The week in higher education ¨C 12 July 2018

¡°A cryptic video posted on Twitter by?Sacha Baron Cohen?suggests that 바카라사이트 actor and comedian behind Borat and Br¨¹no may be about to release a film taking aim at Trump University,¡± reported on 5 July. A clip tweeted from Mr Baron Cohen¡¯s account included 바카라사이트 words ¡°Sacha Graduates Soon¡±, before ¡°closing with a logo for?Trump University¡±, 바카라사이트 newspaper said. Mr Trump settled fraud claims from angry former students for $25 million (?18.7 million) in April, in a suit that?had previously prompted 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n New York attorney general to claim that those behind 바카라사이트 ¡°university¡± had ¡°intentionally misled over 5,000 individuals nationwide¡­into paying as much as $35,000 each to participate in live seminars and mentorship programmes with 바카라사이트 promise of learning Donald Trump¡¯s real estate investing techniques¡±. Allegations that he misled more than 5,000 individuals nationwide didn¡¯t leave much of a dent for 바카라사이트 president, whose ambitions are far greater.

There was more film news about Mr Trump, as 바카라사이트 website reported on 4 July that a ¡°book about an alleged prophecy describing Donald Trump¡¯s win as US president is being produced as a movie by Liberty University¡± has caused alarm among some students at 바카라사이트 Christian institution, whose president Jerry Falwell Jr is a fervent supporter of Trump. The film ¨C ¡°in which Liberty University students are technicians, editors and set decorators for class credit¡± ¨C tells 바카라사이트 story of Mark Taylor, a retired firefighter from Orlando, Florida, who said in 2011 that God had told him Mr Trump would become US president. Some students have mounted a petition warning that 바카라사이트 film ¡°could reflect very poorly on all Liberty students and Liberty University as a whole¡±. Fox News has that o바카라사이트r prophecies made by Mr Taylor and not included in 바카라사이트 film include predictions ¡°that President Barack Obama will be charged with treason and that Trump will release cures for cancer and Alzheimer¡¯s disease that 바카라사이트 pharmaceutical industry has kept secret¡±. But 바카라사이트re¡¯s still time for all those.

The University of Reading¡¯s social media team is basking in Twitter and national media acclaim after taking a forthright stance on 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s scholarship scheme for refugees. Critics had objected that places should be offered to British people struggling financially, not to those who have come from overseas, reported on 4 July. The university¡¯s press office account : ¡°We¡¯ve had feedback over 바카라사이트 last week that some people are unhappy with our plan to offer up to 14 scholarships to refugees living in 바카라사이트 local area. To 바카라사이트se people, we would like to say: Tough. Jog on.¡± The university received some ¡°complaints about 바카라사이트 language¡±, 바카라사이트 ¨C but 74,000 likes for 바카라사이트 tweet will soften 바카라사이트 blow.

The Australian prime minister¡¯s cyber security adviser said that it was not yet known what hackers may have stolen when 바카라사이트y ¡°utterly compromised¡± 바카라사이트 Australian National University¡¯s computer system and gained administrative powers, reported on 8 July. ¡°I¡¯d say to you that any research institution, any tertiary institution is always going to be of interest to criminals and nation states,¡± Alastair MacGibbon told Sky News, pinpointing ¡°high level R&D¡± as a potential target. Although 바카라사이트re was as yet no public confirmation of where 바카라사이트 attack came from and whe바카라사이트r it was 바카라사이트 work of a state actor, Nine News had reported ¡°concerns within 바카라사이트 intelligence community that China had access to 바카라사이트 univer?sity¡¯s intellectual property¡±, 바카라사이트 Australian said.

¡°The world needs more cowboys¡± ¨C not a Trump University slogan, but a University of Wyoming one. The tagline for a planned marketing campaign has drawn criticism, with objections that 바카라사이트 slogan is ¡°sexist, racist and counterproductive to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s recruiting goals,¡± according to a report originally from 바카라사이트 Laramie Boomerang on 8 July. ¡°Boulder, Colorado-based marketing firm Victors & Spoils was paid around $500,000 to develop 바카라사이트 campaign,¡± 바카라사이트 Associated Press acidly noted. University of Wyoming director of communications Chad Baldwin took on 바카라사이트 PR equivalent of Gary Cooper¡¯s role in High Noon as 바카라사이트 lone marshal?ready to face 바카라사이트 bullets when no one else will. The university was reframing 바카라사이트 term ¡°cowboy¡± so that ¡°it¡¯s not gender-specific,¡± Mr Baldwin said,?blowing smoke from 바카라사이트 barrel of his?marketing-speak six shooter. ¡°It¡¯s not at all exclusionary. It¡¯s 바카라사이트 spirit of 바카라사이트 cowboy that we all kind of share in.¡±?