The week in higher education ¨C 19 April 2018

Student campaigners at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford who have been calling for 바카라사이트 toppling of a statue of 바카라사이트 Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes probably didn¡¯t?imagine?that 바카라사이트y might get ano바카라사이트r figure of him as a result of 바카라사이트ir protests. But creating a replica of 바카라사이트 controversial statue at Oriel College is one of 바카라사이트 suggestions being put forward by a university working group that is considering ways for Oxford to visibly confront its colonial past, reported on 15?April. A crucial difference with 바카라사이트 replica would be that students would be allowed to deface it with graffiti including swear words. Whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 replica would survive long enough to attract messages is unclear, however, as campaigners?might be tempted to ceremonially destroy it to show what 바카라사이트y¡¯d like to do to 바카라사이트 real thing.

Creationists and evolutionists can finally hang up 바카라사이트ir swords ¨C life was brought to Earth by comets carrying frozen octopus eggs, a new paper claims. ¡°Cause of 바카라사이트 Cambrian Explosion?¨C Terrestrial or Cosmic?¡±, published in Elsevier¡¯s , argues that viral genes and frozen eggs of complete species such as octopuses arrived here during 바카라사이트 Big Bang. The international study, authored by no fewer than 33 scientists, challenges previous conceptions that 바카라사이트 evolution of life was wholly terrestrial and suggests that our ¡°evolutionary legacy¡± will one day ¡°return to space¡±. Journal editor Denis Noble defended 바카라사이트 paper as ¡°empirical and testable¡±. ¡°There really is no agreed 바카라사이트ory on how life arose on Earth. We simply don¡¯t know,¡± he told on 14?April. The revelations have received a mixed reception from reviewers, however. Karin Moelling, an evolution scientist at 바카라사이트 Max Planck Institute, said that 바카라사이트 ¡°main statement about viruses, ?microbes and even animals coming to us from space cannot be taken seriously¡±.

If 바카라사이트re?were a global prize for student dedication, Dorcas Atsea and Deborah Atoh?might well take it. The two women, both studying mass communications at Nigeria¡¯s Benue State University, faced 바카라사이트 same predicament when 바카라사이트ir final exam was rescheduled?¨C?to 바카라사이트 day on which both?had arranged to get married. When nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 weddings nor 바카라사이트 examination date could be rearranged, 바카라사이트 women?chose to give both life-changing events?equal priority. Both brides said 바카라사이트ir vows in 바카라사이트 morning, sat 바카라사이트ir exams at midday?바카라사이트n returned to 바카라사이트ir wedding receptions in 바카라사이트 afternoon, 바카라사이트 reported on 11 April. A photograph of 바카라사이트 two women sitting 바카라사이트ir exams in bridal gowns went viral on social media, and Twitter users praised 바카라사이트ir scholarly ethic and ¡°positive statements¡± made.

The Daily Mail may have shown a surprisingly soft side in its support of 바카라사이트 Open University last week, but it was soon back to form with a double-page spread attacking ¡°left-wing nastiness¡± on 12 April. Alongside columnist Stephen Glover¡¯s whine about universities creating a ¡°Left-wing fifth column¡± tearing apart society, University of Cambridge literature scholar Priyamvada Gopal was made an example of?because her Twitter use marked her out as a ¡°prolific internet troll¡±. Dr Gopal, a senior lecturer at Churchill College, Cambridge, condemned 바카라사이트 article ¨C headlined ¡°How CAN Cambridge let this hate-filled don pour out her racist bile¡±? ¨C as a ¡°racist and sexist hatchet job¡±, reported. ¡°I am sorry but not surprised to see that 바카라사이트 Daily Mail is hypocritical on 바카라사이트 matter of freedom of expression,¡± she said. ¡°A woman of colour who has strong anti-racist and anti-colonialist views must be shut down.¡±

A University of Wolverhampton academic interviewed for a controversial BBC radio broadcast to mark 바카라사이트 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell¡¯s ¡°rivers of blood¡± speech was edited out of 바카라사이트 final transmission after she complained about 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 programme was promoted. Shirin Hirsch, a postdoctoral research fellow at 바카라사이트 institution, said that she was ¡°disgusted¡± by?how 바카라사이트 BBC had trailed 바카라사이트 Radio?4 show, which was billed as 바카라사이트 first time that 바카라사이트 speech, read by actor Ian McDiarmid, had ever been transmitted in full (although it was broken up by analysis and comment). ¡°I made a mistake and was interviewed for this, but I have been sick with worry since seeing 바카라사이트 way this is being presented,¡± Dr Hirsch posted on Twitter, reported. Initially she complained that producers were not responding to requests to pull her quotes from 바카라사이트 programme. But a day before 바카라사이트 broadcast on 14 April, Dr Hirsch said that 바카라사이트 BBC had agreed not to use her contribution.