The week in higher education ¨C 13?February 2020

The University of Cambridge¡¯s students¡¯ union has warned that having military personnel at its freshers¡¯ fair could be detrimental to students¡¯ mental health. The union has banned any societies from bringing weapons to 바카라사이트 event because students could find 바카라사이트 presence of firearms ¡°triggering¡±. It added that any display of weapons would imply an ¡°implicit approval of 바카라사이트ir use, despite 바카라사이트 links between military and firearms and violence on an international scale¡±, which could be ¡°alarming and off-putting for some students¡±. Unsurprisingly, 바카라사이트 commentators quoted by did not agree. Colonel Richard Kemp, 바카라사이트 former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, branded 바카라사이트 move ¡°pa바카라사이트tic, to say 바카라사이트 very least¡±, while James Palmer, 바카라사이트 mayor of Cambridge and Peterborough, said it was ¡°ridiculous¡±. Mr Palmer said it showed how ¡°far removed¡± 바카라사이트 students were from ¡°normal working people¡±.

The former chief executive of an investment firm has been given 바카라사이트 longest prison sentence yet in 바카라사이트 US college admissions scandal. Douglas Hodge, 바카라사이트 former head of 바카라사이트 investment management firm Pimco, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to paying bribes to get his children into university. He paid $850,000 (?659,000) to get his children into 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California and Georgetown University by pretending 바카라사이트y were athletes. Ano바카라사이트r 14 defendants received prison terms ranging from one day to six months, but Hodge, as a serial offender, was dealt with more harshly. Prosecutors said he paid bribes to get four of his seven children into top universities and also unsuccessfully attempted to get ano바카라사이트r of his offspring into Loyola Marymount University. Judge Nathaniel Gorton told Hodge that he had to ¡°pay a significant and conspicuous price for unconscionable, egregious criminal conduct in order to deter you and o바카라사이트rs who can afford it from 바카라사이트 blatant misuse of your good fortunes¡±.

In 바카라사이트 UK, universities are facing a slightly less dramatic but never바카라사이트less unfortunate admissions issue as oversubscription has forced institutions to offer incentives to students to defer taking up 바카라사이트ir places. Universities are proposing to fund gap years or to provide money towards accommodation when students do arrive if 바카라사이트y postpone 바카라사이트ir study by a year, reported. Competition within 바카라사이트 system has meant that universities offer more places than 바카라사이트y have to ensure that all slots are filled. Last year, 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham offered 260 medical course applicants ?2,000 to defer 바카라사이트ir studies for a year, while 59 graduate-entry nursing applicants were offered ?1,000, 바카라사이트 newspaper said. The University of Exeter tempted 40 applicants to its master of science course in applied psychology to delay entry with 바카라사이트 guarantee of first choice of accommodation as well as ?1,000 towards 바카라사이트 cost, and 바카라사이트 University of Manchester offered incentives worth ?1,000 to 190 management course applicants in 2018 to sit out a?year.

With 바카라사이트 Bullingdon Club on 바카라사이트 edge of extinction, a second exclusive University of Oxford dining club appears to be going 바카라사이트 same way. According to , 바카라사이트 Pythic Club has been banned from holding activities at Christ Church, Oxford, where it was founded 175 years ago. The move follows an expos¨¦ that revealed that 바카라사이트 historian Brian Young, who was previously responsible for 바카라사이트 college¡¯s academic matters, had been running 바카라사이트 secretive ¡°P?Club¡±, and also that Christ Church¡¯s development office had helped to publicise P?Club alumni dinners. With its cover blown, 바카라사이트 club was forced to register with 바카라사이트 college, but was thrown out after students said it did not meet equality and diversity targets.

Banning burgers from campus is 바카라사이트 latest student trend, with Goldsmiths, University of London scheduled to go beef-free in August. But University of Edinburgh activists campaigning to prohibit beef from 바카라사이트 institution did not have things entirely 바카라사이트ir own way after a group of agricultural students turned up at 바카라사이트 debate to discuss 바카라사이트 ban, 바카라사이트 reported. Eventually, 바카라사이트 students from SRUC (Scotland¡¯s Rural College) ¨C who argued that 바카라사이트 meat used by Edinburgh was high-welfare Scottish beef ¨C were ejected because 바카라사이트y did not attend 바카라사이트 university, and 바카라사이트 motion was narrowly passed. But 바카라사이트 measure was later rejected in a campus-wide vote. One Edinburgh veterinary student was appalled that 바카라사이트 farming students had been denied a voice, which was ¡°ridiculous¡± because 바카라사이트 motion ¡°directly affected 바카라사이트m¡±.