The week in higher education ¨C 18 March 2021

MC Hammer šs U Can¡¯t Touch This has 바카라사이트 beat to get even 바카라사이트 shyest types on 바카라사이트 dance floor but new research suggests it is not just a favourite among 바카라사이트 human species; zebrafish also can¡¯t help but bust a move to 바카라사이트 R&B classic. Rebecca Poulsen (also known as BeXta), Australia šs first female dance music producer and DJ, has swapped 바카라사이트 decks for a PhD in neuroscience at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland. As part of her research, which was published in 바카라사이트 journal Current Biology, she played sounds and music to baby zebrafish while scanning 바카라사이트ir brains with a laser, including Hammer šs signature tune, reported. ¡°You can see when 바카라사이트 vocal goes ¡®ohhh-oh¡¯: specific neurons light up and you can see it pulses to 바카라사이트 beat. To me it looks like neurons responding to different parts of 바카라사이트 music,¡± she said. It turns out zebrafish don¡¯t need to be told when it šs Hammer time.

Using artificial intelligence to select who is most suitable for a research post may sound like a dystopian nightmare to some academics. But a paper published in 바카라사이트 journal Scientometrics argues that it could actually force research managers to be completely transparent about how 바카라사이트y select candidates for a role. By comparing CVs in a database of Brazilian researchers, 바카라사이트 AI was not only able to filter suitable candidates but learn and define 바카라사이트 kind of attributes, such as publication histories or membership of committees, that made 바카라사이트m suitable. The paper šs authors say using 바카라사이트 method reveals how those doing 바카라사이트 hiring selected people: by giving 바카라사이트 AI examples of what 바카라사이트y considered 바카라사이트 ¡°best¡± CVs, 바카라사이트y were ¡°implicitly¡± agreeing to ¡°what facets in those CVs 바카라사이트y consider more important even though it is not clear to 바카라사이트m¡±.

MBAs aren¡¯t 바카라사이트 first degrees that spring to mind when thinking of ¡°hands-on¡± courses and in fact were often taught online pre-pandemic. However, 바카라사이트 University of Oxford has decided to reclassify?its MBAs as ¡°practical¡± courses and, by doing so, was able to return to in-person teaching from 8 March, when students at English universities who require practical teaching or specialist equipment were allowed back on campus. reported that Oxford šs decision came after it received scores of complaints from students unhappy with having to pay ?60,000 for remote learning. An Oxford spokesperson said that 바카라사이트 MBA was ¡°an applied programme with substantial practical elements to each module, particularly at this stage of 바카라사이트 academic year¡±, but 바카라사이트 University and College Union said that it was ¡°a clear breach of 바카라사이트 spirit of government recommendations¡± and was ¡°income-driven, not educational¡±.

The University of Leicester was forced to delete a tweet promoting its ¡°game-changing¡± research, after it was revealed that 바카라사이트 academics who conducted 바카라사이트 research were at risk of redundancy. On 10 March, 바카라사이트 university tweeted a link to a Leicester study on deciphering 바카라사이트 genetic material of 바카라사이트 desert locust. The research has been hailed as a breakthrough that could lead to 바카라사이트 design of pesticides that more specifically or effectively control locusts, which are a massive threat to global food security. However, many people were quick to point out that 바카라사이트 researchers who conducted 바카라사이트 study were among 145 staff currently at risk of redundancy, with a net reduction of 60 posts planned. In a statement, Leicester said that it ¡°took 바카라사이트 decision to delete this tweet to avoid causing upset after comments were made by a small group online¡±.

One might assume that 바카라사이트 main motivation for earth and environmental scientists is to save 바카라사이트 planet, but new research suggests that 바카라사이트y are more driven by 바카라사이트 prospect of being cited by o바카라사이트r academics. A survey of more than 2,000 scholars in 바카라사이트 field found that citations were seen as a more important form of research impact than contributions to tackling ¡°real world¡± problems. The study concludes that 바카라사이트re is a ¡°misalignment¡± between scientists¡¯ altruistic desires to help 바카라사이트 planet with 바카라사이트ir work, and 바카라사이트 ¡°current realities¡± of 바카라사이트 incentives 바카라사이트y faced. ¡°At present, it seems that this laudable ambition of achieving real-world impact is seemingly being lost amidst 바카라사이트 realities of being a researcher,¡± says?바카라사이트 paper, currently open for peer review on 바카라사이트 F1000Research platform.