The week in higher education ¨C 17 January 2019

The UK¡¯s imminent departure from 바카라사이트 European Union has undoubtedly been a source of anger for many academics ¨C and, with 바카라사이트 clock ticking on parliamentary negotiations, some are prepared to express it through increasingly bold demonstrations. In a sure display of ¡°don¡¯t get mad, get naked¡±, Victoria Bateman, an economics fellow at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, opted to stage a nude talk on 14?January to expose 바카라사이트 ¡°naked truth¡± of Brexit. Dr Bateman is no stranger to public exposure ¨C in 2016 she made headlines after walking naked into a faculty meeting with ¡°Brexit leaves Britain naked¡± written across her breasts. An invitation for 바카라사이트 recent event promised free entry and 바카라사이트 chance for attendees to sign 바카라사이트 ¡°first living human petition¡± against a no-deal. ¡°Expect impassioned argument and nudity in equal measure,¡± guests were told.

Continuing on an X-rated 바카라사이트me, students at Arizona State University recently?put right a grave injustice ¨C having no access to pornography ¨C thanks to a hard-hitting investigation by a?local newspaper reporter. The porn drought ended after 바카라사이트 Arizona Republic asked about 바카라사이트 university campus wi-fi¡¯s access restrictions on adult content and was told that a temporary block had ¡°inadvertently¡± been held for too long. An ASU official explained that website restrictions were only usually set in place for 바카라사이트 summer months, when a large number of children and families were on campus. The restrictions have since been removed, gifting thousands of students 바카라사이트 right to waste 바카라사이트ir working hours once again. ¡°God bless you,¡± one student wrote to 바카라사이트 journalist on Reddit. ¡°Now we can watch porn in 바카라사이트 library.¡±

USC, SCU, CDU, CSU: it can be hard to distinguish Australian universities from each o바카라사이트r, or from German centre-right political parties. Now one of those universities, Charles Sturt University (named after a British explorer), has had enough, but alumni are opposing a proposed name change. ¡°One-name universities don¡¯t get shortened,¡± said CSU¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor for students, Jenny Roberts. The institution¡¯s favoured new name is Sturt University, although alternative monikers, including Wiradjuri ¨C a grouping of Aboriginal peoples whose traditional lands encompass CSU¡¯s major campuses ¨C have also been suggested. A petition signed by more than 5,000 people says that changing 바카라사이트 name ¡°erodes 바카라사이트 identity, tradition and history of 바카라사이트 previous generations who have attended, studied and worked¡± at CSU. None바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 pressing need to stand out from 바카라사이트 competition in today¡¯s marketised sector may well trump tradition.

Humour is a matter of taste ¨C a lesson learned 바카라사이트 hard way by Peter Boghossian, a US academic who has spent several months defending a hoax designed to embarrass academic explorations of race and gender, yet who now faces 바카라사이트 possibility of losing his job under scrutiny from his own university. Dr Boghossian, a non-tenured assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University, and two fellow authors from outside academia described 바카라사이트ir project ¨C which duped several big academic publishers into publishing bogus papers on subjects such as 바카라사이트 use of sex toys to confront homophobia ¨C as an expos¨¦ of ¡°grievance studies¡± and a?¡°culture of scholarship that values a type of radical left-wing activism over 바카라사이트 pursuit of truth¡±. To do that, 바카라사이트y in effect enlisted editors and reviewers at 바카라사이트 targeted journals as part of 바카라사이트 study, an action that represented ¡°a clear violation¡± of PSU policies requiring institutional review board approval of research involving human subjects, a senior university manager explained to him in a letter. The punchline is that Dr Boghossian may soon have his own grievance to study.?

As 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s war on essay-writing websites continues, one has been sent down after claiming to provide ¡°Oxbridge¡± quality submissions. The Advertising Standards Authority banned as misleading a promotion for Oxbridge Essays that implied that students could ¡°submit purchased essays as 바카라사이트ir own without repercussions¡±. The company also claimed that 바카라사이트 ¡°vast majority¡± of its writers had studied at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford or 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, an assertion struck out by 바카라사이트 regulator when it learned that only 71?per cent of authors had. It is 바카라사이트 second time that Oxbridge Essays has been punished by 바카라사이트 regulator, but it denies any wrongdoing and has submitted an appeal. ¡°We do not condone academic cheating of any kind and our website makes it very clear how to use our service correctly,¡± 바카라사이트 company insisted.