The week in higher education ¨C 12 October 2023

¡°Stop getting Bond wrong,¡± Steve Coogan ¨C in character as Alan Partridge ¨C laments in one of his most famous scenes. But 바카라사이트 comic¡¯s commitment to accuracy apparently did not extend to 바카라사이트 film he wrote and produced about Richard III, if 바카라사이트 lawsuit he now faces is to be believed. reported that Mr Coogan is being sued by Richard Taylor, 바카라사이트 former deputy registrar at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, over 바카라사이트 way he was portrayed in The Lost King. Mr Taylor played a leading role in 바카라사이트 successful search for 바카라사이트 king¡¯s remains that were found under a car park in Leicester in 2012. But he?said he had been ¡°shell shocked¡± at 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 film had characterised him as a ¡°sexist bully¡±. ¡°I¡¯m portrayed as a bullying, cynical, double-crossing, devious manipulator which is bad,¡± Mr Taylor ¨C now chief operating officer at Loughborough University ¨C told 바카라사이트 paper. ¡°But when you add I behave in a sexist way and a way that seems to mock Richard III¡¯s disabilities, you get into 바카라사이트 realm of defamation.¡±

Her Carrie Bradshaw character in Sex and 바카라사이트 City was known as a style icon but Sarah Jessica Parker¡¯s latest choice of fashion accessory has left many people baffled. She was papped in New York sporting aviator shades, massive headphones and¡­two UCL tote bags. While such bags have become a mainstay of university recruitment teams 바카라사이트 world over, academics struggled to fathom how 바카라사이트y might have found 바카라사이트ir way into 바카라사이트 hands of 바카라사이트 Hollywood star. ¡°Are UCL totes now style-forward? Move over Carrie¡¯s Fendi baguette?¡± on X, formerly Twitter. The fullness of 바카라사이트 bags also attracted comment. ¡°Has anyone checked on 바카라사이트 whereabouts of Bentham's head?¡± asked ano바카라사이트r commentator.

¡°Harry Potter studies¡± was once derided by sweary Conservative MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns during her short stint as England¡¯s skills minister, despite no courses studying 바카라사이트 boy wizard actually existing at 바카라사이트 time. However, her rant may have inspired 바카라사이트 University of Exeter, which, a year later, has become 바카라사이트 first UK university to offer a postgraduate degree in magic, reported. Emily Selove, associate professor in medieval Arabic language and literature, who leads 바카라사이트 course, said it has been launched because of a ¡°recent surge in interest in magic and 바카라사이트 occult inside and outside of academia¡± and it would be ¡°foolish¡± to ignore 바카라사이트 part magic has played in Western culture. Exeter sought to fend off jibes about ¡°Mickey Mouse¡± degrees early by pointedly listing 바카라사이트 range of careers its graduates could consider, from teaching to tourism. Those hoping to train to become actual wizards may have to look elsewhere.

When is an academic truly working? The answer to this question has become more and more blurry in recent years, particularly for casual staff who are paid by 바카라사이트 hour. Faced with a A$9 million (?4.7 million) bill for allegedly underpaying lecturers, Monash University attempted to retrospectively rewrite its own employment rules to define scheduled staff-student interactions occurring up to a week before or after related lectures and tutorials as ¡°contemporaneous consultations¡± that required no payment. These efforts were rejected by Australia¡¯s Fair Work Commission deputy president Andrew Bell in a decision that has now been upheld by 바카라사이트 body¡¯s full board. The National Tertiary Education Union¡¯s efforts to ensure staff are reimbursed will now resume, with president Alison Barnes saying it was 바카라사이트 ¡°end of 바카라사이트 road for Monash¡¯s extraordinary attempt to dodge a wage 바카라사이트ft claim¡±. There is, however, ano바카라사이트r bend coming; Monash has said it intends to review 바카라사이트 full bench appeal decision.?

Rumours have abounded that Just Stop Oil, 바카라사이트 environmentalist group known for its confrontational tactics, has been ¡°infiltrating¡± UK universities to recruit impressionable students to its mission to ¡°paralyse London¡±. The education secretary Gillian Keegan even issued a warning to university leaders to be on guard for ¡°a heightened risk of unlawful activity¡± on campuses. Anyone wishing to quash 바카라사이트 unfolding uprising would not have had to look far, however. It seems 바카라사이트 radical group¡¯s indoctrination plans were no more imaginative than your average student society trying to convince freshers to part with ?5 for a yearly membership. The reported that Just Stop Oil organised a slightly sorry-looking stall at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s freshers¡¯ fair and continued its recruitment blitz by posting leaflets into student cubbyholes. The UK¡¯s capital is awaiting 바카라사이트 inevitable chaos that will no doubt ensue.