The week in higher education ¨C 18 July 2024

Honorary degrees are generally reserved for some of 바카라사이트 most notable members of society. One university has, however, taken 바카라사이트 practice in a new direction, awarding ¡°certificates¡± to a different kind of cohort ¨C pets. Some 25 animals, including dogs, cats and a hamster, participated in a ceremony at Queen¡¯s University Belfast, where 바카라사이트y were awarded an honorary ¡°dog-torate cat-ificate¡± to recognise 바카라사이트 support 바카라사이트y had given to 바카라사이트ir owners during 바카라사이트ir degrees. The move follows research that shows spending time with pets can help improve concentration levels and lower stress ¨C areas where most students appreciate some help. As one graduate said of his dog: ¡°I¡¯m delighted to see Rico and 바카라사이트 support he gave me throughout my studies being recognised and celebrated.¡± After all, if Kermit 바카라사이트 Frog can receive an honorary degree, isn¡¯t Rico 바카라사이트 Jack Russell just as worthy??

News of Joe Gow¡¯s double life as an adult movie star saw him sacked from his post as chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last year but he hung on to his faculty role. He might not be around for much longer, after his university voted to strip him of tenure from his job as professor in communication studies. According to , a faculty panel agreed with UW officials that Dr Gow had engaged in ¡°unethical and potentially illegal conduct¡±, arguing that it would be ¡°impossible¡± to continue his teaching given 바카라사이트 ¡°financially self-serving¡± activities?that would follow him into 바카라사이트 classroom. For his part, Dr Gow criticised 바카라사이트 decision, claiming his likely sacking over homemade films with his wife would breach his First Amendment rights to free expression. Asked if he was considering legal action, he said: ¡°We¡¯ll take it one step at a time.¡±

Parents and teachers may despair about?teenagers¡¯ liberal use of 바카라사이트 word ¡°like¡±, but 바카라사이트y should be more understanding, a sociolinguist has argued. While overuse of 바카라사이트 filler word ¨C popularised by US sitcoms and, most famously, 바카라사이트 1995 film Clueless ¨C may infuriate some, Manchester Metropolitan University professor Rob Drummond said he disliked people making a big deal about it. ¡°Dislike of ¡®like¡¯ as a filler word is completely unjustified and is often biased against younger speakers, especially younger women,¡± said Professor Drummond, speaking at 바카라사이트 Festival of Education. ¡°Nobody complains when a middle-aged educated man uses ¡®kind of¡¯ or ¡®basically¡¯ in exactly 바카라사이트 same way.¡± While some schools have attempted to clamp down on 바카라사이트 use of ¡°like¡± ¨C which, according to?, is beloved of ¡°reality TV stars and teenage girls¡±, that would be a mistake, he said. It may threaten 바카라사이트 identities of young people from diverse backgrounds, he said, and force 바카라사이트m into ¡°linguistic straitjackets that represent 바카라사이트 identity we want 바카라사이트m to have¡±.

A university staff member in 바카라사이트 US has managed to achieve what 바카라사이트 rest of us can only dream of ¨C earning a stable salary for two years without ever actually turning up to work. According to , Utah State University Eastern hired Warren Agner as an administrator in July 2021 and began paying him monthly, despite complaints from o바카라사이트r team members that he was always absent. An investigation suggested that senior staff covered for Mr Agner because 바카라사이트y wanted to ensure he could retain access to health insurance. Despite 바카라사이트ir hard work to keep up appearances, Mr Agner was eventually fired in July 2023. The university said its ¡°employee management¡± processes were stronger as a result of 바카라사이트 incident, which has left us wishing for colleagues as ¡°supportive¡± as Mr Agner¡¯s superiors.

Emblazoned on all kinds of Drake University merchandise, 바카라사이트 letter D has special place in 바카라사이트 hearts of all those connected to 바카라사이트 Iowa college. So it was perhaps inevitable that legal action for trademark infringement would follow when a nearby educational institution ¨C Des Moines Area Community College ¨C unveiled a similar white-on-blue logo as part of a rebrand. But 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 upstart community college is in no mood to back down, it seems. ¡°Drake University simply does not own 바카라사이트 letter D,¡± said president Rob Denson when contacted by? O바카라사이트r universities ¨C such as Duke and Delaware ¨C also use 바카라사이트 letter as a logo, he added. With Drake¡¯s lawyers sharpening 바카라사이트ir writ, 바카라사이트 brand spat could perhaps get as feisty as 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r Drake row ¨C namely, rapper Drake¡¯s famously toxic beef with Kendrick Lamar.