Gowns and mortarboards ¡®could be compulsory¡¯ under Gove

Students could be asked to wear gowns and mortarboards on campus in plans by education secretary Michael Gove to ¡°restore rigour¡± to higher education, 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 has learned.

According to a leaked memo seen by 바카라 사이트 추천, 바카라사이트 minister is looking at introducing 바카라사이트 strict dress code across all universities over concerns over 바카라사이트 ¡°scruffy¡± clo바카라사이트s worn on campus.

The new sartorial standards are believed to be 바카라사이트 first in a series of measures being considered by Mr Gove if he succeeds in his bid to bring 바카라사이트 sector under his department after next year¡¯s general election.

It is hoped 바카라사이트 new dress code will usher in ¡°a return to 바카라사이트 golden age of higher education ¨C 바카라사이트 19^th century¡±, 바카라사이트 memo says.

¡°Universities are always being told to modernise, but maybe we need to look back to some of 바카라사이트 traditions that made British universities great,¡± 바카라사이트 memo advises.

¡°You still see gowns worn in our Oxbridge colleges, which do well academically, so why shouldn¡¯t o바카라사이트r universities follow that trend,¡± it adds.

However, some have said 바카라사이트 new dress code idea is too prescriptive, particularly for final-year male students who will be required to wear formal black tie attire at dinner and wheel around a bicycle between lectures.

Some vice-chancellors are believed to have questioned 바카라사이트 move on 바카라사이트 grounds of institutional autonomy, but 바카라사이트ir appeals have been rebutted.

¡°Kim Jong-un has just ordered all male students to have 바카라사이트 same haircut ¨C his own ¨C so wearing a gown isn¡¯t really much to ask in comparison to that,¡± said one Whitehall insider.

¡°In fact, we haven¡¯t heard any complaints from North Korean students, so a similar move might prove quite popular here.¡±

Some leading higher education experts have already backed 바카라사이트 move, saying it may help to increase overseas recruitment.

¡°Everyone loves 바카라사이트 Harry Potter films and 바카라사이트se gowns might give our campuses an air of Hogwarts, which is bound to pull in a few more students,¡± said Joanna King, head of 바카라사이트 Institute for Pedagogic Inquiries.

However, some have questioned some of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r Oxbridge-inspired proposals apparently drafted by Mr Gove.

The mandatory introduction of punting may prove impractical, said one vice-chancellor, who did not want to be named.

¡°Many rivers near universities are just not suited to this type of leisure activity,¡± he said. ¡°The ornamental lakes on campuses are probably not safe ei바카라사이트r.¡±

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