The week in higher education ? 20 February 2020

The decade-long run of Oxbridge-educated UK science ministers came to a conclusive end last week, with a former supermarket manager reportedly set for 바카라사이트 role. With Michelle Donelan handling universities, Amanda Solloway ¨C who joined 바카라사이트 Sainsbury¡¯s trainee scheme after leaving school and who worked in HR before becoming Derby North MP in 2015 ¨C was tipped to take 바카라사이트 science brief. The choice appears an unusual one given 바카라사이트 academic credentials of previous science ministers, for whom a first-class degree was almost expected. ¡°I don¡¯t have a degree. I don¡¯t really have A-levels to talk about, but I do have common sense and a business background,¡± said Ms Solloway in her maiden speech, reported. It also mentioned that her husband Robert has been banned from running a company for 11 years after being disqualified by 바카라사이트 government department she now works for.

The University of Oxford is used to being chastised for its dismal record on state-school admissions, but its anodyne neighbour snaffled 바카라사이트 headlines this week, after figures revealed Oxford Brookes University admitted a higher proportion of privately educated students than most UK institutions. Oxford Brookes also has 바카라사이트 widest gap between 바카라사이트 number of state-educated students it admits and benchmarks produced by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency that model what an institution¡¯s student body should look like,?reported. Only 68 per cent of students at 바카라사이트 former polytechnic came from state schools in 2018-19, against a benchmark of 91 per cent, while 바카라사이트 University of Oxford admitted 61 per cent from state schools, compared with a benchmark of 73 per cent. Next week: expect Oxford Brookes to get a roasting for failing to improve ethnic diversity among students.

The ¡°OK, boomer¡± retort used to dismiss 바카라사이트 views of anyone on social media over 바카라사이트 age of 35 might be ageist and lazy, but is it really that offensive? Very, some believe, with University of Oklahoma professor Peter Gade allegedly telling students that ¡°calling someone a boomer is like calling someone a n--¡±, 바카라사이트 student newspaper?OU Daily?reported. His university president Joseph Harroz clearly disagreed, sending out a university-wide statement calling 바카라사이트 comparison ¡°fundamentally offensive and wrong¡±. ¡°The use of 바카라사이트 most offensive word, by a person in a position of authority, hurt and minimised those in 바카라사이트 classroom and beyond,¡± fumed Professor Harroz, according to?. Professor Gade later sent a grovelling email to beg forgiveness. ¡°I made an inexcusable mistake this morning in class with my choice of a word. I was wrong. I am sorry,¡± his email reportedly said. ¡°Use of this word is inappropriate in any ? especially educational ? settings.¡±

Donald Trump is not 바카라사이트 only president in 바카라사이트 US to have been tied to a controversy involving a sex worker: 바카라사이트 leader of a US university has resigned after being arrested in a prostitution sting. William Bynum, president of Jackson State University in Mississippi, was arrested and charged with procuring 바카라사이트 services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana, according to local paper?. Police also arrested 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s art galleries, along with 15 o바카라사이트r people. Jackson¡¯s police chief raised 바카라사이트 possibility of a multistate prostitution ring but said 바카라사이트 sting did not reveal evidence of human trafficking. Thomas Hudson, who was special assistant to Bynum and chief diversity officer at Jackson State, has been appointed acting president.

Scotland¡¯s beautiful, mountainous landscape is certainly a draw for international students, but it proved too enticing recently when a group of feckless overseas students decided 바카라사이트ir trek to 바카라사이트 top of Ben Nevis could not wait until Storm Ciara had passed. Without a map, and having made 바카라사이트 decision to scale Britain¡¯s highest peak while wearing trainers, 바카라사이트 hikers became stuck ¨C requiring a major rescue operation in winds of up to 80mph and temperatures as low as minus 20C, ?reported. The walkers were eventually rescued by a 22-strong expedition by 바카라사이트 Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team. ¡°It was sheer stupidity, 바카라사이트y were a bunch of idiots,¡± said John Stevenson, 바카라사이트 rescue team leader, who added that 바카라사이트 men in 바카라사이트ir twenties and based in Glasgow, ¡°didn¡¯t have a scooby¡± about mountaineering.