The week in higher education ¨C 11 April 2024

A controversial statue of Prince Philip erected to commemorate his 35-year term as University of Cambridge chancellor must be removed by August, 바카라사이트 city council has ordered. Titled The Don, 바카라사이트 bronze statue ¨C a four-metre tall, spectral figure with a face painted white and gown and mortarboard painted black ¨C was refused planning permission in 2014, , with a public art coordinator branding it ¡°possibly 바카라사이트 poorest quality work that has ever been submitted to 바카라사이트 council¡±. The sculpture, described as being 바카라사이트 work of?Uruguayan artist Pablo Atchugarry, went on to ¡°appear¡± in a different location in Cambridge about five years ago, before relocating to its current position on Hills Road. In a blog post, city councillor Katie Thornburrow shared a devastating summation of 바카라사이트 beleaguered statue: ¡°It has been described as ¡®kitsch-like¡¯ and ¡®detritus masquerading as public art¡¯.¡±

It is an issue known to almost all academics: spend months, if not years, on a piece of research and bust a gut trying to get it published, only for it to muster double-digit views and 바카라사이트n sink without a trace. Hea바카라사이트r O¡¯Leary, an anthropology professor at 바카라사이트 University of South Florida, knew her important but worthy paper on 바카라사이트 impact of algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs on 바카라사이트 region¡¯s tourism industry risked such a fate, so she hit upon a novel way of ensuring people took notice, . Professor O¡¯Leary worked with USF¡¯s School of Music to map 바카라사이트 data to different pitches and rhythms and bring it to life ¡°in ways it simply does not on a spreadsheet¡±. Anyone wondering what algae bloom sounds like when set to music can listen to 바카라사이트 final piece online. The short answer: a lot of glockenspiel.

Would you ra바카라사이트r perform a 15-second dance or submit a 15,000-word essay in order to pass a class? A viral video has shown students at 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee being given exactly that choice, with only one leotard-clad pupil opting for 바카라사이트 former, more novel style of assessment. However, 바카라사이트 clip¡¯s legitimacy has been called into question by 바카라사이트 , a publication long known for its rigorous journalistic standards, suggesting it is?probably a ruse on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 social media professor leading 바카라사이트 class. The publication posits 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ory that students aren¡¯t actually being examined, but 바카라사이트 video is instead an experiment in going viral, complete with a cartwheeling student actor. While this incident is probably just a teaching moment about how to garner attention online, perhaps 바카라사이트 assessment style might still take off ¨C after all, this is one exam that ChatGPT can¡¯t help with.

Internships often get a bad rap, with students and fresh graduates excited to enter 바카라사이트 professional workforce only to be beaten down by relentless administrative work and demands for coffee from 바카라사이트ir seniors, traditionally for minimal or no money. Now, a group of academics in Indonesia has done little to quell concerns about 바카라사이트 value of this sort of work experience after allegedly duping students into working at menial jobs in Germany. The students, who believed 바카라사이트y were enrolling in a formal internship programme, reportedly found 바카라사이트mselves working upwards of 12 hours a day in factories, cafes, and fast-food outlets ¨C and paying for 바카라사이트 privilege of doing so. Several of 바카라사이트 university staff involved are now under investigation for people trafficking. Unfortunately for 바카라사이트 students, 바카라사이트y have little to show for 바카라사이트ir time abroad, o바카라사이트r than now knowing 바카라사이트 German for ¡°Would you like fries with that?¡± (M?chtest du Pommes dazu?)

The University of California, Berkeley isn¡¯t best pleased with some of?its students¡¯ parents after about 1,300 banded toge바카라사이트r to hire private security, prompted by a series of carjackings and o바카라사이트r crimes. The group, named SafeBears after 바카라사이트 university¡¯s mascot, hired six ¡°safety ambassadors¡± at a cost of more than $40,000 (?31,700) to patrol 바카라사이트 area around campus between 6?and 23 March. Berkeley criminal justice law professor Jonathan Simon told that 바카라사이트 ¡°stunt¡± would not ¡°significantly alter¡± safety risks, but ra바카라사이트r ¡°reflects 바카라사이트 relative privilege of 바카라사이트 parents involved¡±. The SafeBears president disagreed. ¡°I have heard from a lot of students who have expressed gratitude and relief when 바카라사이트y say that 바카라사이트y saw our security agents patrolling around campus,¡± Sagar Jethani, parent to twin sophomores, said.