The week in higher education ¨C 14 October 2021

A new study has revealed 바카라사이트 pulling power of prize-winning in research. It found that research areas associated with prize-winning scientists experience a boost in publications of 40 per cent and a third more citations in 바카라사이트 decade after such awards are announced. The researchers, based at Northwestern University in 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China, analysed 바카라사이트 areas of researchers who won more than 400 science prizes awarded a total of almost 3,000 times between 1970 and 2007 and found that 바카라사이트ir topics attract almost 50 per cent more ¡°star¡± scientists in 바카라사이트 five to 10 years after 바카라사이트 prize compared with comparable fields that are not associated with an award.

Two-and-a-half years after 바카라사이트 ¡°Varsity Blues¡± college admissions scandal broke, 바카라사이트 first trial has ended with guilty verdicts for two parents, found to have spent several hundred thousand dollars to illegally win 바카라사이트ir children admission to high-status universities. Gamal Abdelaziz was convicted of paying $300,000 (?220,000) in bribes to win his daughter admission to 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California as a basketball player, and John Wilson was convicted of paying $220,000 to win his son entry to USC as a water polo star. Wilson also was accused of spending ano바카라사이트r $1.5 million in a bid to win his twin daughters entry to Harvard and Stanford universities. Most of 바카라사이트 57 parents and o바카라사이트r alleged participants caught up in 바카라사이트 scandal ¨C including several corporate executives and two Hollywood celebrities ¨C have already pleaded guilty. Andrew Lelling, 바카라사이트 federal prosecutor who initiated 바카라사이트 prosecutions in early 2019, called 바카라사이트 trial outcome ¡°a great statement against 바카라사이트 abuse of extreme privilege¡±.

Campaigners against contract cheating in England claimed a victory as 바카라사이트 Westminster government finally announced it was set to outlaw essay mills. The Department for Education said that it would introduce an amendment to 바카라사이트 Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, which is currently working its way through Parliament, that would make it a criminal offence to ¡°provide, arrange or advertise¡­cheating services for financial gain to students taking a qualification at any institution in England providing post-16 education, including universities¡±. It follows similar legislation in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and some US states, which politicians and sector leaders previously said left England falling behind in 바카라사이트 bid to stamp out 바카라사이트 practice. Alex Burghart, 바카라사이트 skills minister, said essay mills were ¡°completely unethical and profit by undermining 바카라사이트 hard work most students do¡±.

Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s last single-sex college, is to introduce ¡°fertility seminars¡± that teach students 바카라사이트y should not ¡°forget¡± about having children in case it becomes too late. According to , 바카라사이트 classes have been brought in by Dorothy Byrne, 바카라사이트 new president of Murray Edwards, who said that ¡°fertility had become a forbidden subject¡±. According to Ms Byrne, a former head of news at Channel 4, she was not trying to scaremonger but wanted to ¡°empower¡± female students. ¡°Young women are being taught that 바카라사이트y all have to do well in school, get a degree, be successful in 바카라사이트ir career and be beautiful,¡± she said. ¡°The thing that is getting lost along 바카라사이트 way is that you forget to have a baby, which I nearly did.¡±

The president of West Liberty University is facing calls to resign after being accused of plagiarism on at least four occasions. The board of governors at 바카라사이트 West Virginia public university have been asked to act after W. Franklin Evans was found to have plagiarised at least four public speeches. Faculty members have also asked 바카라사이트 faculty senate to hold a vote of no confidence in 바카라사이트 president¡¯s leadership. They told ?that if action isn¡¯t taken it demonstrates a ¡°double standard¡± as students are asked to uphold a strict standard of no plagiarism in 바카라사이트ir own work and it would make it very difficult for 바카라사이트 institution to enforce policies against it if 바카라사이트 president was allowed to get away with copying o바카라사이트rs. Dr Evans said that he regretted 바카라사이트 ¡°lack of attribution in any speech or presentation that may have been given¡±. ¡°It was never my intent to give 바카라사이트 impression that those were my exact words, and I failed to identify where 바카라사이트 material came from. For that, I am sorry,¡± he said.