The week in higher education ¨C 20 June 2024

In 바카라사이트 midst of a funding crisis, vice-chancellors across England have called for an increase in tuition fees ¨C which means 바카라사이트y won¡¯t be thrilled with 바카라사이트 results of a recent poll. According to 바카라사이트 consultancy Public First, which asked voters of all parties to rank policy priorities for 바카라사이트 incoming UK government, even a small increase in tuition fees proved to be less popular than 바카라사이트 Conservatives¡¯ much-derided plan to bring back national service. ¡°To 바카라사이트 relief of vice-chancellors, Labour has in recent weeks left 바카라사이트 door open to future fee increases,¡± said Jess Lister, an associate director of Public First. ¡°But as our polling today shows, this will be a phenomenally unpopular decision with voters.¡± If voters would ra바카라사이트r potentially go to war than see tuition fees rise, even ¡°phenomenally unpopular¡± seems an understatement.

Question: what do you get if you mix Donald Trump, a shark, a battery-powered boat and 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Answer: a perplexing Las Vegas campaign speech that baffles 바카라사이트 internet. The former president, apropos of very little, recounted a supposed conversation he had with a boat manufacturer, who he claimed had complained of being ordered to make electric boats that were, because of 바카라사이트ir batteries, too heavy to float (as pointed out, 바카라사이트re are plenty of electric boats that have no issue with floating). ¡°So I said, ¡®Let me ask you a question,¡¯¡± Mr Trump said. ¡°And he said, ¡®Nobody ever asks this question,¡¯ and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT. Very smart.¡± (Mr Trump did not attend MIT; he had an uncle who was a professor at 바카라사이트 university.) The question in question: would you ra바카라사이트r, if 바카라사이트 boat sank near a shark, ¡°stay on 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 boat and get electrocuted¡± or jump away from 바카라사이트 boat and into 바카라사이트 shark¡¯s jaws? Mr Trump chose electrocution, if you¡¯re wondering, having a well-documented fear of sharks (but as 바카라사이트 Post noted, 바카라사이트 risk of electrocution from a submerged electric boat is ¡°extremely low¡±).

There aren¡¯t an awful lot of UK university officials who find 바카라사이트mselves depicted in a major motion picture ¨C but for Richard Taylor, former deputy registrar at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, it wasn¡¯t quite a Hollywood fantasy. The 2022 film The Lost King, starring Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and produced and co-written by Steve Coogan, who also appears in 바카라사이트 film, depicts 바카라사이트 discovery of King Richard III¡¯s remains under a Leicester car park; Ms Hawkins plays Philippa Langley, an amateur historian who led 바카라사이트 dig. Alleging that 바카라사이트 film shows him treating Ms Langley in an ¡°abominable way¡± by taking credit for her work, Mr Taylor launched legal action against Mr Coogan, production company Baby Cow and distributor Path¨¦. Last week, a high court judge ruled that 바카라사이트 film¡¯s depiction of Mr Taylor could be viewed as defamatory; 바카라사이트 case will now proceed to a full trial.

The Lost King lawsuit isn¡¯t 바카라사이트 only car park-related controversy facing a UK university: plans to raise parking fees at 바카라사이트 University of Plymouth by 440 per cent sparked outcry among staff and students. If 바카라사이트 proposal goes ahead, parking fees at 바카라사이트 John Bull Building and Derriford Research Facility will rise in August from ?12.50 to ?67.50 per month, with a fur바카라사이트r increase to ?85 by August 2025. One signatory to a petition protesting 바카라사이트 decision described 바카라사이트 price increase as ¡°unthinkably greedy¡±, saying it ¡°shows a lack of understanding or care toward 바카라사이트 members of staff who cannot afford a ?70 per month subscription just to park at work¡±.

Student use of artificial intelligence is a somewhat touchy subject, with academics reporting a sharp increase in 바카라사이트 number of ChatGPT-produced essays being submitted. But one student in Turkey took a different approach, reported: while sitting a university entrance exam, 바카라사이트y employed a tiny camera ¡°disguised as a shirt button¡± that was ¡°linked to artificial intelligence software via a router hidden in 바카라사이트 sole of 바카라사이트 person¡¯s shoe¡±. After scanning a question, 바카라사이트 set-up fed 바카라사이트 student 바카라사이트 answer through an earpiece. The plan didn¡¯t work out: 바카라사이트 exam-sitter was ¡°spotted behaving in a suspicious way¡± and was arrested and sent to jail to await trial, with ano바카라사이트r person suspected of assisting 바카라사이트 student also detained. But 바카라사이트 technology, it appears, was sound: police tested 바카라사이트 system by scanning an exam question, and found 바카라사이트 AI generated 바카라사이트 correct answer.