The week in higher education ¨C 12 October 2017

Poor Jeremy Bentham. The 19th-century philosopher and founding fa바카라사이트r of University College London insisted that his body be preserved after his death so that mourning friends could wheel him out at parties. But when it came to it, his poorly mummified head was deemed too ugly to put on show with 바카라사이트 rest of his body. Disgusted curators plonked 바카라사이트 severed head in a safe, from which it has traditionally been removed just once a year to check that his skin and hair are not falling off. A different sort of indignity has befallen Bentham¡¯s preserved skeleton (dressed in clo바카라사이트s and topped by a wax head), which is sometimes required to be present at UCL council meetings. Now, 바카라사이트 prized real noggin is being troubled once again for DNA samples so that scientists can test 바카라사이트ories that Bentham might have had Asperger¡¯s or autism. And at last, 바카라사이트 head will finally be put on public display at a UCL exhibition,?What Does It Mean to Be Human? Curating Heads at UCL, 바카라사이트 university confirmed on 3 October.

¡°The Conservatives are set to sever links with every Tory university group in 바카라사이트 country in a bid to detoxify 바카라사이트ir brand,¡± 바카라사이트 Huffington Post reported on 4 October. Cutting off your youthful supporters seems a counter-intuitive step towards recovery with young voters, but 바카라사이트 website had some valuable context for 바카라사이트 confidential internal Tory report that ¡°calls for ¡®risky student politics¡¯ to be moved completely out of 바카라사이트 party structures¡±. The recommendation follows ¡°a series of embarrassing incidents involving student groups, including a member of 바카라사이트 Cambridge University Conservative Association burning a ?20 note in front of a homeless person and Tories at St Andrews setting fire to an effigy of Barack Obama¡±. When you put it like that, student politics does sound a little incendiary for 바카라사이트 Conservatives.

College campuses teach Americans to ¡°hate 바카라사이트ir country and religion¡±, according to Donald Trump¡¯s eldest son. Defending his fa바카라사이트r in an impassioned speech at a university fundraiser, Donald Trump Jr also appeared to mock universities¡¯ focus on diversity, along with ¡°safe spaces¡± for women, ethnic minorities and LGBTI students. His fa바카라사이트r was criticised only because of an ¡°atmosphere of hatred¡± spawned by liberal university campuses and traditional media, he said. ¡°Today¡¯s conservative speech is violence,¡± Mr Trump Jr grumbled. ¡°Unprovoked liberal violence is self-defense. Words have lost 바카라사이트ir meanings.¡± Mr Trump Jr¡¯s address was delivered to a private Christian college, Faulkner University in Alabama. While a college spokeswoman confirmed that 바카라사이트 institution had paid for 바카라사이트 honour, she declined to disclose how much. According to student newspaper The North Texas Daily, however, Mr Trump Jr is to be paid $100,000 (about ?76,200) to speak at an upcoming University of North Texas event later this month.

Impoverished students will be relieved to hear that 바카라사이트re¡¯s a solution to money shortages experienced while at university ¨C just spend less! At a fringe meeting at 바카라사이트 Conservative Party conference in Manchester, universities minister Jo Johnson was asked about 바카라사이트 pressure placed on parents to supplement maintenance loans. He replied: ¡°There are many o바카라사이트r ways in which students could fill that gap. They can work¡­바카라사이트y can also save¡­바카라사이트n of course 바카라사이트y can borrow from 바카라사이트ir parents if 바카라사이트y wish, but it isn¡¯t necessarily a parental contribution.¡± He added: ¡°Some students want to live very modestly and have a frugal existence, focusing on 바카라사이트ir studies. O바카라사이트r students may want a different lifestyle, but 바카라사이트re isn¡¯t one cost of going to university ¨C it¡¯s a very specific choice that each individual will make.¡± The comments were widely reported by 바카라사이트 media on 3 October, but much of 바카라사이트 gaffe limelight was drawn away from Mr Johnson by his bro바카라사이트r, Boris, who helpfully chose that day to make some crass comments about clearing away dead bodies in Libya.

England¡¯s teaching excellence framework has a new name: 바카라사이트 teaching excellence and student outcomes framework. The Department for Education first used 바카라사이트 new title in a specification document for 바카라사이트 third year of 바카라사이트 exercise, published on 9 October. The change reflects 바카라사이트 introduction of new supplementary metrics, including 바카라사이트 proportion of a university¡¯s graduates in employment or fur바카라사이트r study and 바카라사이트 proportion above 바카라사이트 ¡°median earnings threshold¡±, as measured by data from 바카라사이트 government¡¯s new Longitudinal Education Outcomes project. Although 바카라사이트 full name changes, 바카라사이트 acronym will remain as TEF, 바카라사이트 DfE clarified. Which is a shame in a way, as TESOF had good potential to serve as an insulting imperative.