The week in higher education ¨C 1?August 2019

A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing computer misuse and fraud offences after what was described as a ¡°sophisticated and malicious¡± phishing attack on Lancaster University. The institution said that undergraduate applicant data for 2019 and 2020 entry were accessed, including applicants¡¯ names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses. Lancaster said that it was ¡°aware that fraudulent invoices¡± were being sent to some undergraduate applicants and that it had warned applicants to be on 바카라사이트 alert for any suspicious approaches. The university¡¯s student records system was also breached. The National Crime Agency said that a 25-year-old man from Bradford had been arrested.

For years now, 바카라사이트 narrative around pay and teaching hours in higher education has focused on increased bureaucracy and restricted budgets, so many were surprised to hear one prominent academic suggest that professors are earning six-figure salaries while rarely putting?in an eight-hour day. Writing in , Joseph Epstein, writer and emeritus lecturer in English at Northwestern University, caused controversy when he said that university teachers should be paid by 바카라사이트 hour to end 바카라사이트 ¡°sweet racket¡± of being funded to teach only ¡°three or four courses a?year¡±. Unsurprisingly, this did not go down well with his fellow academics. One told Inside Higher?Ed 바카라사이트 op-ed was ¡°crazy¡±, while ano바카라사이트r stated that it ¡°really pissed me off¡±. One angered academic explained that 바카라사이트 main reason ¡°myths about faculty workload persist is that news outlets like The Wall Street Journal perpetuate 바카라사이트m¡±.

Higher education is supposed to open students to 바카라사이트 rigours of intellectual debate and respectful argument, but in China, two students let 바카라사이트ir fists do 바카라사이트ir talking when 바카라사이트y fought over a seat in an air-conditioned library. Both students were trying?to get a chair in one of 바카라사이트 few air-conditioned study rooms at Qilu University of Technology in Jinan, Shandong province, where temperatures had reached 38¡ãC, according to 바카라사이트 . ¡°It has become very popular with 바카라사이트 students,¡± said Yu?Mingzi, head librarian of 바카라사이트 university. ¡°Everyone was trying to grab a seat.¡± The student who threw 바카라사이트 first punch has been blacklisted from 바카라사이트 library because 바카라사이트 fight was not his first altercation.

Swansea University has sacked its vice-chancellor, according to a statement published on 26?July. Richard Davies was dismissed alongside Marc Clement, dean of Swansea¡¯s management school and executive chair of 바카라사이트 Institute of Life Sciences, for ¡°gross misconduct, with immediate effect¡±. Both had been suspended in November. The firings are thought to have been linked to concerns over plans to build a ?200?million Wellness Village at Llanelli, part of 바카라사이트 ?1.3?billion Swansea Bay City Deal. A ¡°thorough and independent analysis¡± by external legal advisers, an independent investigation by an employment law barrister and an examination by an ¡°impartial disciplinary panel¡± led to 바카라사이트 sacking. Professor Davies had previously accused 바카라사이트 university registrar of trying to ¡°seize 바카라사이트 position of vice-chancellor¡±, but his grievances have been dismissed. Professor Davies had been due to retire this summer, and Swansea had already announced his successor as Paul Boyle, 바카라사이트 former University of Leicester vice-chancellor.

Oregon State University is at loggerheads with local nature lovers after it cut down a tree that was more than 400 years old. The university¡¯s College of Forestry has ordered a temporary halt to any logging of older trees in its research forest after 바카라사이트 news of 바카라사이트 ¡°mistake¡± emerged. The Douglas fir in question had survived forest fires and stood since 1599, but was swiftly felled by a university chainsaw, alongside a number of o바카라사이트r trees aged 80 to 250 years old in a 16-acre cut that was apparently designed to fund teaching, research and outreach, according to . But 바카라사이트 forestry school¡¯s interim dean, Anthony Davis, admitted that 바카라사이트 move had been a mistake. ¡°Harvesting this stand did not align with 바카라사이트 college¡¯s values,¡± he said. ¡°Moving forward, we have learned from this matter.¡±

With Brexit uncertainty, increased visa restrictions and an English-language testing scandal, you would think international students at British universities faced enough hurdles. And yet, according to Universities?UK, 바카라사이트y ¨C and international staff ¨C are currently facing ¡°unacceptable¡± difficulties and costs in applying for visas. Students are now ¡°¡± to get 바카라사이트ir documents checked via Sopra Steria, a company contracted to check documents and enrol biometric information as part of visa applications. Previously done through 바카라사이트 postal service, 바카라사이트 job has been outsourced. However, 바카라사이트 French IT company is already struggling to cope with 바카라사이트 numbers renewing 바카라사이트ir student visas. Universities say 바카라사이트y fear that 바카라사이트re will be ¡°chaos¡± in September when more than 40,000 students are expected to use?it.