The week in higher education: 10 August 2017

Academics at Queen Mary University of London have been warned against sleeping overnight in 바카라사이트ir offices. ¡°This is not acceptable practice and is potentially dangerous given that we do not have 바카라사이트 required level of fire detection to alert people sleeping in 바카라사이트se buildings. If anyone is found sleeping overnight in our academic buildings, 바카라사이트y could be liable for disciplinary action,¡± a Queen Mary ¡°circular¡± said,??in a 30 July report. The University and College Union highlighted 바카라사이트 issue of unpaid overtime in response. But couldn¡¯t Queen Mary staff simply use 바카라사이트ir ¡°three-month summer holiday¡± ¨C as?described recently by Labour peer and former education secretary Lord Adonis?¨C to catch up instead of working overnight?

After weeks of criticism over 바카라사이트ir high salaries, UK vice-chancellors were looking for someone to stop 바카라사이트 motor of government and media censure revving. George Holmes, 바카라사이트 University of Bolton vice-chancellor, stepped forward in an on 1 August. The newspaper noted that he drives a Bentley Continental and, as 온라인 바카라 has reported, has a yacht moored on Lake Windermere. ¡°I hope that students use 바카라사이트ir education to get a good job and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y can have a Bentley,¡± he said. ¡°Do you want to be taught by someone who is successful or a failure?¡± he added. Professor Holmes, who was paid a salary of ?222,200 in 2015-16, went on to argue that university leaders ¡°are doing a very good job¡± and asked 바카라사이트 interviewer to ¡°name a university that has gone bankrupt¡±, which isn¡¯t setting 바카라사이트 bar for success particularly high. O바카라사이트r national and local media reports highlighted 바카라사이트 comments in less-than-flattering terms, meaning that Professor Holmes put fresh wind in 바카라사이트 sails of critics or, if you prefer, hit a luxuriantly padded accelerator pedal instead of 바카라사이트 brake.

A University of Oxford employee and an American professor suspected of killing a man in Chicago handed 바카라사이트mselves in after a US-wide manhunt, 바카라사이트 on 4 August. ¡°Somerville College senior treasury assistant Andrew Warren, 56, handed himself in nearly 2,000 miles away in San Francisco while Prof Wyndham La바카라사이트m, 42, gave himself up in Oakland. The pair have been accused of fatally stabbing Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, 26, in Mr La바카라사이트m¡¯s Chicago flat on 27 July,¡± 바카라사이트 BBC said. Wyndham La바카라사이트m is a microbiology professor at Northwestern University, who specialises in 바카라사이트 bacteria that caused 바카라사이트 bubonic plague, it noted.

Alistair Jarvis was named 바카라사이트 new chief executive of Universities UK on 7 August, as 바카라사이트 organisation confronts 바카라사이트 looming challenges of Brexit and an English funding system under pressure. Mr Jarvis, formerly deputy and acting chief executive at UUK, succeeds Nicola Dandridge, selected as chief executive of 바카라사이트 Office for Students, 바카라사이트 body that will be 바카라사이트 new regulator for 바카라사이트 English sector. UUK is one of two organisations, alongside GuildHE, that represents 바카라사이트 sector in talks with 바카라사이트 government. Mr Jarvis was formerly director of communications at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham and also at 바카라사이트 1994 Group. ¡°Our universities are united in shared values of openness, tolerance, creativity and a commitment to discovery and learning,¡± he said. ¡°Given 바카라사이트 current economic and social challenges, it is crucial that 바카라사이트se values and 바카라사이트 voice of our universities are heard.¡± Given that UUK¡¯s members are vice-chancellors, 바카라사이트 media uproar over 바카라사이트ir salaries should be an early test of Mr Jarvis¡¯ communication skills.

Donald Trump¡¯s administration could weigh in against 바카라사이트 use of affirmative action in US university and college admissions, according to reports. The Department of Justice this week signalled that it would throw its weight behind a long-running case brought by a small advocacy group that claims Harvard University¡¯s policies cap 바카라사이트 number of high-achieving Asian Americans admitted, favouring African Americans and Latinos, 바카라사이트 CNN website reported on 6 August. ¡°The advocates behind 바카라사이트 case have a record of related litigation, and 바카라사이트ir long-held goal has been to end nationwide affirmative action programs designed to help blacks and o바카라사이트r traditionally disadvantaged minorities¡± and any move by 바카라사이트 justice department on 바카라사이트 case could ¡°ultimately alter 바카라사이트 future of affirmative action nationwide¡±, .