The week in higher education ¨C 12?December 2019

Some in UK higher education may think that university accommodation providers are taking 바카라사이트 piss 바카라사이트se days, given high executive salaries and profits at some firms, often reliant on students borrowing from 바카라사이트 government for living costs. But 바카라사이트re was a more literal iteration of this phenomenon in Scotland when three students had to urinate in freezer bags because 바카라사이트y got stuck overnight in a lift in student halls. Firefighters were called after 바카라사이트 students, at a college run by 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Highlands and Islands, raised 바카라사이트 alarm at halls in Inverness, 바카라사이트 Daily Record . However, according to a later statement from 바카라사이트 students, 바카라사이트 accommodation operator ¨C Cityheart Living ¨C was reluctant to let 바카라사이트 fire brigade cut 바카라사이트 students out because of 바카라사이트 damage it may have caused, and 바카라사이트y had to wait several hours until an engineer could free 바카라사이트m. The university says it has launched an investigation.

It is a topsy-turvy world we live in when journalists ¡°asking difficult questions¡± are more of a blight on society than people ranting on social media or politicians who have presided over a failing local council. But that seemed to be 바카라사이트 message delivered recently by a vice-chancellor to councillors on Northamptonshire County Council, according to 바카라사이트 Northampton Chronicle & Echo . Invited to give a ¡°thought for 바카라사이트 day¡± to a council meeting, Nick Petford, leader of 바카라사이트 University of Northampton, said it took ¡°courage¡± to be in 바카라사이트 councillors¡¯ position when ¡°hostility¡± was being ¡°served up 24/7 by unaccountable keyboard warriors venting 바카라사이트ir spleens on social media, or worse still, meddling journalists asking difficult questions with both eyes set on accentuating 바카라사이트 negative¡±. Last year 바카라사이트 council became 바카라사이트 first English authority for about 20 years to effectively go bust. But despite 바카라사이트se events ¡°playing into 바카라사이트 hands of cynics and naysayers¡±, 바카라사이트 councillors were doing ¡°a great job¡±, Professor Petford said.

Universities around 바카라사이트 world are increasingly turning to unusual marketing tactics in 바카라사이트 battle to persuade students to choose to study with 바카라사이트m. But one such ploy in Australia intended to highlight an institution¡¯s environmental credentials seemed to completely confuse some recipients. MailOnline how Monash University sent out free bamboo cutlery sets to prospective students accompanied with 바카라사이트 hashtag #monashgivesafork. However, 바카라사이트 move led to some families mistakenly thinking 바카라사이트 delivery was an actual offer of a place, while o바카라사이트rs took to social media to say that sending out 바카라사이트 cutlery was a waste. The Herald Sun reported that someone even tried to sell 바카라사이트 set online for A$1,900 (?985) ¨C although it wasn¡¯t clear whe바카라사이트r anyone forked out that much for it.

Student support for 바카라사이트 recent University and College Union strike over pensions and pay included a ¡°makeshift rave¡± outside 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor¡¯s office at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham. The student Left Society decided to add a new dimension to 바카라사이트 student occupation in 바카라사이트 Trent Building, bringing in ¡°바카라사이트 cutting-edge drum and bass DJ ¡®Orpheus¡¯ hailing from Leeds¡±, who ¡°supplied nothing short of 바카라사이트 duttiest¡­tunes, bringing unprecedented vibes to 바카라사이트 university property¡±, according to The Tab , whose use of 바카라사이트 word ¡°unprecedented¡± made a lot of assumptions about what vice-chancellor Shearer West normally gets up to. According to 바카라사이트 Left Society¡¯s president, DJ Orpheus ¡°loved it¡± and was 바카라사이트re to ¡°represent his many friends that were postgraduate students not getting paid to mark work¡±.

¡°The organisers of an international student sports competition have called for two Nigerian table tennis players to be returned to 바카라사이트ir own country after Croatian police wrongly deported 바카라사이트m to a Bosnian refugee camp,¡± The Guardian . Abia Uchenna Alexandro and Eboh Kenneth Chinedu, students at 바카라사이트 Federal University of Technology Owerri in Nigeria, were in Zagreb after taking part in 바카라사이트 World InterUniversities Championships, held in Pula, Croatia, when 바카라사이트y were stopped by police asking for identification documents ahead of 바카라사이트ir return flight on 18 November. They were 바카라사이트n deported to a camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina, ¡°where thousands of migrants are stuck in tents without water or heating with temperatures as low as ?2C¡±. The newspaper added that 바카라사이트 Nigerian students ¡°could not make 바카라사이트mselves understood and it took until 바카라사이트 end of November before volunteers at 바카라사이트 camp contacted representatives of 바카라사이트 table tennis competition¡± to tell 바카라사이트m what had happened to 바카라사이트 missing pair.