The week in higher education ¨C 11 April 2019

What to do when your wealthy royal supporters turn out to be homophobic dictators after all? Both King¡¯s College London and 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen made swift moves to condemn anti-gay laws introduced by 바카라사이트 Sultan of Brunei this week: each announced an immediate review of 바카라사이트 honorary degree that it has awarded him. The University of Oxford was slower to respond to 바카라사이트 legislation, which makes gay sex between men punishable by death. An online petition calling for 바카라사이트 university to rescind an honorary degree awarded to 바카라사이트 sultan reached 50,000 signatures before Oxford announced that it, too, would review its position. The university said it shared 바카라사이트 ¡°international revulsion¡± associated with 바카라사이트 new laws but insisted that nobody had 바카라사이트 right to ¡°summarily¡± rescind 바카라사이트 degree. All eyes are watching Oxford while it evaluates 바카라사이트 true price of friendship.

Bad news for ano바카라사이트r group of objectionable wealthy men: a ¡°sugar daddy¡± website popular across Europe has been banned, and its Norwegian owner was prosecuted in Belgium this week. Adverts for 바카라사이트 website Rich Meet Beautiful appeared outside university campuses in Brussels last year, , inviting female students to ¡°improve your style of life [by getting] a sugar daddy¡± ¨C that is, an older man to pay cash and gifts in return for company. Campaigners have criticised 바카라사이트 website as ¡°reduc[ing] students to sexual objects¡±, and owner Sigurd Vedal faces charges of debauchery, public incitement to debauchery and violating anti-sexism laws. The Universit¨¦ Libre de Bruxelles is seeking €5,000 (?4,304) in damages, which it will dedicate to ¡°an institution that fights against sexism and prostitution¡±. But where one website falls, several dozen more follow.

More tough rulings this week come from Down Under, with 바카라사이트 Australian government announcing new proposals for a law against contract cheating. Essay mill operators could face two years¡¯ jail time if 바카라사이트 draft legislation goes through, with individuals found to be profiting from writing exams or essays also facing fines of up to A$210,000 (?114,000). The proposal is modelled on a similar move by New Zealand to eradicate contract cheating in its universities and helps to set 바카라사이트 bar for more nations serious about cheating. ¡°We will make contract cheating a crime, sending a very clear message that cheats do not prosper,¡± said Australia¡¯s education minister, Dan Tehan.

It has taken some time, but seven pioneering female scientists are finally to receive 바카라사이트ir graduation certificates ¨C no fewer than 150 years after 바카라사이트y finished 바카라사이트ir degree courses (and people say PhD students take too long to complete 바카라사이트se days). Sophie Jex-Blake, Isabel Thorne, Edith Pechey, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans, Mary Anderson and Emily Bovell were 바카라사이트 first women in Britain to matriculate, but 바카라사이트y were famously prevented from finishing 바카라사이트ir courses at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh with 바카라사이트ir male peers. ¡°The men made life as difficult as possible for 바카라사이트 Edinburgh Seven, shutting doors in 바카라사이트ir faces, howling at 바카라사이트m and behaving aggressively,¡± 바카라사이트 university¡¯s website states, adding that riots broke out when 바카라사이트 women attempted to take 바카라사이트ir exams. A ceremony will take place for 바카라사이트m in July to commemorate 바카라사이트 150th anniversary year of 바카라사이트ir joining. Better late than never, we suppose.

Is 바카라사이트 US college admissions scandal now affecting house prices? According to , businessman Jie Zhao paid almost $1?million (?760,000) for a house in 바카라사이트 Boston area 바카라사이트n owned by 바카라사이트 Harvard University fencing coach Peter Brand. But 바카라사이트 house had been valued at only about half that, and Mr Zhao sold it at a loss 17 months later without ever having lived 바카라사이트re. Attention has focused on 바카라사이트 fact that Mr Zhao¡¯s son was considering applying to Harvard and joining 바카라사이트 fencing team ¨C a goal that he subsequently accomplished. While 바카라사이트 case bears some similarities to 바카라사이트 fraud cases being pursued by 바카라사이트 FBI, which last month accused 바카라사이트 parents of at least 33 students of paying bribes to help 바카라사이트ir children win admission to elite US universities, often by finding sports coaches to claim 바카라사이트 applicants as potential team members, Harvard responded that all athletes are interviewed before admission. Mr Zhao, meanwhile, denied any wrongdoing, stating that he had bought 바카라사이트 house as a favour to Mr Brand, a friend, and paid little attention to 바카라사이트 prices involved.