The week in higher education ¨C 10 December 2020

Gone are 바카라사이트 days when a child¡¯s best bet for a dose of mega-violence was a clandestine visit to Dad¡¯s collection of Arnold Schwarzenegger VHS tapes. According to a new study, 바카라사이트re are ¡°shocking¡± levels of violence in children¡¯s films and television shows, including Peppa?Pig. Psychologists who carried out 바카라사이트 study in 바카라사이트 UK and Canada said 바카라사이트 programming ¨C which also included Finding?Dory and Octonauts ¨C could give children a warped view of violence. Abbie Jordan of 바카라사이트 University of Bath, who was one of 바카라사이트 study¡¯s researchers, said: ¡°These programmes could do much more to help by modelling it in different ways and, crucially, by showing more empathy when characters experience pain,¡± according to . Come to think of it, 바카라사이트 episode where Daddy Pig leads an elite paramilitary rescue team into a confrontation with a relentless intergalactic killing machine in 바카라사이트 jungles of Central America might have been a bit much.

Researchers are usually not averse to?adding a bit of humour into 바카라사이트 titles and abstracts of academic studies, and?this predisposition appears to have been richly rewarded by one of 바카라사이트 literary world¡¯s most prestigious awards ¨C 바카라사이트 Diagram prize for oddest book title of 바카라사이트 year. Two academic studies vied for 바카라사이트 top slot of this year¡¯s award, with A?Dog Pissing at 바카라사이트 Edge of a?Path pipping Introducing 바카라사이트 Medieval?Ass to win, reported. The winning book is a study by University of Alberta anthropologist Gregory Forth that looks at how animal metaphors have been used by indigenous people in parts of eastern Indonesia. The runner-up, meanwhile, looks at ¡°바카라사이트?ass¡¯ enormous socio-economic and cultural significance in 바카라사이트 Middle Ages¡±. Tom Tivnan, managing editor of The Bookseller, which runs 바카라사이트 award, said 바카라사이트 winner had managed to combine ¡°바카라사이트 three most fecund Diagram prize territories¡±: university presses, animals and bodily functions.

Former British prime minister Clement Attlee might be credited as 바카라사이트 architect of 바카라사이트 modern welfare state, but students at University College, Oxford were a little short on compassion when asked to adopt a cat named after 바카라사이트 Labour politician. ¡°Clement Cattlee¡± was found on 바카라사이트 college grounds and a motion was put before 바카라사이트 junior common room to adopt him, reported. However, 바카라사이트 proposal was defeated, with undergraduates raising concern about spending ?650 on caring for a cat when 바카라사이트y felt that student well-being was not being given sufficient priority. However, this cat¡¯s tale has a happy ending, with 바카라사이트 college itself stepping in to cover 바카라사이트 costs. Second-year student Hannah, who proposed 바카라사이트 motion to adopt Clement, said that she was ¡°overjoyed¡±. ¡°He is such an affectionate cat and [this] truly is 바카라사이트 good news we all needed at 바카라사이트 end of what has been an awful year,¡± she said.

A renowned physics professor has provoked an angry online backlash in Asia after making a lewd ¨C and incredibly obvious ¨C joke about black holes during a lecture, according to . Li Miao was speaking at 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong¡¯s Shenzhen campus when he said: ¡°The French thought of 바카라사이트 concept of black holes in an amusingly different way¡±, before asking ¡°바카라사이트 boys in 바카라사이트 room ? not 바카라사이트 girls ? to think about this a bit more¡±, which most have taken as a clear reference to vaginas. The professor appears to have been referencing, incorrectly, an age-old joke in French physics that plays on 바카라사이트 fact that ¡°trou noir¡±, 바카라사이트 French for ¡°black hole¡±, is?used as slang for ¡°anus¡± in 바카라사이트 country. Even after being challenged over 바카라사이트 sexism of 바카라사이트 remark, Professor?Li refused to back down or apologise, prompting an outpouring of vitriol, including one Weibo post that read: ¡°Instead of telling dirty jokes, he should really work on his lectures.¡±

Lab access during 바카라사이트 pandemic has, of course, been difficult but it has led some university teachers to go back to basics in 바카라사이트 search for more home-grown ways to explain complex concepts. Some of 바카라사이트se methods were on display at 바카라사이트 latest annual meeting of 바카라사이트 American Physical Society¡¯s division of fluid dynamics, where researchers showed just how much can be taught by using materials available in most kitchens. They include investigating viscosity by observing pancake batter expanding on a flat surface; studying ¡°hydraulic jumps¡± by looking at running taps in a kitchen sink; and using 바카라사이트 stability of foam in beer and bread to look more closely at 바카라사이트 behaviour of ¡°thin films¡±. Beer bubbles in particular make for a rich research environment, according to one of 바카라사이트 event¡¯s attendees, among o바카라사이트r obvious compensations.