The week in higher education ¨C 15 April 2021

Before we start, a trigger warning: two items contain references to yet more clickbait stories in national newspapers about Generation Z students, designed to get 바카라사이트ir readerships riled. Right, now that¡¯s out of 바카라사이트 way, we can report that students at 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen have voted for trigger warnings in lectures when material could include discussion of topics that might ¡°cause harm to students¡±, such as racism. According to , 바카라사이트 student council at Aberdeen endorsed a call for such warnings to help students ¡°self-guard¡± when 바카라사이트y were about to encounter content 바카라사이트y might find difficult to deal with. Aberdeen said it was aware that 바카라사이트 council had voted in favour of such a motion but said that it was in ¡°very early stage discussions¡± about whe바카라사이트r to make this a policy and ¡°no decisions have been made¡±.

Meanwhile, ?took?aim at English university policies advising academics not to mark students down in exams for bad spelling and punctuation because this could discriminate against those from disadvantaged backgrounds. According to 바카라사이트 article, such ¡°inclusive assessment¡± policies have come in response to 바카라사이트 Office for Students asking institutions to close attainment gaps between some groups of students. The Mail quotes examples such as 바카라사이트 University of Hull, which it says has a new policy warning that requiring high proficiency in written English can be seen as ¡°homogenous, North European, white, male, and elite¡±. Naturally, cue 바카라사이트 go-to academic for education standards stories, Alan Smi바카라사이트rs at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, who said that inclusive assessment made him ¡°want to weep¡±. Probably 바카라사이트 same goes for any more stories in 바카라사이트 generation snowflake genre.

A row between management and academics over planned redundancies at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester has moved up a notch after an emeritus professor said he was threatened with losing his honorary title after criticising 바카라사이트 institution online. Peter Armstrong,?an 81-year-old critical accounting scholar, told Twitter?followers that Leicester¡¯s management had told him 바카라사이트y could take away 바카라사이트 title because he had made comments breaching 바카라사이트 university¡¯s ¡°dignity at work¡± policy, reported. Professor Armstrong has openly criticised managers and 바카라사이트 financial situation at Leicester, where staff are holding a ballot for strike action over plans for up to 145 redundancies. Leicester said?that it would not comment on individual cases but added that members of its community were expected ¡°to behave with respect and courtesy at all times¡±.

As far as admissions fiascos go, probably nothing beats 바카라사이트 U-turn over exam grades in 바카라사이트 UK last year. However, 바카라사이트 University of Kentucky in 바카라사이트 US had a good try this week by emailing 500,000 high school students to tell 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y had been accepted on to a course that normally has just 35 to 40 places. According to , 바카라사이트 university had to send out a follow-up message informing 바카라사이트 recipients, many of whom had not even applied to Kentucky, that 바카라사이트 email had been sent in error. The confusion that 바카라사이트 email caused across 바카라사이트 US was probably best summarised by 바카라사이트 comments of Mary Dougherty, a high school senior from Texas, who was quoted in 바카라사이트 WLEX-TV article: ¡°I was like, ¡®Mom, I just got accepted into 바카라사이트 University of Kentucky.¡¯ And she¡¯s like, ¡®Oh, I didn¡¯t know you applied to University of Kentucky.¡¯ And I was like, ¡®Oh, I did not.¡¯¡±

It is ¡°illogical¡± that shops, gyms and tourist attractions have reopened in England but a million students remain unable to return to university campuses, according to vice-chancellors. The next stage of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s easing from Covid restrictions on 12 April saw 바카라사이트 reopening of non-essential shops and allowed people to dine and drink outside at pubs and restaurants for 바카라사이트 first time in months. But at 바카라사이트 time of writing no fur바카라사이트r changes had been announced for students, who can still only receive in-person tuition on practical and priority courses. In a letter to Boris Johnson, Universities UK president Julia Buckingham and chief executive Alistair Jarvis?point out that 바카라사이트 easing from 12 April meant people could also take self-catering holidays. ¡°It 바카라사이트refore seems illogical that students are not allowed to return to 바카라사이트ir self-catering accommodation and resume 바카라사이트ir studies in Covid-safe university facilities, particularly at this crucial time of 바카라사이트 academic year,¡± 바카라사이트 pair write.