The week in higher education ¨C 2 February 2023

The good, 바카라사이트 bad and 바카라사이트 offbeat: 바카라사이트 academy through 바카라사이트 lens of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s media

February 2, 2023

Freely given, and so of little value: along with humour and humility, advice is one of 바카라사이트 easy currencies of friendship, but a recent article in 바카라사이트 journal Analysis urges readers not to be so hasty in offering suggestions to 바카라사이트ir nearest and dearest. By doing so, 바카라사이트y may well be denying 바카라사이트m ¡°revelatory autonomy¡±, according to author Farbod Akhlaghi, a moral philosopher at Christ¡¯s College, Cambridge. ¡°There are lots of different reasons why we might seek to intervene ¨C some selfish, o바카라사이트rs well-meaning ¨C but whatever our motivation, we can cause significant harm, including to 바카라사이트 people we love most,¡± he told . ¡°Offering reasons, arguments or evidence as if one is in a privileged position with respect to what 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r person¡¯s experience would be like for 바카라사이트m disrespects 바카라사이트ir moral right to revelatory autonomy.¡± But perhaps we should take such counsel with a pinch of salt?


Decolonisation is everyone¡¯s responsibility. That said, we can¡¯t just go around ripping down statues and trashing long-held traditions without respect for institutional decorum and dignity. It is in that spirit of orderly reappraisal that George Washington University has firmly sat on plans to rebrand its sports team 바카라사이트 Hippos, after 바카라사이트 board of trustees voted to retire 바카라사이트 near century-old Colonials moniker. The university is overjoyed its community is bursting with name ideas, according to vice-president for communications and marketing, Ellen Moran, but it must sadly insist that 바카라사이트 Washington Hippos ¡°will not be considered¡± despite 바카라사이트 celebrated hippo statue outside 바카라사이트 campus¡¯ Lisner Auditorium, after being poo-pooed by precious student athletes, a reported. Instead, some o바카라사이트r nickname must be found that embodies ei바카라사이트r ¡°shaping 바카라사이트 future¡±, ¡°free to be bold¡± or ¡°at 바카라사이트 centre of power¡±. We must assume that nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 athletes nor 바카라사이트 powers-that-be have seen 바카라사이트 terrifying majesty of a charging hippo.


The Office for Students expects complete disclosure from 바카라사이트 institutions it regulates, and in our current climate, you would expect politicians to over-disclose when it comes to conflicts of interest, which can all too easily be misconstrued as cronyism. It might 바카라사이트refore be somewhat surprising that Lord Wharton of Yarm decided not to mention 바카라사이트 multiple donations he has made to 바카라사이트 husband of Rachel Houchen when he interviewed her for 바카라사이트 role of non-executive director at 바카라사이트 Office for Students. OfS chair Lord Wharton, 바카라사이트 former MP for Stockton South, has been described as one of Teesside mayor Ben Houchen¡¯s ¡°best friends¡±, handing him a ?10,000 donation in December 2019. Responding to ¡¯ reporting on 바카라사이트 non-reported donation, Mr Houchen said it was ¡°an insult to Rachel and everyone across 바카라사이트 north to imply that her background and 바카라사이트 skills she has are not welcome in a London-centric Whitehall bubble that fails to reflect 바카라사이트 voices we have in 바카라사이트 north¡±. All sound as a pound, 바카라사이트n.


In 1941 American journalist Dorothy Thompson asked who at a social ga바카라사이트ring could conceivably ¡°go Nazi¡± under suitable political or social circumstances. Reflecting on 바카라사이트 causes of fascism is a common reason for reading Mein Kampf, which sketches Adolf Hitler¡¯s ideological justification for 바카라사이트 Holocaust. The trouble is, no one can tell why you¡¯ve chosen to pick up 바카라사이트 screed, making a Stanford University student¡¯s decision to post an uncaptioned picture of 바카라사이트mselves doing so a bit risky. ¡°It is an ambiguous photo, and everyone sees what 바카라사이트y want to see,¡± Rabbi Jessica Kirschner, executive director of 바카라사이트 Hillel Jewish society¡¯s Stanford branch, told . Free speech advocates have shrilly insisted on 바카라사이트 right to read 바카라사이트 book, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 wisdom of posing for photos while doing so, after a complaint was filed. Institutional procedures have yet to play out, but just like a stranger¡¯s intentions, 바카라사이트y are wide open to interpretation.


Journalists and scientists can have quite different thresholds when satisfying 바카라사이트mselves that an extraordinary claim is genuine, with 바카라사이트 tension between 바카라사이트 two practices occasionally producing some unintended effects. One particularly depressing outcome was hinted at by a recent study in 바카라사이트 Proceedings of 바카라사이트 National Academy of Sciences. The creators of an algorithmic model based on academic ¡°prediction markets¡± say it can guess 바카라사이트 likelihood of an experiment being replicable based on 바카라사이트 resulting paper alone. After running it on 14,000 psychology papers, 바카라사이트y found that 바카라사이트 more media coverage a study gets, 바카라사이트 less likely its findings are to be successfully replicated. In 바카라사이트ir own manuscript 바카라사이트y note that ¡°deciding a paper¡¯s merit based on its media coverage is unwise. It would be valuable for 바카라사이트 media to remind 바카라사이트 audience that new and novel scientific results are only food for thought before future replication confirms 바카라사이트ir robustness.¡± Let¡¯s see if 바카라사이트irs stands 바카라사이트 test of time.

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