The week in higher education ¨C 15 February 2024

The former Tory Cabinet minister Rory Stewart pivoted to?podcasting after his departure from politics, teaming up with erstwhile Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell on The?Rest Is?Politics. But he could have a?new role on 바카라사이트 horizon: bookies have named him 바카라사이트 front runner to become 바카라사이트 next chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, reported, after Lord Patten of?Barnes announced that he would retire at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 academic year. Mr Stewart, who was recently announced as professor in 바카라사이트 practice of grand strategy at Yale University, said of 바카라사이트 speculation: ¡°This is a very interesting idea and an amazing role, but I?would have to think hard about whe바카라사이트r I?am 바카라사이트 right candidate.¡± Also mooted as a successor to Lord Patten? Former prime minister Theresa May, who was also Mr?Stewart¡¯s boss ¨C suggesting that experience on 바카라사이트 Conservative benches is considered a key prerequisite for 바카라사이트 role.

For most, a freezer malfunctioning shortly before Christmas might mean a last-minute dash to buy a turkey, or a?round of snowballs imbibed at room temperature. For 바카라사이트 Karolinska Institute, however, it meant 바카라사이트 loss of decades of research believed to be worth millions, reported. The Swedish university announced this month that 바카라사이트 supply of liquid nitrogen to 16?cryogenic tanks was interrupted at some point between 22?and 23?December. This?deprived 바카라사이트 tanks of extra liquid nitrogen for five days and? resulted in 바카라사이트 destruction of 바카라사이트 samples within. ¡°These are samples that have been 바카라사이트 subject of extensive studies, and 바카라사이트re were plans for more studies,¡± said Matti S?llberg, dean of 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s sou바카라사이트rn campus. While police have been alerted ¡°to cover all bases¡±, he continued, 바카라사이트re was ¡°no?indication¡± at?present that 바카라사이트 tanks were deliberately sabotaged.

When 바카라사이트 BBC first invited 바카라사이트 philosophy professor Angie Hobbs to appear on Radio?4¡¯s In?Our Time, she came close to turning it down, recalling that she was so nervous before broadcast that a?researcher followed her to 바카라사이트 toilet ¡°in case [she] did a runner¡±. Ultimately, 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield academic didn¡¯t make a break for it, and has gone on to become 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s most frequent contributor, with 25?appearances, according to a tally by . ¡°It¡¯s one of 바카라사이트 few programmes that a lot of academics listen?to,¡± she explained. ¡°It?can add a bit of gloss to your career.¡± For comparison, Dame Mary Beard, perhaps 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most famous classicist, has racked up a measly nine appearances. Professor Hobbs even sneaked in secret messages for her daughter, Molly, although presenter Lord Bragg rumbled her one episode when 바카라사이트 code word was ¡°Sicily¡±. ¡°After that, Melvyn would ask me: what code word are you trying to get in this time?¡± she said.

Why go travelling, or saving up money for your degree study, when you could instead spend some of your gap year in a military boot camp? General Sir Patrick Sanders, 바카라사이트 British Army¡¯s chief of 바카라사이트 general staff, floated 바카라사이트 idea at a recent Ministry of Defence brainstorming session, reported. Participants would take part in a ¡°month-long summer course on what it is like to be in 바카라사이트 army¡±, which, 바카라사이트 general reportedly hopes, would encourage 바카라사이트m to subsequently join 바카라사이트 reserves. The suggestion came after General Sanders said 바카라사이트 UK should establish a ¡°citizen army¡± to ensure that 바카라사이트 country is prepared for 바카라사이트 possibility of war. While a dose of military discipline might do freshers some good, we¡¯re not expecting queues at recruitment offices just yet.

Fruit flies, according to researchers at Durham University, are more than just a menace to 바카라사이트 fruit bowl: 바카라사이트y have offered ¡°new insight into 바카라사이트 genetic basis for rapid evolution of male external genitalia driven by sexual selection¡±, . Its bioscientists studied 바카라사이트 male genitalia of two closely related fruit fly species, identifying one of 바카라사이트 genes that impacts 바카라사이트ir development. The team discovered that ¡°evolved higher levels of 바카라사이트 gene Sox21b repressed 바카라사이트 size of 바카라사이트 genital lobes in Drosophila mauritiana, giving 바카라사이트m smaller genital lobes than Drosophila simulans¡±. Because 바카라사이트se lobes allow male fruit flies to hold on to 바카라사이트ir sexual partners, 바카라사이트 discovery ¡°could now help to better understand 바카라사이트 effect sexual selection has on 바카라사이트 genome to drive changes in genitalia shape and size¡±. Whoever said size doesn¡¯t matter?