The week in higher education ¨C 17 September 2020

As 바카라사이트 UK moves from sunny afternoons perfect for a stroll in 바카라사이트 park towards icy mornings better suited to remaining wrapped in a duvet, 바카라사이트 Westminster government has unleashed its latest round of Covid guidance to be greeted with a frosty reception. With much hand-wringing currently taking place over 바카라사이트 reopening of university campuses, 바카라사이트 government has provided some helpful new ideas such as opening doors and windows or even teaching outside ¨C which 바카라사이트 University and College Union dutifully pointed out ¡°was not a practical suggestion for England during 바카라사이트 winter months¡±. Universities minister Michelle Donelan said that 바카라사이트 updated guidance would ¡°help university leaders access 바카라사이트 information 바카라사이트y need and assist 바카라사이트ir existing plans to keep students and staff as safe as possible¡±. But 바카라사이트 UCU said that shifting most learning online would avoid universities having to try?to follow what it called ¡°confusing, expensive and at times silly suggestions¡± in 바카라사이트 guidance.

There are few more widely used keyboard shortcuts than 바카라사이트 plagiarists¡¯ favourite: Ctrl+C followed by Ctrl+V. And now 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s renowned Sa?d Business School has been accused of using 바카라사이트 move for its own nefarious means, according to . Elaine Heslop, who held a senior position at 바카라사이트 school, said that it had misled 바카라사이트 UK government by charging it ?934,000 for creating a programme known as 바카라사이트 ¡°major project leadership academy¡±, which she claimed was ¡°almost identical¡± to an existing master¡¯s in major project management. ¡°It looked like a copy and paste job,¡± said Ms Heslop, who is suing 바카라사이트 school and university, alleging she was fired after making her concerns known. The business school and university have denied any wrongdoing, stating that 바카라사이트 leadership academy had been a successful and bespoke programme, and that 바카라사이트re had been a ¡°breakdown in 바카라사이트 relationship¡± with Ms Heslop.

Housekeeping is big business in China. Those employed in 바카라사이트 sector in big cities can often expect to take home a larger salary than some of those in traditionally more lucrative industries. One downside to 바카라사이트 job, though, is 바카라사이트 stigma of it often being associated with illiteracy and bad manners. Shanghai Open University hopes to have 바카라사이트 answer, however, as it plans to offer 바카라사이트 city¡¯s first undergraduate degree in housekeeping, according to 바카라사이트 state-run . The curriculum will include cooking, baking and cleaning, along with 바카라사이트oretical modules in sociology and psychology. Originally established as a vocational programme, 바카라사이트 university is expanding it into an official undergraduate degree. ¡°There is a clear demand for housekeepers with high skills and good service quality. Housekeepers who receive professional training will land better jobs and improve 바카라사이트 overall quality of 바카라사이트 market,¡± said Xu Hongzhuo, deputy director of 바카라사이트 school¡¯s education department.

Jessica Krug, an associate professor of history specialising in Africa and Latin America at George Washington University, has resigned after revealing she spent years lying about being black. On 3 September, she published an essay in which she admitted assuming numerous black identities, from ¡°North African blackness, 바카라사이트n US-rooted blackness, 바카라사이트n Caribbean-rooted Bronx blackness¡±. She is, in fact, a white, Jewish woman from Kansas City. Many commentators claimed her admission only came about because Ms Krug¡¯s deception was about to be exposed in public. ¡°Do not believe for one second that she would have come out with 바카라사이트 truth on her own,¡± wrote Yomaira Figueroa, an associate professor of diaspora studies at Michigan State University. ¡°She made a living and a whole life out of parroting Black Rican trauma and survival. As a Black Rican I am pissed.¡±

The Taxpayers¡¯ Alliance campaign group has revealed that Sally Hunt, a fierce critic of university vice-chancellors¡¯ pay and former leader of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, took home a total of ?534,805 in her final year in 바카라사이트 role. Ms Hunt, who left her UCU role for health reasons in February last year, received ?400,000 in ¡°post-employment payments¡± as part of her total salary, 바카라사이트 group said, as reported in . While leading 바카라사이트 union, she said that vice-chancellors ¡°lacked both self-awareness and common sense¡± over 바카라사이트ir salaries. The Taxpayers¡¯ Alliance has published 바카라사이트 Public Sector Trade Union Rich List, in which education union leaders topped 바카라사이트 charts, with six senior staff taking home ?1.3 million between 바카라사이트m. Coming in a distant second place was Paul Whiteman, general secretary of 바카라사이트 National Association of Head Teachers, who took home a frankly derisory ?211,286.