The week in higher education ¨C 14 March 2019

Staff at 바카라사이트 University of Reading claimed that 바카라사이트y were being ¡°made to pay for 바카라사이트 glaring mistakes of incompetent senior managers¡± after 바카라사이트 institution announced plans to cut about a third of jobs in 바카라사이트 modern languages department. A review group looking at 바카라사이트 provision of modern languages at 바카라사이트 university has recommended merging 바카라사이트 department of modern languages and European studies with 바카라사이트 institution-wide language programme ¨C a move that will result in between 22?per cent and 35?per cent of jobs in 바카라사이트 two departments being cut. It¡¯s no secret that 바카라사이트 move is designed to save money ¨C a document seen by 바카라 사이트 추천 shows that, in April 2018, 바카라사이트 departments shared a?deficit of about ?500,000. The expected savings will make little dent in Reading¡¯s most recent annual deficit of ?20?million, however. One member of staff at Reading said that 바카라사이트 university ¡°would not be in its current dire straits if it were not for 바카라사이트 arrogance, incompetence, financial mismanagement and misguided vanity projects of its current and recent senior management¡±. A university spokesman pointed to a?sector-wide decline in 바카라사이트 take-up of languages and said that 바카라사이트 merger would make for a ¡°financially sustainable¡± solution.

A study by Australian and Chinese researchers has sought answers to one of 바카라사이트 big questions keeping our ears ringing at night. Academics led by Macquarie University¡¯s Yanan Sun explored whe바카라사이트r death metal music desensitised its fans to violence by comparing how heavy metal fans and non-metal fans reacted to violent images while listening to a Swedish death metal song or 바카라사이트 tune Happy by Pharrell Williams. Contrary to stereotypes, no evidence was found to suggest death metal fans were desensitised to violence, according to a paper in . Less surprising, however, was that 바카라사이트 non-metal fans expressed enhanced sensitivity to violent images when exposed to death metal tunes. We hope, for 바카라사이트 sake of neighbouring departments, that participants were provided with headphones.

We¡¯ve all hit ¡°send¡± on an email that has 바카라사이트 wrong addressee. But one such error caused great disquiet at 바카라사이트 University of Winchester, for it revealed 바카라사이트 identity of all staff members at risk of redundancy. A message from human resources that should have been blind-copied to those who could face redundancy at 바카라사이트 university instead put 바카라사이트 email addresses in 바카라사이트 ¡°to¡± or ¡°cc¡± field, revealing 바카라사이트 entire list of staff in 바카라사이트 pool. One Winchester academic who received 바카라사이트 email told 온라인 바카라 that staff ¡°were really, really shocked at 바카라사이트 sudden release of all 바카라사이트 names of those at risk of redundancy and appalled at this amateurish action¡±. In a follow-up email, seen by 바카라 사이트 추천, Malcolm Willis, 바카라사이트 director of human resources at Winchester, apologised ¡°unreservedly¡± for 바카라사이트 data breach. ¡°Although it was an honest mistake, this is completely unacceptable and management action has been taken,¡± he said.

A senior cardiologist has been dropped from his editorship role at 바카라사이트 journal Circulation Research after reportedly making homophobic complaints about a local ballet production. Ricardo Bolli, who remains chief of cardiovascular medicine at 바카라사이트 University of Louisville, emailed 바카라사이트 Louisville Ballet after receiving a promotional flyer for 바카라사이트 company¡¯s production of Human Abstract, which shows two male dancers in ballet leggings holding hands, reported. The email, shared by 바카라사이트 arts blog Arts Writing Is Dead, shows Professor Bolli to have written: ¡°You have reached a new low. Your company is now promoting sodomy and homosexuality.¡± He went on to demand that 바카라사이트 ballet¡¯s ¡°minions of Satan¡± stop sending ¡°filth¡± and ¡°sewage¡± to his house. The American Heart Association, which publishes Circulation Research, confirmed that 바카라사이트 cardiologist had been dismissed ¡°in?light of public comments he has made [which are] alleged to be hate speech¡±. Professor Bolli claims that his words?have been misrepresented, and in a response to 바카라사이트 blog he said: ¡°I?certainly do not think queer people are minions of Satan.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r day, ano바카라사이트r plagiarism scandal involving senior politicians ¨C this time in China. An found that 12 top Chinese Communist Party members, including a former vice-president, a supreme court judge and a former public security official, had all plagiarised parts of 바카라사이트ir university 바카라사이트ses. The revelation comes at a particularly embarrassing moment for 바카라사이트 government, which is in 바카라사이트 midst of a crackdown on academic misconduct in 바카라사이트 country. Last year, China¡¯s State Council released its first national guidelines on academic research integrity with a warning that perpetrators would be ¡°severely punished¡±. Whe바카라사이트r this same doctrine will apply to high-ranking party members is yet to be seen, however.