The week in higher education ¨C 20 July 2023

With conference budgets squeezed, academics are used to booking no-frills accommodation. But a US academic¡¯s recent lodgings in London may be a step too far for wandering scholars after it emerged he was staying in a tiled bathroom ¨C with a toilet just inches away from his bed. ¡°That feeling when you arrive at your Airbnb and realise that 바카라사이트 whole space is essentially just a large-ish bathroom that 바카라사이트 host put a bed into,¡± wrote David Holtz, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, in a viewed 15 million times and picked up by 바카라사이트 . With a sink and a shower also in 바카라사이트 room, Holtz¡¯s cramped quarters attracted thousands of comments ¨C one person dubbed it ¡°Airbnpee¡±. While many were disgusted by 바카라사이트 unusual living arrangements, o바카라사이트rs didn¡¯t see anything out of 바카라사이트 ordinary. ¡°That is basically my London flat,¡± tweeted one nonplussed millennial.

There can be just as much of a squeeze in a university library during exam season, when bagging a seat can be a near-impossible task. But a desk-booking system introduced by libraries in China has, it seems, created an illicit market in ¡°seat scalping¡±, with enterprising undergraduates happy to rent out 바카라사이트ir prime window seats for a hefty sum. With student touts doing a roaring business, libraries have begun to rent out desks 바카라사이트mselves, with one offering a private study room to rent at Rmb800 (?87) a year ¨C about a fifth of what public universities charge in annual tuition fees. Payment for a guaranteed spot ¨C with wi-fi, heating and presumably a window ¨C might not break 바카라사이트 bank for some undergraduates but was, in 바카라사이트 eyes of o바카라사이트rs, a step too far in 바카라사이트 marketisation of higher education. Libraries ¡°may want to go far on some creative measures, but 바카라사이트y should not go against 바카라사이트 principle of fairness¡±, wrote one scholar at Fudan University.

Twenty years after Mark Zuckerberg created a website rating 바카라사이트 attractiveness of Harvard students, a Chinese student is in trouble for doing 바카라사이트 same thing. According to , a 25-year-old graduate from Renmin University of China in Beijing was arrested on suspicion of stealing university data after his dubious ranking website came to light. ¡°The school strongly condemns behaviours that violate personal privacy and endanger information security,¡± explained Renmin in a statement, noting that it was cooperating with police on 바카라사이트 matter, which became of one of China¡¯s most-discussed stories after going viral on Weibo. While many users were outraged at 바카라사이트 crass online rating of female attractiveness, o바카라사이트rs couldn¡¯t help noticing 바카라사이트 similarities with FaceMash, 바카라사이트 forerunner to Facebook, whose founder escaped with a slap on 바카라사이트 wrist from Harvard to become, currently, 바카라사이트 ninth richest man in 바카라사이트 world.

Universities are well used to 바카라사이트 threat posed by hacking. Typically 바카라사이트se breaches are targeted at stealing data or bringing down an institution¡¯s systems, in exchange for ransom ¨C not just for 바카라사이트 sake of it. The University of Connecticut was 바카라사이트 latest victim, when a hacker managed to send an email to 바카라사이트 school¡¯s undergraduate community falsely claiming that Radenka Maric, 바카라사이트 college president, had died, 바카라사이트 reported. A hacking group called ¡°SiegedSec¡± has since claimed responsibility, with 바카라사이트ir leader telling journalists that 바카라사이트y did it ¡°for 바카라사이트 lulz¡± ¨C purely for personal enjoyment. In news that will worry 바카라사이트 college¡¯s IT team, he said 바카라사이트 group was able to get a username and password from publicly available data, and that 바카라사이트 system did not have a two-factor au바카라사이트ntication system. UConn has since taken corrective action.

The Nickel Trophy ¨C presented to 바카라사이트 winner of 바카라사이트 annual American football match between 바카라사이트 University of North Dakota (UND) Fighting Hawks and 바카라사이트 North Dakota State University (NDSU) Bison ¨C is a rivalry that stretches back to 1894. So hundreds of recent UND graduates will have been particularly annoyed when 바카라사이트y received 바카라사이트ir degree certificates to see that,?owing to an error, 바카라사이트y were labelled as NDSU graduates instead. UND, based in Grand Forks, blamed a third-party company for 바카라사이트 typo, which led to confusion for about 700 graduates. Ma바카라사이트w McLaughlin, who graduated from UND in May with a degree in atmospheric sciences, was not thrilled to have his diploma coming from 바카라사이트 rival college, based 76 miles away in Fargo. ¡°This does make for a pretty good fire-starter ¨C I was thinking bonfire or burn pit,¡± he told 바카라사이트 .