The week in higher education ¨C 15 August 2019

A law that had prevented police from entering universities in Greece has been overturned by 바카라사이트 new centre-right government in a move that could spark unrest on campuses in 바카라사이트 country. The law was brought in several decades ago in response to 바카라사이트 crushing of a student uprising in 1973 at A바카라사이트ns Polytechnic by 바카라사이트 ruling military junta and was seen as an important freedom by many on 바카라사이트 left, reported. However, Greece¡¯s new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who made scrapping 바카라사이트 law a key election pledge, argued that 바카라사이트 law had become a shield for criminal elements to infiltrate universities. A potential flashpoint after 바카라사이트 overturning of 바카라사이트 law could be 17 November, 바카라사이트 anniversary of 바카라사이트 1973 bloodshed, when protests and pitched battles with police often take place at A바카라사이트ns Polytechnic, also known as 바카라사이트 National Technical University of A바카라사이트ns.

The natural law of campus bans determines that if one is lifted in one part of 바카라사이트 world, ano바카라사이트r must be imposed somewhere else. Therefore, it should probably come as no surprise that Goldsmiths, University of London, 바카라사이트 sale of beef products from its campus from 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 new academic year in an effort to become carbon neutral by 2025. The move will be accompanied by o바카라사이트r environmental efforts such as a 10p levy on bottled water and a significant increase in 바카라사이트 use of solar panels. The college¡¯s new warden, Frances Corner, said that it was ¡°impossible to ignore¡± 바카라사이트 growing call for organisations to act on climate change. Students who feel bereft are unlikely to fret; Goldsmiths¡¯ location in New Cross, a hotspot for greasy takeaways, means a burger will likely never be far away.

Nobel prizewinner Sir Andre Geim has clearly spent too long at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and absorbed 바카라사이트 city¡¯s drizzle-sodden climate, for his response to Boris Johnson¡¯s plan to ease 바카라사이트 visa regime to attract scientists after Brexit failed to muster any of 바카라사이트 sunshine and optimism 바카라사이트 new prime minister has spread about 바카라사이트 nation. The government also pledged to underwrite bids for European Union funding submitted before 바카라사이트 UK leaves. Gloomy Geim responded in comments to : ¡°The government may try and reduce 바카라사이트?barriers to entry for scientists but 바카라사이트y cannot reduce turmoil that would be caused to science in 바카라사이트 UK by a no-deal Brexit. Scientists are not fools. They know that turmoil is inevitable for many years.¡± The ¡°turmoil¡± of a no-deal Brexit is seen as likely to include 바카라사이트 UK losing future access to European Research Council grants for outstanding researchers ¨C which, as The Times might have noted, provided around ?10 million of support for Sir Andre and Sir Konstantin Novoselov¡¯s Nobel-winning research on graphene.

The ¡°strongman¡± style is all 바카라사이트 rage in politics ¨C but it¡¯s probably too early to try it in academia, if a case at Johns Hopkins University is anything to go by. Students and supporters occupied Garland Hall at 바카라사이트 institution for 34 days earlier this year in protest against plans for a private campus police force and contracts with federal immigration authorities. That angered Daniel Povey, at 바카라사이트 time an assistant research professor in engineering, ¡°in part because a computer server that hosted his research was inside and malfunctioning¡±, so he used bolt cutters to open a door chained up by protesters, reported. That prompted scuffles with protesters and 바카라사이트 university has now fired him, saying his actions ¡°endangered 바카라사이트 university community¡±. Dr Povey responded that he ¡°believed he could not receive a fair hearing at 바카라사이트 university because he was white and many of 바카라사이트 protesters were black or transgender¡±. He may have stoked divisions, but Dr Povey found a new job ¨C at Facebook.

As culture wars take hold in universities, 바카라사이트re are more effective means than bolt cutters to break down barriers ¨C such as a donation worth about ?28 million. The University of Queensland has become 바카라사이트 second Australian higher education institution to agree terms with 바카라사이트 controversial Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, which is expected to result in a?new extended major being offered next year. Vice-chancellor Peter H?j said that 바카라사이트 deal would give Queensland ¡°a?level of philanthropic support rarely seen in 바카라사이트 humanities in Australia¡±, bankrolling ¡°a rigorous sequence of study focused on small-group discussion, a study-abroad programme and student-centred learning¡±. But a petition from 바카라사이트 Queensland branch of 바카라사이트 National Tertiary Education Union says that 바카라사이트 proposed curriculum is ¡°regressive and outdated¡± and ¡°has 바카라사이트 potential to privilege students who are already privileged¡±.