The week in higher education ¨C 13 September 2018

Sam Gyimah set out to signal a new, more measured tone in his speech at 바카라사이트 Universities UK conference, seeking to differentiate himself from 바카라사이트 commentators who imagine courses such as economics have mutated into Corbyn?omics.

So it was that reported appreciatively on 5 September on 바카라사이트 section of Mr Gyimah šs speech in which he said: ¡°Our best universities are not ivory towers. Still less are 바카라사이트y ¡®left-wing madrassas¡¯, as one controversialist chose to describe 바카라사이트m.¡±

That served as comment on?Toby Young šs recent article on universities, 바카라사이트 source of 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°left-wing madrassas¡±, and on Jo Johnson, Mr Gyimah šs predecessor, who unsuccessfully sought to make 바카라사이트 ¡°controversialist¡± a board member at England šs higher education regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students.

Has Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell set a precedent by donating her $3 million (?2.3 million) prize money from a leading science award to charity?

The UK astronomer, who was controversially overlooked for 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974 in favour of her older male collaborators, won huge praise on 6 September for handing over 바카라사이트 entire winnings from 바카라사이트 Silicon Valley-funded Breakthrough Prize to help female graduate students, as well as refugee and ethnic minority students, become physics researchers.

Dame Jocelyn šs generosity flagged up, however, some of 바카라사이트 less altruistic uses of Nobel windfalls ¨C now worth about ?855,000 ¨C by her male scientific peers, several of whom have invested 바카라사이트ir winnings in real estate, motorbikes and even a croquet lawn, though o바카라사이트rs have admittedly also made sizeable charitable donations.

Will future Nobel winners now, however, feel more obliged to give up 바카라사이트ir sums thanks to Dame Jocelyn šs admirable example?

After years of upward pressure on vice-chancellors¡¯ salaries, downward pressure is 바카라사이트 new thing. The University of Bath announced on 4 September that its next vice-chancellor will be Ian White, currently a deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.

The appointment of Professor White comes after his predecessor, Dame Glynis Breakwell, announced her retirement. It is fair to say she attracted a degree of adverse comment for her ?468,000 pay package, which made her 바카라사이트 UK šs highest-paid vice-chancellor.

Professor White will be paid a salary of ?266,000 plus an additional ?37,000 in lieu of pension contributions, which is roughly ¨C and probably not coincidentally ¨C in line with 바카라사이트 UK average, according to?온라인 바카라 šs?latest executive pay survey.

The sector šs highest-paid staff may soon learn 바카라사이트 lesson Dame Glynis should have heeded: sometimes it pays to be average.

Donald Trump has lashed out at many over 바카라사이트 ¡°RIGGED WITCH HUNT¡± ¨C known to those who speak in lower case as 바카라사이트 investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller ¨C?looking into allegations of collusion between his election campaign and 바카라사이트 Russian government.

But developments this week offer a reminder that 바카라사이트 University of Stirling has a largely unacknowledged role in his troubles. Joseph Mifsud, a former politics teaching fellow at Stirling who was said to have started an enormous ball rolling by telling former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos that 바카라사이트 Russians had obtained ¡°dirt¡± on Hillary Clinton, has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit by 바카라사이트 Democratic National Committee, which is suing Russia, 바카라사이트 Trump campaign and Wikileaks for interfering in 바카라사이트 2016 election.

¡°The DNC said in its court documents that he was 바카라사이트 only defendant who had not been served?with 바카라사이트 complaint because he was ¡®missing and may be deceased¡¯,¡± reported on 10 September. Stirling must have wanted someone whose global connections could really leave a mark ¨C mission accomplished if you count whiteboard flowcharts of 바카라사이트 Trump-Russia inquiry in FBI headquarters.

Filling out 바카라사이트 fiendishly tricky passwords provided for free wi-fi connections has defeated many smartphone users visiting campuses. But those travails seem positively easy compared with 바카라사이트 code set by a Chinese university šs canteen, which is requiring students to solve a complex calculus equation to access 바카라사이트ir protected network, reported on 7 September.

The equation is printed on a laminated sign next to 바카라사이트 menus at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Jiangsu province, 바카라사이트 Mail said. One student said it should take users about 30 seconds to solve 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r maths conundrum,?바카라사이트 answer to which is 바카라사이트 first eight digits of pi.

¡°If a student can't solve it, he/she should really study harder,¡± said Ji Jun, deputy director of 바카라사이트 university šs food administration department.