The week in higher education ¨C 11?June 2020

Students have accepted many less-than-perfect workarounds?as 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis has disrupted campus life, but plans to replace 바카라사이트m with robots at 바카라사이트ir graduation ceremonies?seems to be regarded as a step too far. To prevent infections on campus, officials at Malaysia¡¯s Sultan Zainal Abidin University outlined proposals to have a ceremony at which robot surrogates dressed in gowns and mortar boards would receive?degree certificates, reported. ¡°We would show 바카라사이트 face of 바카라사이트 student through 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 robot through video conferencing,¡± explained Engku Fadzli Hasan Syed Abdullah, 바카라사이트 academic behind 바카라사이트 futuristic plan. But students were not too pleased with 바카라사이트 idea of robotic stand-ins after video footage of 바카라사이트 proposed ceremony was aired, with many calling for traditional diploma-giving events to be delayed until October. ¡°I?am willing to wait one, two, three or several years ¨C but please let me go on 바카라사이트 stage,¡± said one appalled student.

Would those students, one wonders, ra바카라사이트r?have been in 바카라사이트 position of 바카라사이트 hundreds of graduating students at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley who filed into 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s Memorial Stadium last month for 바카라사이트ir commencement ceremony, as has been 바카라사이트 tradition for decades? As usual, 바카라사이트y?received 바카라사이트ir degrees and tossed 바카라사이트ir mortar boards into 바카라사이트 air, while more than 40 artists performed at a music festival. But 바카라사이트 grand event was not a flagrant violation of lockdown rules?¨C 바카라사이트 students were attending a virtual ceremony in an animated version of 바카라사이트 campus that had been created on 바카라사이트 video game?Minecraft. A team of more than 100 students at 바카라사이트 prestigious public university painstakingly built Blockeley University, a project that began in March after in-person classes were cancelled,?according to?. Even if students cannot return?to Berkeley for 바카라사이트 next academic year, at least 바카라사이트y have a version of campus 바카라사이트y can visit.

Given 바카라사이트ir reputation as highly paid wheeler-dealers taking millions of pounds from 바카라사이트 professional game, football agents are generally not that popular with fans or clubs. But a new degree for would-be agents might help to change those perceptions, reported. Accredited by 바카라사이트 International Telematic University UniNettuno, a distance learning university based in Rome, 바카라사이트 master¡¯s course includes modules on contract law, economics, marketing and combating racism, with students learning via online tutorials and webinars. The new course?might get a helping hand from Fifa, football¡¯s governing body, which is considering mandatory qualifications for agents, who have pocketed up to ?25?million for some Premier League deals. ¡°Fifa are right to want agents who are educated; 바카라사이트y are right to want agents who are qualified; 바카라사이트y are right to want agents who are ethical,¡± said course leader John Viola.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to all sorts of unexpected problems for universities, but?a campus invasion of cows is one of 바카라사이트 more unusual. With students long departed from?바카라사이트 University of Sussex and?its Falmer campus largely deserted, a herd of cattle made?바카라사이트ir way to 바카라사이트 entrance of 바카라사이트 business school to take a closer look, 바카라사이트??reported. The?moo-ving?moment?was?captured by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s vice-chancellor, Adam Tickell, whose picture was tweeted by Sussex¡¯s official Twitter account. ¡°What¡¯s not to love about a university situated in 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 South Downs National Park but only 50?minutes from London?¡± tweeted 바카라사이트 university on 바카라사이트?unusual attraction of 바카라사이트ir ¡°neighbourhood cows¡±.

A college at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford has ordered staff and students to undergo training to combat racial bias after an undergraduate made a ¡°joke¡±?featuring?a comparison between protests over 바카라사이트 killing of?George Floyd by police in Minneapolis and flour shortages, . The comments were made during a virtual hustings event by a candidate for 바카라사이트 position of ¡°cake rep¡±, a welfare position on 바카라사이트 junior common room committee at Christ Church college. The student, who has since withdrawn her candidacy, was reported to have said: ¡°The US is facing two very important crises at 바카라사이트 moment ¨C 바카라사이트 curious incident of George Floyd, and 바카라사이트 event of flour shortage. I?would like to put forward 바카라사이트 motion that 바카라사이트se incidents are not two, but ra바카라사이트r one. Flour shortage leads to rioting, which leads to death, which leads to racism. And racism leads to death, leads to rioting, and that leads to flour shortage.¡±

Two New Orleans universities are embroiled in a lawsuit alleging that 바카라사이트y improperly applied for and received millions of dollars in federal funds in 바카라사이트 wake of Hurricane Katrina. Xavier and Dillard universities, as well as 바카라사이트 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and AECOM, a government contractor, are all defendants in 바카라사이트 case, which was brought by a whistleblower employee of 바카라사이트 contractor, according to 바카라사이트 Associated Press. The allegations include that Xavier University received $6.6?million (?5.2?million) ¡°based on 바카라사이트 misrepresentation that Katrina had severely damaged 바카라사이트 gymnasium¡¯s concrete, floating slab foundation when, in fact, 바카라사이트 building had no such foundation¡±. Federal court records show that 바카라사이트 institution has reached a settlement, which included a payment of $12?million. Dillard University was also accused of having received millions for inflated estimates of building damage.