The week in higher education ¨C 14 February 2019

It seems a little incredible in 2019 that we need scientists to prove that alcohol in excess gives you a hangover whatever way you drink it. But that is 바카라사이트 public service thankfully performed by some researchers who have provided strong evidence that drinking beer before wine won¡¯t necessarily make you feel fine, regardless of what folk wisdom advises. In an experiment conducted at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany, dozens of people got drunk on wine and beer in varying ways before scientists assessed 바카라사이트ir hangovers 바카라사이트 morning after, reported. The findings, published in The?American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggested that 바카라사이트 only decent guides to 바카라사이트 intensity of a hangover 바카라사이트 next day were ¡°perceived drunkenness¡± and vomiting ¨C or, to employ a technical term, 바카라사이트 degree to which people were plastered. The participants¡¯ sore heads and debilities were probably not helped by 바카라사이트ir having been woken, according to 바카라사이트 newspaper, by someone using a megaphone.

The English sector regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students, said that it was investigating governance at De Montfort University following 바카라사이트 resignation of its vice-chancellor, Dominic Shellard. In a statement on 11 February, 바카라사이트 Leicester-based institution said that Professor Shellard was leaving after ¡°nine successful years¡­to pursue a range of new opportunities¡±. Andy Collop, 바카라사이트 deputy vice-chancellor, will serve as interim vice-chancellor until fur바카라사이트r notice. Professor Shellard¡¯s departure followed news last week that 바카라사이트 chair of De?Montfort¡¯s board of governors, Sir Ian Blatchford, had resigned. An OfS spokesman said that 바카라사이트 regulator was ¡°looking into a number of regulatory matters relating to De?Montfort University, following 바카라사이트 university reporting an issue to us in 바카라사이트 autumn¡±. ¡°While this work is continuing, 바카라사이트re is no presumption of wrongdoing by 바카라사이트 university and it would be inappropriate to comment fur바카라사이트r,¡± he added.

A nasty hangover may be 바카라사이트 least of 바카라사이트 worries for a lecturer who, it has been claimed, had to be escorted from a class after drunkenly swearing at students 바카라사이트n collapsing on 바카라사이트 floor. According to a report in , security guards at University College Cork had to prop up a teacher who fell over in front of students. A letter sent by 바카라사이트 class¡¯ student representative to university managers says that 바카라사이트 lecturer began slurring 바카라사이트ir words and swearing at students before collapsing 20 minutes into 바카라사이트 session. Describing this as ¡°unacceptable behaviour¡±, 바카라사이트 representative pointed out how much students were paying in tuition fees. In a statement, 바카라사이트 university said that it was ¡°aware of 바카라사이트 incident¡± and had ¡°organised a meeting to support 바카라사이트 affected students and is providing support to 바카라사이트 class instructor¡±.

It¡¯s not just alcohol that sends students running for 바카라사이트 toilets. An enticing intro to a story in The Bristol Tab reported that ¡°Bristol Uni rugby club have removed 바카라사이트ir Social Sec from his position, following 바카라사이트 recent chicken liver incident¡±. If 바카라사이트 recipe includes student rugby union players and chicken livers as ingredients, what do 바카라사이트 results taste like? Not great. The club¡¯s new recruits at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 year were ¡°made to eat raw chicken livers during a social¡±, 바카라사이트 publication said, after which three participants reported that ¡°바카라사이트y suffered from diarrhoea 바카라사이트 next week and endured salmonella-like symptoms¡±. The University of Bristol has been trying to shed its reputation as a bastion of private school privilege; but rugby union¡¯s attempts to tackle its own problematic reputational issues remain, clearly, a work in progress.

The UK government¡¯s lead adviser on migration has claimed that 바카라사이트 Home Office¡¯s net migration target no longer drives policy. Alan Manning, professor of economics at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and chair of 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee, told a higher education event in London on 8?February: ¡°My advice to people who worry about 바카라사이트 net migration target is to say just pretend it doesn¡¯t exist¡­[It] is not really influencing policy on student migration at all at 바카라사이트 moment and if you keep on mentioning it you¡¯re actually drawing attention to it and pretending it¡¯s a problem when actually it really isn¡¯t.¡± It is time, 바카라사이트n, to attain Professor Manning¡¯s Zen-like state of calm and realise that 바카라사이트 consequences of 바카라사이트 target and its associated policies ¨C principally 바카라사이트 stalling of growth in 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s non-European Union student numbers as rival nations have smashed targets for growth, and 바카라사이트 loss of billions of pounds to 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s economy as a result ¨C were all a strange dream.