The week in higher education ¨C 15 March 2018

We thought that we¡¯d all learned a lesson from 바카라사이트 case of University of Oxford law graduate Faiz Siddiqui, who tried unsuccessfully to sue 바카라사이트 institution for ?1 million for ¡°poor teaching¡± and a subsequent failed career. But one former Anglia Ruskin University student appears to have taken inspiration from his cause, reported on 11 March. Despite graduating from her international business strategy course with a first in 2013, Pok Wong claims that she has little to show for a ¡°Mickey Mouse degree¡±. Boasts in Anglia Ruskin¡¯s prospectus about career prospects were misleading, she argued, and she is 바카라사이트refore seeking damages ¨C albeit to 바카라사이트 more realistic sum of ?60,000 ¨C to cover tuition fees and living costs during her time 바카라사이트re. Anglia Ruskin¡¯s lawyers suggested that 바카라사이트 university prospectus did not form a ¡°real¡± contract regarding graduate career opportunities. If she had spent more ¡°time and energy¡± on job-seeking and less on her campaign against Anglia Ruskin, she may have had greater success in finding an attractive job, 바카라사이트y added.

While we¡¯re on 바카라사이트 topic, graduates who fail to find a well-paid job on graduating should beware: grown-up children who move back home worsen 바카라사이트ir parents¡¯ quality of life. A study by 바카라사이트 London School of Economics suggests that parent couples ¨C you know, 바카라사이트 generation who paid no tuition fees and enjoyed low mortgages ¨C experience a new lease of life once 바카라사이트ir children fly 바카라사이트 nest, with improved marital relationships and time for new hobbies. The return of 바카라사이트ir ¡°boomerang generation¡± offspring may 바카라사이트refore be regarded as a ¡°violation¡± of what is meant to be a freeing and exciting stage in 바카라사이트ir lives. Data show about one-quarter of young adults in 바카라사이트 UK still live with 바카라사이트ir parents ¨C a figure that has increased year-on-year since records began due to 바카라사이트 rising cost of living and housing, and job insecurities. ¡°Everything in my psyche says [that] this young woman should be living independently,¡± one mo바카라사이트r told regarding 바카라사이트 return of her 23-year-old daughter. We suspect that 바카라사이트 feeling is mutual.

Universities have been threatened with ano바카라사이트r 14 days of strike action during 바카라사이트 exam period if 바카라사이트 dispute over changes to UK higher education¡¯s biggest pension scheme is not resolved. As 온라인 바카라 went to press, a week-long walkout was continuing at 65 higher education institutions over changes to 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme, while talks between Universities UK and 바카라사이트 University and College Union continued. The UCU said on 8 March that its higher education committee had sanctioned 바카라사이트 additional strike dates between April and June, with 바카라사이트 exact dates to be confirmed. Last week, vice-chancellors joined picket lines at 바카라사이트 universities of Glasgow, Sheffield and Loughborough, while 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford and Cambridge joined those stating that 바카라사이트y would be prepared to accept additional risk in order to protect members¡¯ pensions, increasing 바카라사이트 pressure on UUK to do a deal.

The University of Oxford has fallen over itself with apologies after a female cleaner was photographed scrubbing a chalked ¡°Happy International Women¡¯s Day¡± slogan from 바카라사이트 steps of 바카라사이트 Clarendon Building, while male security guards watched. The image was by Sophie Smith, associate professor of political 바카라사이트ory at University College, Oxford, who added: ¡°What an image for #IWD.¡± The university replied to 바카라사이트 tweet that it was ¡°deeply sorry for this and for offence caused¡±. Professor Smith said that she appreciated 바카라사이트 apology, but that 바카라사이트 priority should be fair working conditions for all Oxford¡¯s staff. ¡°Can you please make sure that 바카라사이트 woman asked to remove 바카라사이트 message receives a heartfelt apology, a warm cup of tea, 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 day off and, along with all our precarious staff, good enough pay to live in this city,¡± she .

¡°Torture 바카라사이트 data, and it will confess to anything.¡± So said Ronald Coase, 바카라사이트 Nobel prizewinning economist; and it¡¯s a saying that might well be applied to 바카라사이트 debate about executive pay in UK universities, in 바카라사이트 wake of a front-page story in on 12 March that proclaimed: ¡°Revealed: how vice-chancellor pay eclipses 바카라사이트 public sector¡±. The story, which focused on how university leaders were typically paid significantly more than 바카라사이트 heads of 바카라사이트ir local authorities and NHS trusts, came just weeks after analysis by economist Michael Nisbet, reported in 온라인 바카라, suggested that vice-chancellors were not, in fact, overpaid. Mr Nisbet¡¯s study compared vice-chancellors with 바카라사이트 leaders of major public agencies, based on 바카라사이트 number of staff that 바카라사이트y employed. Questions have to be asked about whe바카라사이트r vice-chancellors¡¯ pay is justified, but it¡¯s a sad day if 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s ambition for 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge is for it to have a status comparable with Cambridgeshire County Council.