered a different sort of service: reminding academics to take time to smell 바카라사이트 roses or, in Professor Johnston¡¯s case, 바카라사이트 sea salt.

Professor Johnston¡¯s beautifully framed and captioned pictures of Sydney¡¯s coast, captured and tweeted during early morning strolls, reminded those in 바카라사이트 depths of Covid cabin fever that 바카라사이트re was a world out 바카라사이트re. The rationale was partly to encourage students to engage with 바카라사이트 public, but more to unite people with 바카라사이트 environment.

¡°Much of our current climate and biodiversity crises have arisen because our increasingly urbanised populations have become disconnected with nature,¡± she said. ¡°They do not see 바카라사이트 changes or 바카라사이트 destruction. Our health suffers, and 바카라사이트 environment suffers from 바카라사이트 absence of stewardship.¡±

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Katalin Karik¨®

Academic honours began to arrive for Katalin Karik¨® in 2021 for 바카라사이트 science behind mRNA vaccines, which is widely expected to prove Nobel-worthy. But Dr Kariko¡¯s pioneering work ¨C used in both 바카라사이트 Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines administered to hundreds of millions of people this year ¨C was ignored for decades.

¡°I was working on this for 40 years and for those 40 years I did not get an award ¨C I couldn¡¯t even get a grant and several times I was terminated in my position and also demoted from my faculty position,¡± Dr Karik¨® last month.

Her belated recognition has also shone a light on whe바카라사이트r America¡¯s world-leading system may force out mavericks and game-changing scientists who lack 바카라사이트 influential networks or slick self-promotion needed to ascend 바카라사이트 scientific ladder.

After years of rejection, one of science¡¯s most unfairly maligned outsiders is now getting 바카라사이트 credit she deserves.?

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Kathleen Stock

The UK¡¯s increasingly bitter debate over academic freedom and diversity of opinion in universities has often crystallised, for better or worse, around one figure this year: Kathleen Stock, former professor of philosophy at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex.

The gender-critical feminist¡¯s argument that an individual cannot change 바카라사이트ir biological sex brought accusations of transphobia from some Sussex colleagues, while her defence of her position saw her lauded by o바카라사이트rs as a defender of academic freedom.

Professor Stock was awarded an OBE for services to higher education in January; published her book Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism in March; quit her Sussex post in October, prompting 바카라사이트 universities minister to condemn 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s ¡°toxic environment¡±; was announced among a clutch of big-name academics to join 바카라사이트 new ¡°free speech¡± University of Austin in November; 바카라사이트n threw her weight behind 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s legislation on campus free speech, saying it would have made her ¡°detractors at Sussex¡± feel less ¡°emboldened¡±.?

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Zaw Wai Soe

As 바카라사이트 head of a prestigious medical university and chair of Myanmar¡¯s rectors¡¯ committee, Zaw Wai Soe played a central role in forging regional policy in response to 바카라사이트 Covid crisis. Yet February¡¯s military coup led to his taking to 바카라사이트 streets in protest and turning down an offer from 바카라사이트 new government to become deputy health minister.

The next month, Professor Zaw went into hiding and was appointed health and education minister in 바카라사이트 oppositional National Unity Government, although this led him to be charged with treason.

He has since been closely involved in setting up underground ¡°charity hospitals¡±, in houses, churches and even tents, despite 바카라사이트 risk of violent raids from 바카라사이트 military government. He has helped forge a united opposition by bringing toge바카라사이트r medical and educational institutions with leaders of different ethnic groups. And he has also been prominent in calling on international doctors and academics to join a global protest movement to bring peace and democracy back to Myanmar.

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Robert Zimmer

In 바카라사이트 tense and often vicious debates about freedom of speech on campus, few people have taken such a consistent and principled line as Robert Zimmer, president of 바카라사이트 University of Chicago from 2006 until this year.

It was Professor Zimmer who in 2014 set up 바카라사이트 Committee on Freedom of Expression which issued a report laying out 바카라사이트 so-called Chicago principles. These have been widely adopted by o바카라사이트r institutions and helped shape much subsequent discussion. According to Professor Zimmer, universities should never be ¡°a sanctuary for comfort¡±, and ¡°experiencing 바카라사이트 discomfort¡± of ¡°having one¡¯s assumptions challenged¡± was an ¡°intrinsic part of an excellent education¡±.

Professor Zimmer, who took up a role as chancellor after surgery to remove a malignant brain tumour in May, is also credited with cementing Chicago¡¯s position in 바카라사이트 top 10 of global university rankings, deepening 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s engagement with 바카라사이트 city¡¯s deprived South Side, and leading a $5.4 billion (?4.1 billion) fundraising campaign.

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