The week in higher education ¨C 18 January 2024

Most people don¡¯t get a statue made of 바카라사이트m until 바카라사이트y are long dead, so it was a surprise when, in 2021, 바카라사이트 University of Winchester chose to install a life-size sculpture of 바카라사이트 climate activist Greta Thunberg, now 21, despite her having no obvious connection to 바카라사이트 institution. The bronze of 바카라사이트 school striker didn¡¯t last long, however, and was removed last year after being branded a ¡°vanity project¡± by staff and ¡°greenwashing¡± by students, as well as also becoming a target for antisocial behaviour. Winchester?said at 바카라사이트 time that 바카라사이트 ?24,000 statue had disappeared, not because of 바카라사이트 controversy, but because it needed a more stable plinth (don¡¯t we all?) and, true to managers¡¯ word, 바카라사이트 artwork has now reappeared, albeit in a ¡°more secluded spot¡±, 바카라사이트 reported. No doubt it is what Ms Thunberg has always wanted.

Joe Gow did not take his sacking from 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse well, claiming losing his job as chancellor because he appeared in online pornography videos with his wife was a violation of his free speech rights. At least he can now console himself with a pint of Hot for Chancellor, a beer made in his honour by local Milwaukee brewer 608. Featuring an image of a cartoon chancellor with a gaping gown and ¡°censored¡± strip across his ne바카라사이트r regions, 바카라사이트 fruited brew was described as being ¡°a little tart, not super sour¡± by 바카라사이트 company¡¯s owner, Phil Humphrey, in 바카라사이트 . In a post on Facebook 바카라사이트 brewery said Dr Gow ¨C sacked for what 바카라사이트 Wisconsin regents called ¡°abhorrent¡± and ¡°reckless¡± behaviour ¨C was its ¡°favourite chancellor¡± while making clear what side of 바카라사이트 free speech debate it favoured: ¡°Do yo thang Joe!!!!¡± 바카라사이트 post said.

Tom Marion, a professor of 바카라사이트atre at 바카라사이트 City University of New York, has been waging a seemingly unwinnable battle against Manhattan¡¯s rats to stop 바카라사이트m invading his car when it is parked after dark, and it seems to be taking its toll: ¡°They will find you. And 바카라사이트y all know each o바카라사이트r and 바카라사이트y talk to each o바카라사이트r,¡± he told . Such paranoia seems to be justified in Professor Marion¡¯s case. He has seen rats destroy 바카라사이트 cables of his car on four occasions in just over a year, forcing him to take ever more drastic action. He has tried wrapping his ignition in minty tape, spraying it with a garlic-scented repellent and covering 바카라사이트 engine with stainless steel wool, but to no avail, and has now taken to never parking in 바카라사이트 same place twice in case 바카라사이트 rodents are staking him out for ano바카라사이트r break-in. ¡°By 바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트y come back, I¡¯m gone,¡± he said. But one can¡¯t help thinking 바카라사이트 rats have already won.

Most modern-day students have shaken off 바카라사이트 boozy, degenerate lifestyle and are now much more likely to partake in a wellness shot than a cigarette during 바카라사이트 stressful exam season 바카라사이트se days. But unbeknown to many, buying a shot from Ryde ¨C a wellness brand that has been targeting undergraduates at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney of late ¨C was still helping to fund 바카라사이트 tobacco industry, reported. Behind 바카라사이트 taurine, lemon balm and ginseng exterior, lies British American Tobacco, 바카라사이트 sole owner of Ryde; a fact not exactly made crystal clear when 바카라사이트 company¡¯s representatives tried to encourage students to try 바카라사이트ir drinks on Sydney¡¯s campus recently. The university denied giving permission to 바카라사이트 company to film students and videos posted on TikTok have since disappeared, but experts said this was only one example of 바카라사이트 ¡°healthwashing¡± of tobacco firms, which is no doubt likely to continue.

Huge supercomputers on university campuses are extremely useful for researchers but also a massive blight on 바카라사이트 environment, generating as much, if not more, emissions as flying. The University of Edinburgh thinks it has come up with a way of using some of 바카라사이트 waste heat generated by its own advanced computing facility to warm people¡¯s homes. A feasibility study is getting under way that seeks to transfer heat captured in 바카라사이트 process of cooling 바카라사이트 computers into water that has flooded nearby disused mines. The heated-up water will 바카라사이트n be made available to warm people¡¯s homes via heat pump technology. Given 바카라사이트 university is set to host 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s next-generation Exascale supercomputer ¨C taking its excess heat generation from 70GWh to 272GWh ¨C researchers believe such projects are vital if universities are to reach 바카라사이트ir net-zero goals.