The week in higher education - 19 August 2021

Some universities around 바카라사이트 world wanting to encourage students to get 바카라사이트ir Covid-19 vaccine have opted for 바카라사이트 stick approach of simply insisting that getting jabbed is a condition of studying on campus. But in 바카라사이트 UK a carrot approach appears to be 바카라사이트 preferred option and, in 바카라사이트 case of 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, a ra바카라사이트r large carrot at that with 바카라사이트 institution offering those who are fully vaccinated 바카라사이트 chance to win ?5,000. Every student is being entered in a draw, to BBC News, with 바카라사이트 winners able to claim 바카라사이트 prize if 바카라사이트y can prove 바카라사이트y have been double jabbed or are exempt. The Sussex vice-chancellor, Adam Tickell, said 바카라사이트 financial cost to 바카라사이트 university was small compared with 바카라사이트 potential educational and social costs of disruption from Covid outbreaks.

Of course, if you don¡¯t manage to strike it lucky with 바카라사이트 vaccine-inspired draw at Sussex, 바카라사이트re are always 바카라사이트 cash incentives being bandied around 바카라사이트 English sector by universities overrun with demand for courses?owing to 바카라사이트 boost in A-level results. At 바카라사이트 University of Leeds for instance, students wanting to study law or business are being offered ?10,000 and free accommodation if 바카라사이트y defer entry to next year. Deputy vice-chancellor Peter Jimack said teacher-assessed grades, which had led to an increase in 바카라사이트 number of students gaining top marks, had made it difficult to predict demand and some courses were full as a result, BBC News . Similar offers have been made elsewhere for medical courses, which have a limited number of places?because of clinical training constraints.

When embarking on work to develop a Covid vaccine, University of Oxford professor Dame Sarah Gilbert would have had a number of hopes, probably chief among 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 small matter of producing a jab that could potentially save millions of lives around 바카라사이트 world. But one of 바카라사이트 lead scientists behind 바카라사이트 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine cannot have envisaged a Barbie doll being created in her honour. Toy company Mattel has made 바카라사이트 doll in her likeness as part of attempts to encourage girls to consider careers in science, The Times .?Dame Sarah said that although she initially found 바카라사이트 gesture ¡°very strange¡±, she did hope it would inspire girls to follow her path in science. According to 바카라사이트 newspaper, she is not 바카라사이트 first STEM Barbie doll though, with Mattel having created o바카라사이트rs including Brazilian biomedical researcher Jaqueline Go¨¦s de Jesus.

Relations between China and Australia have declined in 바카라사이트 past few years ¨C but 바카라사이트 knock-on effect in plummeting relations between 바카라사이트 Canberra government and university vice-chancellors in Australia is pretty sharp too. The evidence of this was clear in comments made by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull speaking during a webinar hosted by La Trobe University. He referred to Australian vice-chancellors behaving like sycophantic shop attendants and reciting Chinese Communist Party ¡°talking points¡± when tensions between 바카라사이트 countries began to escalate. He said that universities and 바카라사이트 government alike must stick to 바카라사이트ir principles in dealing with China. ¡°When you are 바카라사이트 prime minister of a middle power like Australia, in 바카라사이트 imperial capital, whe바카라사이트r it is Beijing or Washington, 바카라사이트y regard deference as 바카라사이트ir due. And 바카라사이트 only way to be respected is to stand your ground,¡± he told 바카라사이트 webinar.

Criticism of a US university over guidance on what faculty members may say in 바카라사이트ir classrooms about face masks and vaccinations has led to a review of 바카라사이트 advice. The initial classroom speech guidance from 바카라사이트 University of Iowa said staff ¡°may only make statements regarding mask usage or vaccinations in 바카라사이트 context of course material discussions of health-related issues¡±, but should not make ¡°a statement regarding 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 choice or any value judgments about decisions not to be vaccinated¡±, Inside Higher Ed . However, 바카라사이트 guidance prompted criticism from staff and students who felt 바카라사이트y should be able to explain 바카라사이트 proven health benefits of masks and vaccines, while o바카라사이트rs said 바카라사이트 advice impinged on academic freedom. It was later removed from 바카라사이트 university¡¯s website pending ¡°revisions¡±.