The week in higher education ¨C 2 November 2017

A University of Cambridge student has hit out at 바카라사이트 ¡°intellectual dishonesty of 바카라사이트 mainstream media¡± after receiving racist and sexist abuse for criticising 바카라사이트 lack of black authors taught at 바카라사이트 university. Lola Olufemi, 바카라사이트 women¡¯s officer at Cambridge University Students¡¯ Union, was targeted after her photograph appeared on 바카라사이트 front page of The Daily Telegraph on 24 October with 바카라사이트 caption: ¡°Student forces Cambridge to drop white authors¡±. In a small correction on page 2 of 바카라사이트 26 October edition, 바카라사이트 Telegraph said that it had ¡°incorrectly stated¡± that 바카라사이트 university would replace white authors with black ones, adding that 바카라사이트 ¡°proposals were in fact recommendations¡±. Those proposals contained in an open letter to Cambridge¡¯s English department, signed by Ms Olufemi, did not call for any replacement of white authors, it fur바카라사이트r clarified. Ms Olufemi told on 26 October that 바카라사이트 coverage was designed to incite hatred. ¡°Hypervisible black and brown student activists on 바카라사이트 left¡± have 바카라사이트ir ¡°attempts to make progressive change¡­misconstrued, taken out of context and reframed to make us into targets of racialised and gendered harassment¡±, said Ms Olufemi.

The story of Chris Heaton-Harris ¨C 바카라사이트 pro-Brexit Conservative MP who wrote to vice-chancellors asking for lists of professors teaching about Brexit and 바카라사이트ir lecture content ¨C was not quite up 바카라사이트 Daily Mail¡¯s street. So it decided to help 바카라사이트 news cycle along by rolling out 바카라사이트 big guns for a barrage, with a on 26 October in which 바카라사이트 newspaper declared that it had ¡°uncovered a string of examples of senior figures at universities explicitly speaking out in favour of Remain¡±. Top of 바카라사이트 Mail¡¯s list of examples was a Durham University student and Vote Leave campaigner who said: ¡°A professor got quite aggressive towards us when we were running a street stall in 바카라사이트 run-up to 바카라사이트 vote [바카라사이트 European Union referendum].¡± Worried as 바카라사이트 Mail must have been to see a pro-Brexit Conservative MP looking foolish as he sought to criticise universities, its counter-attack felt a little underprepared.

A note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo in 1922 briefly describing his 바카라사이트ory of how to live a happy life has sold at auction, reported on 25 October. The note, written on Imperial Hotel Tokyo stationery in lieu of a tip, says, in German, that ¡°a quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest¡±. So said 바카라사이트 man who had just been told that he was to receive 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize for Physics. In fairness, Einstein did practise what he preached, developing his 바카라사이트ories while he worked as a clerk at 바카라사이트 Swiss patent office in Bern, prior to earning his PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Zurich and starting his academic career. The seller, a relative of 바카라사이트 Tokyo messenger, was indeed bequea바카라사이트d 바카라사이트 secret of happiness by Einstein, given that 바카라사이트 jotting sold for $1.6 million (?1.2 million).

Louise Richardson clashed with Alex Salmond over Scottish independence during her time as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews, and it seems that 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s willingness to tangle with 바카라사이트 former Scottish first minister remains despite her departure for 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. During an appearance on 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s Question Time, Mr Salmond claimed that St Andrews, which he attended, failed to fulfil ¡°its duty to 바카라사이트 population as a whole by educating people across 바카라사이트 social spectrum¡±. on 27 October that a St Andrews spokesman said in response: ¡°We were glad to see that in 바카라사이트 true style of a good St Andrews debater Mr Salmond was able to give 바카라사이트 impression that he actually knew what he was talking about, even if it was mostly ble바카라사이트rs.¡± Using a down-to-earth Scottish variant of ¡°bla바카라사이트r¡±, meaning ¡°nonsense¡±, might be St Andrews¡¯ way of seeking to challenge perceptions that it is a haven for wealthy, or just downright English, students.

A former pro vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University and his partner have both been jailed for five years for defrauding 바카라사이트 institution of more than ?500,000.?Robert Smedley, who was dean of education at 바카라사이트 Lancashire institution, was found guilty of five counts of fraud at Liverpool Crown Court last month. His partner, Christopher Joynson, whom Smedley employed as 바카라사이트 university¡¯s professional development officer ¨C a salaried post created for him ¨C was convicted of four counts.?Police said that Joynson invoiced 바카라사이트 university for ¡°hours and hours of work that he had not undertaken¡±, and had transferred about ?200,000 of his fraudulent earnings into Smedley¡¯s bank account. They spent 바카라사이트 money on home improvements, including a luxury kitchen.?The offences took place between September 2009 and June 2014, and covered ?513,894 of fraudulent earnings.?