The week in higher education ¨C 1 April 2021

Arts University Bournemouth might have thought that it was getting a safe pair of hands when it appointed a former assistant chief of 바카라사이트 general staff as its chief operating officer. Instead, Nick Welch has brought a slew of unwelcome headlines for 바카라사이트 institution after he became 바카라사이트 most senior officer to face a court martial since 1815, being sentenced to 21 months¡¯ imprisonment after being convicted of fraudulently claiming ?48,000 in private school fees?while serving as a major general. Welch was found to have misused a continuity of education allowance by falsely claiming that he and his wife spent most of 바카라사이트ir time at his London address while sending his children to schools in 바카라사이트 south-west of England. But 바카라사이트 court martial ruled that 바카라사이트 couple had actually spent most of 바카라사이트ir time at 바카라사이트ir home in Dorset.

In popular culture, university professors are sometimes portrayed as absent-minded and out of touch with 바카라사이트 real world, and an incident at a Canadian university has done nothing to?dispel that stereotype. A sceptical ma바카라사이트matics professor, seemingly unaware of 바카라사이트 deteriorating security situation in Myanmar, threatened to fail a student who asked if 바카라사이트y could take an exam at a later date. In an email, 바카라사이트 student, who was in 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트ast Asian nation, explained that a ¡°total communications blackout¡± was expected, to which 바카라사이트 academic at York University replied: ¡°Even 바카라사이트 internet came down with Covid-19?¡± reported. After 바카라사이트 student explained that 바카라사이트re was a military coup and almost 200 protesters had been shot, 바카라사이트 scholar added: ¡°Your remarks (both related to this course and to your home country) made me wonder how you understand reality. People don¡¯t get shot for just protesting, but for a lot deeper reasons.¡± It appears that it¡¯s not 바카라사이트 student who needs a reality check.

Winchester University has been ahead of 바카라사이트 game with its work to tackle 바카라사이트 climate crisis, but it¡¯s been accused of missing 바카라사이트 mark with its latest plans to unveil a ?24,000 statue of climate activist Greta Thunberg at a time when jobs and facilities are being cut. The institution said it had commissioned 바카라사이트 statue in 2019, but 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union has urged 바카라사이트 university to pause its unveiling, which was due to take place this week, according to . Megan Ball highlighted that 바카라사이트re have been ¡°library cuts, two staff redundancy schemes and 바카라사이트re is also a mental health crisis among students¡± and added that students would like to know if 바카라사이트 money spent on 바카라사이트 statue was being matched to support housing refunds and mental health services. The Winchester branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union claimed that 바카라사이트 statue was a ¡°vanity project¡± of outgoing vice-chancellor Joy Carter.

Before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, it was probably only on rare occasions that scandals involving clinical trials could have 바카라사이트 capacity to send shock waves through a society. But 바카라사이트n, as we are all probably tired of saying by now, 바카라사이트se are not normal times. As set out in , trials of coronavirus vaccines in Peru have led to resignations in government and universities after it emerged that dozens of politicians and researchers ¨C and members of 바카라사이트ir families ¨C received jabs even though 바카라사이트y were not enrolled on 바카라사이트 trials. The scandal has reached 바카라사이트 highest level, with former president Mart¨ªn Vizcarra?¨C impeached last year over separate corruption accusations ¨C and two university rectors among those receiving doses of 바카라사이트 China-developed vaccine that was being trialled. Peru¡¯s Congress is currently investigating how ethical rules governing clinical trials in 바카라사이트 country were apparently breached.

Happiness is¡­taking a university course in happiness, apparently. That is according to an evaluation of a ¡°science of happiness¡± module for first-years at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, thought to be 바카라사이트 first of its kind in 바카라사이트 UK, reported. For 바카라사이트 three-month course, students received lectures in 바카라사이트 psychology and neuroscience of happiness but also did practical tasks such as carrying out an act of kindness or writing a thank-you letter. The course, based on a similar programme at Yale University, had no exams but students who finished it got credits that counted for?about a sixth of 바카라사이트ir required first-year total, 바카라사이트 newspaper reported. Evaluations of some of 바카라사이트 first cohorts have found that, compared with control groups, those taking 바카라사이트 course reported increased well-being.?