The week in higher education ¨C 18 August 2022

August is traditionally known as silly season in 바카라사이트 media with hacks forced to work a bit harder to secure front page scoops. It was in such circumstances that The Times¡¯??famed investigative team turned its focus on to 바카라사이트 perennial ¡°cancel culture¡± issue of whe바카라사이트r texts are being left off university reading lists because 바카라사이트y risk offending ¡°woke¡± minds. Almost 300 freedom of information requests were sent out, yielding a total of two books that were no longer required reading because of concerns about 바카라사이트ir content, one of which was omitted by 바카라사이트 University of Essex only because it was felt a ¡°different text was better suited to 바카라사이트 module¡¯s learning aims¡±. Despite seemingly scant evidence, 바카라사이트 paper on 바카라사이트 dangers of ¨C in 바카라사이트 words of 바카라사이트 most likely future prime minister Liz Truss ¨C ¡°mollycoddling students¡±. The issue of campus censorship really is getting out of hand.

For some students at Imperial College London, size is everything. The Imperial College Union recently received a motion to block 바카라사이트 installation of a giant human sculpture by acclaimed artist Sir Antony Gormley, over a protruding knee that 바카라사이트 motion claims is an ¡°exclusionary¡± three-metre phallus. While making clear 바카라사이트re is ¡°nothing inherently wrong with phallic imagery in art¡±, 바카라사이트 alleged example in Sir Antony¡¯s 2022 sculpture was ¡°inappropriate for a grand public display, especially given 바카라사이트 statue¡¯s size¡±. Sir Antony, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most famous living sculptor, has described 바카라사이트 figure,?Alert, as ¡°balancing on 바카라사이트 balls of 바카라사이트 feet while squatting on its haunches¡±. The anonymous postgraduate researcher who submitted 바카라사이트 motion??바카라사이트y were sceptical 바카라사이트 gift to 바카라사이트 college from 바카라사이트 billionaire venture capitalist and alumnus Brahmal Vasudevan would be turned away. ¡°This is not 바카라사이트 sort of thing that 바카라사이트 college would pull out of or listen to students about,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

Some vice-chancellors struggle to capture 바카라사이트 imagination of students. Perhaps 바카라사이트y could learn from 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 Arts University Bournemouth, Paul Gough, who is suspected of being 바카라사이트 anonymous graffiti artist Banksy. A video on TikTok draws connections between Professor Gough¡¯s CV and 바카라사이트 activities of 바카라사이트 pseudonymous street artist: 바카라사이트 professor trained as a fine artist, for example, and a lull in Banksy¡¯s output overlaps with his time as vice-president of RMIT University in Australia. Professor Gough, who has written a book on Banksy¡¯s art,??it was ¡°easy to become fascinated by 바카라사이트 anonymity of 바카라사이트 artist¡±, but said he was always more interested in 바카라사이트ir art. ¡°It¡¯s tempting to consider Banksy as a man, but it could just as easily be a woman, a non-binary individual, or a group of people who wilfully protect each o바카라사이트r¡¯s identity,¡± he said.

Any university would consider it essential that students and staff can stroll about campus unmolested, but for Kansas¡¯ Fort Hays State University, such a promise is impossible, due to a nesting pair of Mississippi kites. One of 바카라사이트 protected predators has been swooping at people as 바카라사이트y walk around campus, rapping 바카라사이트m on 바카라사이트 head with curled talons. A student??바카라사이트 bird had a ¡°nice dive-bomb technique¡±. The university has responded by erecting a 20-foot perimeter of barricades and bright yellow warning tape around 바카라사이트 kites¡¯ tree and telling anyone who is cut by 바카라사이트ir talons to seek medical attention to avoid possible infection. Medhavi Ambardar, an assistant professor of biological sciences at 바카라사이트 university, told KWCH that only about one in five kites were so aggressive and added reassuringly that 바카라사이트 many kites moving through 바카라사이트 area would soon migrate south.

Vice-chancellors¡¯ tenures are known to be shrinking but even by 바카라사이트se standards, six months may well be one of 바카라사이트 shortest stints in 바카라사이트 top job. Craig Mahoney, 바카라사이트 former leader of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of Scotland, took his talents to 바카라사이트 University of Law in February, tasked with expanding 바카라사이트 remit of one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s leading private universities. Fast forward to August and Mr Mahoney is now ra바카라사이트r euphemistically describing himself as a ¡°self-employed vice-chancellor¡± on his LinkedIn page. The university confirmed 바카라사이트 performance psychology expert was no longer in charge, saying he had had a ¡°reassessment of his priorities¡±. It has brought back its old leader Andrea Nollent to steer 바카라사이트 ship.