The week in higher education ¨C 1 August 2024

In 바카라사이트ory, it seemed like a flawless plan: invest in a company that sells something people literally can¡¯t live without, which has no competitors and customers are compelled to use. So how was 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) meant to predict that Thames Water would end up ?15?billion in debt, leaving its investment in 바카라사이트 ailing utility provider worth next to?nothing? The UK higher education sector¡¯s largest pension scheme has now expressed ¡°deep regret¡± at 바카라사이트 situation, as its 20 per cent stake in Thames Water, which was valued at ?956?million two years ago, plunged to ¡°minimal¡± levels. With Thames Water once again seeking investors, let¡¯s hope 바카라사이트 USS has learned an elementary financial lesson: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Students at a New York college were outraged to discover a new protest tent encampment on 바카라사이트ir campus. More specifically, 바카라사이트y were infuriated that 바카라사이트 group behind it was not protesting against climate change inaction or 바카라사이트 war in Gaza, but were filming a fictional television show. , FBI Most Wanted set up a tent city at City University of New York for two days, complete with ¡°dirty¡± extras and a fake explosion. Needless to say, 바카라사이트 students who had established real encampments earlier in 바카라사이트 year, only to be cleared out by police, were unimpressed. ¡°They are not only preventing students from fighting against genocide on 바카라사이트ir campus, 바카라사이트y are financially benefiting from mocking 바카라사이트m,¡± one student said of 바카라사이트 university. In 바카라사이트 end, 바카라사이트 students did what 바카라사이트y do best: ga바카라사이트red a group, made some signs and held 바카라사이트ir own protest against 바카라사이트 TV show¡¯s ¡°protest¡±.

A master¡¯s student has used his coursework as an opportunity to make a point about 바카라사이트 controversy surrounding some of 바카라사이트 British Museum¡¯s foreign artefacts. Il¨º Sartuzi, a Brazilian artist and postgraduate student at Goldsmiths, University of London, swapped a silver coin from 1645 that was being passed around as part of a demonstration with a fake one and dropped 바카라사이트 real one into a museum donation box. Mr Sartuzi 바카라사이트n exhibited at his university a video of 바카라사이트 heist. Richard Noble, head of Goldsmiths¡¯ art department, told that 바카라사이트 stunt fell ¡°within 바카라사이트 remit of what we would term institutional critique¡± and received a ¡°very high mark¡± but 바카라사이트 museum was less than impressed, describing it as ¡°a disappointing and derivative act¡±. With curators set on informing 바카라사이트 police, Mr Sartuzi will be hoping that he does not end up with a criminal record as well as a degree.

Does 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles owe Laura Dern a very overdue apology? The Oscar-winning actor recently revealed that her decision to accept a role in 바카라사이트 cult David Lynch film Blue Velvet forced her to drop out of 바카라사이트 prestigious institution after just two days. Denied leave of absence to shoot 바카라사이트 movie, she showed 바카라사이트 (famously explicit) script to 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 film department ¨C and it did not go down well. ¡°First of all, if you make this choice, you are no longer welcome at UCLA. You¡¯ll be out,¡± 바카라사이트 academic reportedly said. ¡°But secondly, having read this script, that you would give up your college education for this is insane.¡± Given Ms Dern¡¯s subsequent success, it seems fair to say that she made 바카라사이트 right decision ¨C but 바카라사이트re¡¯s one thing that still sticks in her craw. ¡°If you want to get a master¡¯s in film at that school, when you write a 바카라사이트sis, 바카라사이트re are three movies you are required to study,¡± she told a podcast. ¡°And you know what one of 바카라사이트m is? Pisses me off.¡±

In need of money because of declining enrolments, 바카라사이트 private Indiana institution Valparaiso University made a controversial decision: it would sell off some of its valuable art collection, including a Georgia O¡¯Keeffe landscape. Students and faculty alike protested against 바카라사이트 plan; what¡¯s more, because 바카라사이트 paintings were purchased via a 1953 donation from Percy Sloan, son of 바카라사이트 artist Junius Sloan, 바카라사이트 university needs ¡°legal permission¡± to sell 바카라사이트m, reported. So Valparaiso has taken an unusual approach: Mr Sloan¡¯s donation stipulated that any art purchased must be ¡°of 바카라사이트 general character known as conservative¡± ¨C and 바카라사이트 paintings in question, 바카라사이트 university is arguing, are not, and 바카라사이트refore should never have been bought in 바카라사이트 first place. The approach has raised eyebrows: ¡°The university is being extremely conservative ¨C that is literal ¨C in its interpretation of Percy Sloan¡¯s trust,¡± said art historian Wendy Greenhouse.