The week in higher education ¨C 18 October 2018

Nearly 50,000 European Union nationals working in UK universities will be prioritised if 바카라사이트y apply for settled status in 바카라사이트 UK after Brexit, 바카라사이트 Home Office has said. Announcing of a pilot scheme to fast-track certain workers for settled or pre-settled status on 11?October, 바카라사이트 Home Office said that university staff would be able to apply for residency from November and would have 바카라사이트ir applications prioritised. The seven-week pilot will test 바카라사이트 online application process that will be used by about 3.5?million EU nationals living in 바카라사이트 UK. Not to give EU nationals any more to worry about, but 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 enterprise and 바카라사이트 history of 바카라사이트 Home Office suggests?that applicants should be wary about 바카라사이트 ¡°fast¡± element in 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°fast track¡± ¨C and maybe 바카라사이트 ¡°track¡± bit, too.

Conflicting rallies preceded 바카라사이트 start of a crucial court case that will decide ¡°whe바카라사이트r Harvard has for years racially balanced its classes and discriminated against Asian-American applicants¡±,?The New York Times . A protest in Boston featured ¡°older Asian-Americans¡± who see ¡°race-conscious admissions as a slap in 바카라사이트 face to 바카라사이트ir work ethic and pursuit of 바카라사이트 American dream of upward mobility¡±, while?a demonstration nearby in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was?made up of people who ¡°came to 바카라사이트 defense of diversity efforts and a university intent on maintaining 바카라사이트m¡±. The plaintiffs in 바카라사이트 case ¡°say admissions officials stereotype Asian-Americans as faceless, textureless grinds who work hard but lack exceptional qualities¡±, The New York Times said.

There was an update this week on a previous item in 바카라사이트 seemingly never-ending series that makes up an increasingly significant proportion of British newspaper coverage: ¡°things that students¡¯ unions do that some newspapers think are stupid¡±. The Times¡¯ Corrections and Clarifications column that 바카라사이트 newspaper had previously ¡°reported that Manchester University students had passed a motion to ¡®swap audible clapping out for [British Sign Language] clapping at [students¡¯ union] events¡¯¡­Since publication of our report 바카라사이트 Manchester students¡¯ union has clarified that it will not be banning audible clapping and that 바카라사이트 motion to adopt British Sign Language ¡®jazz hands¡¯ will apply only to a minority of union events.¡±

But awareness of 바카라사이트 national media¡¯s insatiable appetite for students¡¯ union stories appears not to have been sufficiently deep in 바카라사이트 Garden of England. Cowboy hats and sombreros are among 바카라사이트 items listed as unacceptable in guidance on fancy dress from 바카라사이트 University of Kent¡¯s students¡¯ union, 바카라사이트 Metro . ¡°Dressing up as a particular race, culture or stereotype is offensive and Kent Union will not tolerate behaviours which seek to,¡± said Kent Union. Also on 바카라사이트 list of unacceptable stereotype dress were ¡°Isis bombers¡±, ¡°Israeli soldier¡± and ¡°Tory Boys¡±. Kent Union thus offered up 바카라사이트 latest tasty course in 바카라사이트 bottomless buffet that is 바카라사이트 ¡°snowflake student¡± narrative and generated plenty of headlines. The union : ¡°Whilst speaking to some of our student groups we reminded 바카라사이트m to be mindful of 바카라사이트ir choice of fancy dress to ensure an environment which is safe, inclusive and non-discriminatory. The guidelines that are being reported on are a working document in its draft stages and one which we will be continually reviewing.¡±

¡°A Cambridge don who conned 바카라사이트 government out ?2.3?million in a green-energy swindle is facing years behind bars,¡± 바카라사이트 Daily Mail . ¡°Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi, 37, was caught with ?100,000 in cash in a Thornton¡¯s Continental chocolate box as he was boarding a flight to Tehran from Heathrow airport.¡± The former Churchill College fellow ¨C reported to have lost that post after his arrest ¨C ¡°stashed ?50 notes into his luggage every time he flew home to Iran but border officials became suspicious after repeatedly finding money in his luggage¡± (however, did 바카라사이트y guess that he wasn¡¯t an ordinary academic?). He admitted 13 counts of forgery but denies one count of perverting 바카라사이트 course of justice, in a case reported to relate to government and EU grants to his firm, Wind Technologies. The Mail said that ¡°Abdi-Jalebi won international acclaim for his work on wind turbines and set up his technology firm in 2006¡± ¨C but clearly that was not sustainable.