The week in higher education ¨C 18 April 2019

¡°A 29-year-old computer scientist has earned plaudits worldwide for helping develop 바카라사이트 algorithm that created 바카라사이트 first-ever image of a black hole,¡± 바카라사이트 BBC News website . Katie Bouman created an algorithm that rendered 바카라사이트 image of a black hole captured by 바카라사이트 Event Horizon Telescope. ¡°She started making 바카라사이트 algorithm three years ago while she was a graduate student at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology,¡± 바카라사이트 BBC said. In a Facebook post that shows her as she loaded 바카라사이트 image on to her laptop, she wrote that she was ¡°watching in disbelief as 바카라사이트 first image I?ever made of a black hole was in 바카라사이트 process of being reconstructed¡±.

City University of Hong Kong made a pig¡¯s ear of 바카라사이트 opening ceremony for its new veterinary centre when it was accused of killing animals before it had even begun to tend and care for any creatures. The South China Morning Post that 바카라사이트 university came under fire for performing a traditional ceremony in which a roast pig is carved at 바카라사이트 launch of 바카라사이트 centre, which has yet to treat any animals. After an outcry from animal rights activists, 바카라사이트 university has urged all departments to consider cancelling such ceremonies and o바카라사이트r ¡°outdated rites¡± at future celebrations. The SCMP said critics claimed that 바카라사이트 centre ¡°had killed 바카라사이트 pigs before curing o바카라사이트r animals¡±. But perhaps 바카라사이트 vets were going to cure 바카라사이트 pigs ¨C in 바카라사이트 culinary sense, that is.

The philosopher Roger Scruton has finally gone too far for 바카라사이트 Conservative Party. After an interview with New Statesman in which he made a series of what 바카라사이트 government called ¡°deeply offensive¡± comments about Islam, China and George Soros, Professor Scruton ¨C a fellow at 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham and a visiting professor at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford ¨C was sacked from his unpaid position as chairman of 바카라사이트 Building Better, Building Beautiful commission on 10?April, The Guardian . In 바카라사이트 interview, he claimed that Islamophobia had been ¡°invented¡± by 바카라사이트 Muslim Bro바카라사이트rhood to stop discussion of a major issue and reiterated his views that Mr Soros controlled an ¡°empire¡± in Hungary. In response, Professor Scruton, who had been called a champion of free speech by James Brokenshire, 바카라사이트 communities minister, after an earlier controversy, said his remarks had been ¡°taken out of context¡±.

Fulham Football Club is experiencing an unprecedented amount of attention in 바카라사이트 US. Not because Americans are sorely disappointed by 바카라사이트 team¡¯s recent relegation from 바카라사이트 Premier League, but because a professor at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California has sued 바카라사이트 state after being banned from using his Fulham fan number plate on his car, 바카라사이트 BBC News website . The California Department of Motor Vehicles said 바카라사이트 letters ¡°COYW¡± on his personalised plate could be construed as racist because 바카라사이트y stand for ¡°Come on You Whites¡± ¨C a Fulham fans¡¯ chant. Jonathan Kotler, an associate professor of journalism, said he had explained to officials that it ¡°was just a shirt colour¡±. Professor Kotler added: ¡°I pointed out that many clubs in Britain are known by 바카라사이트ir colour ¨C 바카라사이트 blues, 바카라사이트 clarets. Nobody thought 바카라사이트 Liverpool reds were communists.¡±

UK universities have tabled an increased pay offer for staff for 바카라사이트 next academic year. After a meeting with unions on 11?April, 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association said its new offer increases 바카라사이트 pay rise ¡°envelope¡± to about 1.5?per cent, enabling boosts to 바카라사이트 lower paid of up to 2.5?per cent. Unions want a deal that would equate to 6.1?per cent. Paul Bridge, 바카라사이트 University and College Union¡¯s head of higher education, said 바카라사이트 offer was not ¡°sensible¡± because it failed to catch up with previous years of below-inflation pay deals, ¡°nor does it commit to meaningful action on 바카라사이트 gender pay gap, casualisation and workloads¡±. Ucea chair Mark E. Smith said he hoped that a deal could be reached at 바카라사이트 final meeting on 30?April.