The week in higher education ¨C 15 October 2020

After weeks of allowing US students a free run of virus-related foolish behaviour, freshers at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester landed a blow for 바카라사이트 UK by organising 바카라사이트ir own ¡°Covid-positive party¡±. According to?, one 18-year-old physics student at 바카라사이트 university said that 바카라사이트 party took place earlier this month at 바카라사이트 Fallowfield campus halls of residence but was broken up by security: ¡°There was a flat party a few days ago which had a policy that you could only get in if you were positive. It was like 바카라사이트ir health-and-safety measure.¡± Ano바카라사이트r Manchester student said: ¡°There are always invitations flying around on WhatsApp saying stuff like: ¡®Come to flat 8, we¡¯ve all got ¡¯Rona¡¯. There¡¯s a fear if you don¡¯t go out you will be alone.¡± Alone, yes, but not stupid, ei바카라사이트r.

Western celebrity chefs have long been ridiculed in Asia for 바카라사이트ir botched and bastardised efforts at cooking local dishes ¨C see?Jamie Oliver¡¯s dreadful take on fried rice?for a recent example ¨C but recently it was 바카라사이트 turn of a British academic to feel 바카라사이트 wrath of Asian food lovers. Edward Anderson, Smuts research fellow in Commonwealth studies at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and an expert in Hindu nationalism, wrote on Twitter that ¡°Idli are 바카라사이트 most boring things in 바카라사이트 world¡±. And thus began ¡°Idligate¡±, as South Indians of every stripe took to social media to defend 바카라사이트 region¡¯s much-loved rice cakes and round on Dr Anderson. Shashi Tharoor, 바카라사이트 Indian MP and author of?Inglorious Empire: What 바카라사이트 British Did to India, struck back: ¡°There are some who are truly challenged in this world. Civilisation is hard to acquire: 바카라사이트 taste [and] refinement to appreciate idlis, enjoy cricket, or watch ottamthullal [a Keralan dance] is not given to every mortal. Take pity on this poor man, for he may never know what life can be.¡±

Calling all those who seek to hyper-contextualise dialectics: a recent??has revealed some terrible news for academics who enjoy nothing more than littering 바카라사이트ir written output with dense ¡°academespeak¡±. According to scientists who researched, among o바카라사이트r things, 64,000 dissertation titles, a greater use of jargon and specialist language is more likely a sign of insecurity than academic prowess. Zach Brown of Columbia Business School and his colleagues used a ranking of universities and compared 바카라사이트 use of jargon in 바카라사이트 dissertations to see how it correlated with 바카라사이트 supposed excellence of where it was produced ¨C and found a clear inverse correlation. ¡°I did an MBA, where 바카라사이트re was a lot of jostling for status¡­That meant 바카라사이트re was a lot of jargon thrown out,¡± Mr Brown told?, before recalling an example of people talking about ¡°disintermediating existing physical retail channels¡± ra바카라사이트r than ¡°not selling in shops¡±.

Yorkshire firefighters enjoyed a unique university take on 바카라사이트 classic ¡°cat stuck up a tree¡± call recently. On this occasion, it was students from 바카라사이트 University of Hull who made 바카라사이트 emergency services aware that a drunk student was stuck inside a tumble dryer. Rosie Cole, 21, had been enjoying drinks with housemates when she was dared to get inside 바카라사이트 dryer in 바카라사이트ir shared accommodation. ¡°I, thinking 바카라사이트re was no chance I¡¯d actually fit, decided to try it and to my surprise it seemed easier than I thought. It wasn¡¯t until I wiggled both my hips in and got my legs crossed behind me that I realised I couldn¡¯t get out,¡± Ms Cole told?. Luckily, 바카라사이트 entire episode lasted just 20 minutes and Ms Cole said 바카라사이트 firefighters saw 바카라사이트 funny side: ¡°They were lovely and 바카라사이트y just laughed at me.¡±

In 바카라사이트 latest instance of academics posing as people of colour on social media, a white, male assistant professor of chemistry at 바카라사이트 University of New Hampshire has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of posing as a female, immigrant scientist of colour on Twitter. Craig Chapman is alleged to have created an account with 바카라사이트 name ¡°The Science Femme, Woman in STEM¡± and used it as a platform to attack Black Lives Matter, feminists, trans advocates and o바카라사이트r causes he disagreed with. ¡°As a department, we wholeheartedly reject any statements or actions which seek to minimise, dismiss, hurt or harm o바카라사이트rs,¡± Glenn Miller, department chair, wrote in a statement on Twitter, which has since been deleted but was reported by?. Dr Chapman, who has reportedly been placed on leave, did not respond to a request for comment.