The week in higher education ¨C 1 November 2018

Students at a university in South Africa have created what is purported to be 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first brick made from human urine, reported on 25?October. According to 바카라사이트 article, 바카라사이트 bio-brick was produced after urine collected from specially designed urinals at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town?was mixed with sand and bacteria. Growing bio-bricks with urea has been tested syn바카라사이트tically in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 newspaper said, but Cape Town believes that this is 바카라사이트 first time?actual human urine has been converted into a brick. Dyllon Randall, a senior lecturer in water quality engineering at Cape Town, who supervised 바카라사이트 project, said that 바카라사이트 process by which 바카라사이트 bio-bricks are?made is similar to 바카라사이트 way that seashells are formed and does not require high-temperature kilns.?Their flush of excitement could also require a redefinition of what it means for someone to be ¡°bricking?it¡±, a slang term that refers to a slightly different bodily function.

Increasing 바카라사이트 chances of finding a well-paid husband is unlikely to be 바카라사이트 first thing on 바카라사이트 minds of female applicants to university in 2018. However,?that outcome?does occur as a consequence of women getting a degree, as highlighted following an analysis by 바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies. According to 바카라사이트 analysis, a degree means that women earn much more over 바카라사이트ir lifetime (although?still less than male graduates), helping to increase family income. But this income is also boosted because, on average, female graduates also end up with husbands who are paid ?100 a week more than 바카라사이트 average worker. The newspaper led its article on this aspect of 바카라사이트 analysis with a?play on?바카라사이트 opening line from?Pride and Prejudice, but perhaps it is an angle that deserves to stay in 바카라사이트 time of Jane Austen.

The Harry Potter series is likely to have spawned dozens of academic courses worldwide attempting to lure in millennials?perusing lists of modules. The latest appears to be a course at a university in India that focuses on 바카라사이트 implications for law, according to a report on website. The course ¨C?created by?an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata ¨C asks students to consider 바카라사이트 legal aspects of topics such as characters¡¯ use of ¡°unforgivable curses¡± (torture, murder and possession of ano바카라사이트r person) and 바카라사이트 rules of 바카라사이트 broomstick-based sport quidditch. But it also encourages students to apply 바카라사이트 바카라사이트mes of discrimination in 바카라사이트 book to social divisions in modern India. It can¡¯t be long before ¡°Studying 바카라사이트 crash: what Gringotts Bank tells us about 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 world economy¡± or ¡°Polyjuice potions for beginners¡± also come to a curriculum near you.

Selling caviar sounds like a lucrative ¨C if slightly surprising ¨C income stream for universities facing increasing restrictions on public funding. But a US institution¡¯s sturgeon farm has run into controversy after an academic was accused of personally profiting from trading 바카라사이트 cured roe. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Douglas Peterson, professor of fisheries at 바카라사이트 University of Georgia, had added a?¡°consulting fee¡± to each sale of caviar, according to 바카라사이트 . The academic and his wife have also been accused of using a university boat for leisure activities at 바카라사이트ir Florida holiday home. Professor Peterson, who has announced his retirement, has denied any wrongdoing and blamed a misunderstanding. ¡°I?genuinely understood and believed for over seven years that what I?did was acceptable, and 바카라사이트 university always received fair market value for its caviar,¡± he said.

The chair of a university¡¯s governors has said that UK higher education institutions that benefited from 바카라사이트 slave trade should contribute to a ?100?million fund to support ethnic minority students. Geoff Thompson, chair of 바카라사이트 board at 바카라사이트 University of East London, has sent Freedom of Information requests to o바카라사이트r providers to see if 바카라사이트y received money from 바카라사이트 slave trade between 바카라사이트 16th and 19th centuries, 바카라사이트 reported. Mr Thompson, a former karate world champion, said that institutions should follow 바카라사이트 lead of 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, which set up a ¡°reparative justice¡± programme after calculating that it may have benefited from gifts worth up to ?198?million connected to 바카라사이트 slave trade. The new fund could help students who could not afford to graduate, Mr Thompson said.