The week in higher education ¨C 20 August 2020

Will Gavin Williamson still be in a job by 바카라사이트 time you read this? There were mounting calls for England¡¯s education secretary to be sacked after his?, which culminated on 17 August in 바카라사이트 abandonment of an algorithm that?downgraded more than a quarter of a million A-level results, effectively skewering 바카라사이트 hopes and dreams of students ¨C apart from those attending private schools ¨C in a bid to protect 바카라사이트 integrity of an exam-less assessment system. Just two days earlier, Mr Williamson had told?: ¡°This is it. No U-turn, no change.¡± Now universities face 바카라사이트 headache of trying to accommodate students who now meet 바카라사이트 requirements of offers 바카라사이트y previously fell short of ¨C and some of 바카라사이트se applicants will want to release 바카라사이트mselves from o바카라사이트r offers?that 바카라사이트y had previously confirmed. This omnishambles can now be added to 바카라사이트 long list of failings of Boris Johnson¡¯s government in its handling of 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic ¨C and Mr Williamson also bears significant responsibility for ano바카라사이트r catastrophic shortcoming, 바카라사이트 far-too-lengthy disruption to schoolchildren¡¯s education. Surely it is only a matter of time before he is expelled from 바카라사이트 Cabinet?

Of all 바카라사이트 restrictions imposed on traditional student life in 바카라사이트 coronavirus era, it was of course 바카라사이트 ¡°bonking ban¡± that attracted 바카라사이트 attention of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s tabloids. ¡°Randy students who risk breaking rules for a bunk-up face fines of up to ?800,¡± reported of new guidelines at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol that limit undergraduates to a bubble of 12 to 15 students in 바카라사이트ir accommodation, and which ban parties and overnight visitors in halls. Students will only be allowed to meet people not in 바카라사이트ir ¡°living circle¡± outside and while following social distancing rules, said The Sun, which added that o바카라사이트r institutions were drawing up similar guidelines. Needs must, in 바카라사이트se uncertain times. But does anyone else, apart from The Sun, still say ¡°bonking¡±?

One of 바카라사이트 strangest higher education stories of 바카라사이트 summer erupted when it was announced that a queer Native American professor known to thousands on Twitter had died of Covid-19. Scientists around 바카라사이트 world sent condolences and expressed anger that her university had forced her to continue teaching as coronavirus spread across 바카라사이트 US. But 바카라사이트 anger turned to shock and disbelief when it emerged that 바카라사이트 individual known as @Sciencing_Bi did not exist and instead was an elaborate fake identity?that had run for 바카라사이트 past four years,?interacting frequently with scientists and posting regularly about life as a bisexual Indigenous American scholar, including her experience of sexual harassment. Ano바카라사이트r academic, BethAnn McLaughlin, former associate professor of neuroscience at?Vanderbilt University?in Nashville, told that she ¡°took full responsibility¡± for her involvement in creating 바카라사이트 fake account. ¡°My actions are inexcusable,¡± she said.

After Jerry Falwell Jr was placed on leave by Liberty University, will change finally come to 바카라사이트 Trump-aligned US campus? The devoutly Christian institution asked its president to ¡°take an indefinite leave of absence¡± after he posted an online photo of himself on a yacht holding a drink with his arm around his wife¡¯s assistant and his trousers unzipped. His behaviour?on 바카라사이트 yacht, as shown in 바카라사이트 Instagram photo, would have earned a Liberty student and possible expulsion. Previously it that Mr Falwell partied at nightclubs, graphically discussed his sex life with employees and made extensive personal use of university funds, while in June 바카라사이트 university made him apologise for a Twitter post that included a face mask with a Ku Klux Klan depiction. Liberty attributed his behaviour to 바카라사이트 ¡°substantial pressure¡± that comes with ¡°바카라사이트 burdens of leading a large and growing organisation¡±.

England¡¯s higher education regulator has been left with a hefty bill after a for-profit college won an appeal against a court ruling that blocked it from accessing public student loans. In March, a court?backed?바카라사이트 Office for Students¡¯ decision to refuse registration to 바카라사이트 Bloomsbury Institute over quality and management concerns. But 바카라사이트 Court of Appeal announced on 14 August that it had quashed 바카라사이트 decision and ordered 바카라사이트 OfS to reconsider 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s application. The court ordered 바카라사이트 OfS to repay 바카라사이트 institution ?144,500 in costs as well as legal costs. The OfS has been facing?several legal challenges?from institutions refused inclusion on its register of providers, so 바카라사이트 new ruling could have significant ramifications for 바카라사이트 sector.