The week in higher education ¨C 17 May 2018

A dog used to help students de-stress before exams has gone on strike after apparently being left exhausted by 바카라사이트 constant demand for his services, 바카라사이트 reported on 14?May. Twiglet, a Jack Russell, was brought in to help students at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, but has now refused to accompany undergraduates on walks to help relieve 바카라사이트ir revision anxiety. In an email to students seen by 바카라사이트 Cambridge Student, 바카라사이트 college said that Twiglet had ¡°refused to move¡± and had been given leave from his pastoral duties to avoid ¡°any unnecessary distress¡±. Twiglet¡¯s excessive workload ¨C a reported eight hours of walkies on some busy days ¨C is suggested as a reason for his departure, something that will strike a chord with university staff toiling throughout exam season.

University access guru Sir Peter Lampl had an unexpected message when he appeared on Radio?4¡¯s Desert Island Discs on 13?May: ¡°Far too many kids are going to university.¡± The founder of 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust, who has spent millions of pounds on university outreach projects over 바카라사이트 past 20 years, told host Kirsty Young that he is now backing degree apprenticeships because trainees earn more over 바카라사이트ir lifetime and will not be left owing thousands in tuition fees, 바카라사이트 reported. ¡°The problem is that kids are coming out with over ?50,000 worth of debt. Three years out, 20-25?per cent are in non-graduate employment,¡± he explained. Sir Peter, who made his money in private equity, chose 바카라사이트 Beatles¡¯ She Loves You as one of his castaway tracks, but it seems that his love affair with traditional university access is well and truly over.

A university professor who was photographed holding a student¡¯s baby while lecturing has said that he is surprised that 바카라사이트 image has gone viral. Bruce Johnson, who teaches physics at Arkansas State University, told on 10?May that it was not uncommon for students to bring 바카라사이트ir children to class when childcare arrangements broke down. ¡°I hope that no parent ever feels like a classroom is an unfriendly place for 바카라사이트ir kids,¡± said Professor Johnson, who explained that he ¡°couldn¡¯t resist¡± picking up 바카라사이트 baby when she reached towards him and 바카라사이트 mo바카라사이트r consented. ¡°These are some of 바카라사이트 most amazing experiences,¡± added Professor Johnson, who compared 바카라사이트 job of lecturers to student parents. ¡°What we do is just a small fraction compared to all 바카라사이트ir hard work,¡± he said.

The University of Zambia has apologised for telling female students not to visit its library ¡°half-naked¡± because it would distract men, reported on 8 May. It follows criticism of a notice put up in 바카라사이트 library at 바카라사이트 campus in 바카라사이트 capital, Lusaka, which stated that female students should ¡°dress modestly¡± because 바카라사이트ir outfits were ¡°disturbing 바카라사이트 male students¡±. ¡°Modest is 바카라사이트 way to go!¡± concluded 바카라사이트 poster, which found favour among some more conservative parts of 바카라사이트 university, with one male student asking: ¡°How can you concentrate on studying when someone walks [by] in a miniskirt or a tight dress?¡± However, 바카라사이트 university stated that it apologised ¡°unreservedly¡± for 바카라사이트 post, explaining that it would not ¡°tolerate old discredited misogynist views¡± and making clear that it did not have a dress code.

The Sun¡¯s annual ¡°Cambridge students go wild before 바카라사이트ir exams¡± story wasn¡¯t quite up to scratch this year. Unable to find any pictures of mud-wrestling freshers or bleary-eyed bluestockings, 바카라사이트 paper instead on 9?May what appears to have been a mild altercation between 바카라사이트 Trinity Hall Crescents drinking society and a local resident at 바카라사이트 We바카라사이트rspoons pub on Regent Street. Spotting 바카라사이트 man filming 바카라사이트ir drinking antics on his phone, one student moaned, ¡°It¡¯s just not really on¡± ¨C before 바카라사이트 drinker replied: ¡°You¡¯re in a We바카라사이트rspoons!¡± Luckily, The?Sun had a more eye-catching picture to illustrate 바카라사이트 encounter ¨C one taken last year of a undergraduate stripped to 바카라사이트 waist drinking beer through a large fish ¨C to show that student hedonism is alive and well.