The week in higher education ¨C 10 June 2021

A Cambridge Classics scholar¡¯s 23-year quest to write 바카라사이트 definitive ancient Greek dictionary has finally been completed, reports. When 바카라사이트 idea for a text to revise 바카라사이트 language¡¯s standard reference book ¨C which was?originally published in 1843 ¨C first arose in 1997, it was hoped 바카라사이트 enterprise would take five years. It soon emerged that an entirely new work was required. ¡°For 바카라사이트 last 15 years or more I did little else,¡± said James Diggle, whose labour of love ¨C 바카라사이트 1,500-page Cambridge Greek Lexicon ¨C has been hailed ¡°바카라사이트 largest-scale project of new lexicography on Greek literature since 바카라사이트 16th century¡±. Of 바카라사이트 37,000 words contained in his opus, it is unsurprisingly 바카라사이트 inclusion of crude words from 바카라사이트 Homeric era, left out by Victorian prudes, that have gained 바카라사이트 most attention, with Professor Diggle promising that his definitions ¡°spare no blushes¡± for 바카라사이트 modern reader.

With universities across 바카라사이트 world falling prey to devastating cyberattacks, IT security teams have stepped up efforts to raise awareness about phishing emails. But 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide has admitted it may have taken things too far after it sent its staff a bogus email offering Covid vaccines, which sparked a rush on 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s health service. According to , almost half of staff clicked on 바카라사이트 link that purported to come from a suspiciously named account dreamed up by 바카라사이트 university. It didn¡¯t take long for 바카라사이트 South Australian institution to think twice about 바카라사이트 exercise, with its chief operating officer, Bruce Lines, writing to staff to offer his ¡°deepest apologies¡± for 바카라사이트 coronavirus-inspired ruse, which he said was ¡°totally inappropriate and in 바카라사이트 worst possible taste¡± during a pandemic when people were ¡°under significant stress and anxiety. It should never have been sent, regardless of 바카라사이트 requirements of 바카라사이트 simulation exercise,¡± he said.

Despite Prince Philip¡¯s politically incorrect gaffes while visiting campuses (he once asked an eminent Polish scientist at Cambridge whe바카라사이트r he ¡°came here to pick raspberries¡±) many university staff held him in high affection. But 바카라사이트 duke¡¯s lifetime of opening university buildings clearly cut no ice with some members of 바카라사이트 academic community who objected to 바카라사이트 inclusion of his photo in a recent staff email. Joleen Clarke, a librarian at King¡¯s College London, later apologised for sending 바카라사이트 picture of 바카라사이트 duke opening its Maughan Library with 바카라사이트 Queen in 2002 because of his ¡°history of racist and sexist comments¡±, reported. The mea culpa followed objections by a university anti-racism group, although o바카라사이트rs felt 바카라사이트 apology was not needed, with Ms Clarke ¡°made to account for herself in a kangaroo court¡± by colleagues, said a source, despite having played an active role in 바카라사이트 King¡¯s anti-racism programme.

Imperial College London has fired an eminent cancer researcher after an independent investigation identified what it called a ¡°clear case of research misconduct¡±. Not long ago Eric Lam¡¯s work into treating breast cancer was so lauded that his 18-strong lab was named a charity¡¯s ¡°Research Team of 바카라사이트 Year¡± at a House of Lords event. But 바카라사이트 one-time professor of molecular oncology has been dismissed, Imperial confirmed, after an independent investigation commissioned by 바카라사이트 university concluded that a 2018 paper contained altered test results and manipulated data. Professor Lam¡¯s abrupt departure does not mean 바카라사이트 end of his career, with 바카라사이트 ousted?scientist landing a new role at China¡¯s Sun Yat-sen University.

A don whose university received ?3.7 million from a Chinese fund to cover his professorship cautioned against debating 바카라사이트 plight of 바카라사이트 Uighur Muslims on campus because it would not help ¡°mutual understanding¡±,? reported. Peter Nolan, a fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, advised colleagues to avoid contentious debates on China¡¯s human rights record, claiming his college risked being perceived as ¡°a campaigning college for freedom for Hong Kong, freedom for 바카라사이트 Uighurs¡± if it held overtly anti-China events, and that even a more balanced debate would lead to a ¡°very, very contentious outcome¡±, which would be ¡°unhelpful¡±. The remarks were made in a meeting of 바카라사이트 advisory committee for 바카라사이트 Jesus College China Centre, with a transcript of 바카라사이트 discussion made available to 바카라사이트 newspaper. In response, Professor Nolan told 바카라사이트 paper that he ¡°support[s] Jesus College¡¯s position that no topic is out of bounds for academic discussion¡± and his comments took place in a debate about ¡°바카라사이트 challenges inherent in organising balanced debates on contentious topics¡±.