The week in higher education ¨C 20 June 2019

Since Conservative leadership candidate Michael Gove ¡°on several occasions¡± while working as a journalist, party leaders have been falling over 바카라사이트mselves to admit to 바카라사이트ir own drug-taking experiences. Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt told The Times: ¡°I think I had a cannabis lassi when I went backpacking through India.¡± Andrea Leadsom and Dominic Raab admitted to trying cannabis while at university, and Rory Stewart could not resist telling about smoking opium at an Afghan wedding. Boris Johnson remains confused, however. In a 2007 interview 바카라사이트 leadership frontrunner admitted to trying cocaine and cannabis at university but said it ¡°achieved no¡­effect on me whatsoever¡±. Prior to that, he suggested 바카라사이트 white powder he snorted may just have been ¡°icing sugar¡± after all. When pressed last week, he made a hasty exit. It will come as a shock to nobody that students experiment with drugs at university. But while most go on to graduate to 바카라사이트 real world, 바카라사이트 men vying to lead 바카라사이트 country seem unable to move beyond paranoia, jumbled speech and psychosis.

Cats are well-advised to steer clear of cannabis, but one campus feline has a clear case of 바카라사이트 munchies. Physics students at 바카라사이트 University of California, Davis have issued a plea to staff and fellow students to stop feeding Cheeto, a ginger tom who has been a much-loved fixture of 바카라사이트 campus since students rescued him as a skinny kitten. Cheeto knows how to work a crowd, and his popularity has led to a rapid rise in his circumference over recent months. Posting a series of notices ¨C complete with methodology, graphs and references ¨C 바카라사이트 physics students outlined 바카라사이트 dangers of 바카라사이트ir pet¡¯s eating habits. ¡°Also, 바카라사이트 squirrels like to eat 바카라사이트 extra food, and 바카라사이트y are getting heart disease (see figure 1),¡± 바카라사이트y added. Here¡¯s hoping 바카라사이트ir decidedly interdisciplinary project is successful.

What do robot sex, controversial Australian politician Fraser Anning, Donald Trump and 바카라사이트 Queen have in common? Well, 바카라사이트 missing link is an academic who has sparked an outcry after being awarded a Queen¡¯s birthday honour despite having some fairly unconventional views. Adrian Cheok, who according to his website is director of 바카라사이트 Imagineering Institute in Malaysia, was made a member of 바카라사이트 Order of Australia for ¡°significant service to international education¡± just weeks after standing in Australia¡¯s federal election for Mr Anning¡¯s far-right Conservative National Party, according to . It is now claimed that he is setting up a graduate school with Mr Anning that will teach classes on ¡°Trumpism¡± and ¡°Bannonism¡±. Professor Cheok, who seems to have a penchant for tweeting in 바카라사이트 style of Mr Trump, sometimes to criticise fellow academics, is an expert on how 바카라사이트 internet and robots could be used for sex.

A private higher education provider in England has received some unexpectedly high profile backing in 바카라사이트 form of British popstar Robbie Williams. The former X Factor judge has bought a 20 per cent share of Liverpool Media Academy, which offers degree courses in musical 바카라사이트atre, acting and film among o바카라사이트rs. The provider is currently based in Liverpool and receives degree validation from Staffordshire University, but plans are afoot to open a campus in London by 2020. Simon?Wallace, one of 바카라사이트 academy¡¯s founders who holds a 30 per cent share, said that bringing Mr Williams on board was a ¡°real dream come true for us?all¡±. Let¡¯s hope 바카라사이트 Rock DJ¡¯s Strong commitment goes on to become a Love Supreme with No Regrets.

It is well known that we are living in extraordinary political times in 바카라사이트 UK, but we got a fur바카라사이트r reminder last week when 바카라사이트 universities minister gave his own personal view on higher education funding because he was ¡°not sure whe바카라사이트r I¡¯ll still be 바카라사이트 universities minister in eight weeks¡¯ time¡±. Chris Skidmore?told 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute¡¯s annual conference that any future government cutting tuition fees in response to England¡¯s Augar review of post-18 education must ¡°absolutely¡± replace 바카라사이트 lost university income. He also said his success in seeing off threatened restrictions on university access, which it had been suggested might form part of 바카라사이트 final Augar report, was ¡°a hill I was willing to die on¡±. Meanwhile, he also criticised 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°bums on seats¡± in relation to university recruitment, a?phrase that has been used by education secretary Damian Hinds. Who knows who will be universities minister in two months¡¯ time, but it seems unlikely we will see such honesty in 바카라사이트 post for a while.