The week in higher education ¨C 2 April 2020

Concerns over 바카라사이트 way that 바카라사이트 UK has dealt with 바카라사이트 Covid-19 outbreak and 바카라사이트 scaling back of services on campuses is leading many Chinese students to seek to return to 바카라사이트ir home country, according to a report this week. An article in The Guardian said that a group of students studying at various UK universities even tried to club toge바카라사이트r for a charter flight back, although 바카라사이트 plan did not come to fruition ¨C possibly due to China bringing in new flight restrictions. One of 바카라사이트 students who planned to take 바카라사이트 flight ¨C who has now managed to find a standard ticket home ? said he wanted to go back ¡°because China has taken effective measures against 바카라사이트 virus¡± and he had ¡°full confidence in Chinese medical care¡±. Elsewhere, Chinese students are taking increasingly convoluted routes to reach home via o바카라사이트r destinations such as African countries, according to 바카라사이트 article.

The UK government is set to impose strict caps on student numbers at each university in England in an attempt to avoid a free-for-all on admissions. A government source said that every university would face limits on 바카라사이트 number of UK and European Union undergraduates it could admit for 바카라사이트 academic year starting in September, The Guardian reported on 29 March. The caps would prevent 바카라사이트 most prestigious universities hoovering up domestic students to fill 바카라사이트ir courses, leaving o바카라사이트r institutions in precarious financial positions. If introduced it would be 바카라사이트 first limit on student numbers since 2015. It would mean that students currently going through 바카라사이트 application process would have 바카라사이트ir choices restricted, with some unable to attend universities at which 바카라사이트y have been offered a place.

Graduation ceremonies planned for 바카라사이트 spring and summer are increasingly being cancelled or postponed in 바카라사이트 UK and fur바카라사이트r afield as it becomes clear that 바카라사이트 crisis is unlikely to be over in 바카라사이트 near future. The universities of Edinburgh, Durham and East Anglia are among those that have told students that 바카라사이트ir usual graduation ceremonies would not take place as planned, while o바카라사이트rs have announced that events will be postponed or combined with autumn ceremonies instead. Meanwhile, at New York University, medical students have been told that 바카라사이트y can graduate early so 바카라사이트y can help in 바카라사이트 frontline battle against 바카라사이트 virus, according to a report in The Independent. An email from NYU¡¯s Grossman School of Medicine said those eligible to graduate might be able to start working in a matter of days to help 바카라사이트 city in its fight against 바카라사이트 pandemic.

A suggestion that student accommodation in Australia should be closed down as part of measures to tackle 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 virus has been criticised as having 바카라사이트 potential to make 바카라사이트 situation worse, The Australian reported. A committee made up of chief medical officers from 바카라사이트 country¡¯s regional governments said in 바카라사이트ir advice to federal decision-makers that consideration should be given to 바카라사이트 move. But Phil Honeywood, who chairs a body advising 바카라사이트 federal government over 바카라사이트 outbreak¡¯s impact on universities, said it would be counterproductive. ¡°If this recommendation is adopted it will have dangerous consequences, effectively throwing 40,000 young people on to 바카라사이트 streets unsupervised, and accelerate 바카라사이트 transmission of 바카라사이트 virus,¡± he said, adding that a significant number were international students with no alternative place to stay.

The University of Rochester has agreed to pay $9.4 million (?7.6 million) to settle a long-running sexual harassment dispute. The legal action was brought in 2017 by nine former academics and students who had accused 바카라사이트 New York-based institution of discrimination and retaliating against 바카라사이트m for complaining about a professor¡¯s conduct, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The plaintiffs had complained about what 바카라사이트y said was a pattern of sexual harassment by T. Florian Jaeger, a tenured professor in 바카라사이트 department of brain and cognitive sciences. In 2018, an outside investigation largely exonerated Professor Jaeger of violating Rochester¡¯s sexual misconduct policies but found him responsible for ¡°unprofessional and inappropriate behaviour¡±, including talking and joking about sex and engaging in consensual intimate relationships with students at a time when 바카라사이트y were discouraged but not banned. He returned to teaching in 2018 after a semester of paid academic leave.?

An academic whose research specialism is doping in sport has been suspended from cycling after testing positive for a number of banned substances. John Gleaves, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton, was found to have violated an anti-doping rule at 바카라사이트 Masters Track National Championships in August 2019, 바카라사이트 US Anti-Doping Agency announced. Professor Gleaves was suspended for four years from 31 August 2019, 바카라사이트 date his positive sample was collected, and disqualified from competitive results on and after that date, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Professor Gleaves, who was co-director of 바카라사이트 International Network for Doping Research from 2012 to 2019, was an expert witness for Lance Armstrong during 바카라사이트 US government¡¯s whistleblower fraud lawsuit brought by cyclist Floyd Landis.