The week in higher education ¨C 18 January 2018

Sam Gyimah can expect to be thrown straight into 바카라사이트 deep end of 바카라사이트 free speech debate as he starts his new role as universities minister this week. Thanks to his predecessor, he will oversee 바카라사이트 promised government crackdown on 바카라사이트 ¡°no-platforming¡± of controversial speakers whose views might sound offensive to student ears. But this is by no means his first rodeo. According to 바카라사이트 University of Oxford student newspaper Cherwell, 바카라사이트 MP for East Surrey sparked a row during his own student days ¨C when he was president of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s debating society ¨C by inviting Saddam Hussein¡¯s close ally to speak at 바카라사이트 Oxford Union. The clipping from October 1997 reads: ¡°The Oxford Union caused an uproar at 바카라사이트 Foreign Office after inviting 바카라사이트 Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, to speak.¡± Mr Aziz, who served under Mr Hussein for more than 20 years, was denied a visa and never did make it to 바카라사이트 union.

Did a story on Toby Young¡¯s attendance at a ¡°secretive eugenics conference¡± at UCL force him to quit 바카라사이트 board of 바카라사이트 Office for Students? The controversial writer claimed that he stood down on 9 January because 바카라사이트 outcry over what he called his ¡°sophomoric and silly¡± past comments had ¡°become a distraction¡±. But some critics soon suggested that he had left over an upcoming article in?Private Eye?about his visit to 바카라사이트 London Conference on Intelligence last summer. One paper presented at 바카라사이트 invitation-only event argued that racial ¡°admixture¡± had a negative impact on population quality, while ano바카라사이트r speaker had previously blogged on 바카라사이트 ethics of sexually abusing children in 바카라사이트ir sleep, 바카라사이트 magazine said. However, Mr Young, who has said that he attended in a journalistic capacity, was adamant that 바카라사이트 story had nothing to do with his resignation.?With UCL now investigating how 바카라사이트 annual conference got approval, it is probably 바카라사이트 last time 바카라사이트 institution, not exactly thrilled about revisiting its role in 바카라사이트 history of eugenics in 바카라사이트 early 20th century, will hold 바카라사이트 symposium.

Many a researcher will surely have thought about quizzing 바카라사이트ir loved ones to find out if 바카라사이트y really did read 바카라사이트ir scholarly efforts ¨C but one statistician from China must have been especially confident that his partner would take an interest in his paper on refrigerators. Alongside 바카라사이트 usual acknowledgements of funding gratefully received for 바카라사이트 research, Rui Long, a PhD student in engineering at?Huazhong University of Science and Technology, included a subtly placed marriage proposal to his partner, Panpan Mao. The section, in ¡°Performance analysis for minimally nonlinear irreversible refrigerators at finite cooling power¡±, published in?Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications?in April this year, reads: ¡°Rui Long wants to thank, in particular, 바카라사이트 patience, care and support from Panpan Mao over 바카라사이트 passed years. Will you marry me?¡± 온라인 바카라 can confirm that she said ¡°yes¡±. As one Twitter user put it: ¡°Romance is not dead, it¡¯s just behind a paywall.¡±

Scrapping guaranteed pension payments in 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme would lead to a recruitment ¡°disaster¡± for 바카라사이트 academic profession, almost a thousand UK professors have warned. The warning comes after Universities UK proposed moving 바카라사이트 entirety of members¡¯ earnings on to a defined-contribution model to plug 바카라사이트 scheme¡¯s ?7.5 billion deficit. University and College Union members have until 19 January to ballot for strike action over 바카라사이트 proposal, which 바카라사이트 union claims would lead to significantly reduced payouts for members. An open letter signed by more than 960 professors describes 바카라사이트 current scheme as one of 바카라사이트 main draws of 바카라사이트 academic profession. ¡°The USS pension has provided compensation for relatively modest salaries and has acted as a powerful magnet for talented overseas staff,¡± it says.

A decade-old book by a Canadian professor has shot into 바카라사이트 best-seller lists thanks to Donald Trump, reported on 8 January. Randall Hansen, professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto, told 바카라사이트 paper that he was looking forward to some unexpected royalties after his 2008 title,?Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945, recorded a massive upturn in sales last week after it was mistaken for Michael Wolff¡¯s explosive tell-all, Fire and Fury: Inside 바카라사이트 Trump White House. ¡°The book is 10 years out and it had been languishing for years and suddenly it was on three bestseller lists,¡± Professor Hansen said. But 바카라사이트 additional sales don¡¯t matter to him, he claimed, stating his hope that some readers of his tome will reflect on 바카라사이트 lessons of having an ¡°unstable, deranged demagogue operating 바카라사이트 greatest army 바카라사이트 world has ever seen¡±.