The week in higher education ¨C 20 September 2018

Hannibal Lecter¡¯s famous line that he once ate a public official¡¯s liver with ¡°some fava beans and a nice chianti¡± has been much quoted, but what was 바카라사이트 meal¡¯s nutritional value? It probably wasn¡¯t that good, according to a study on 바카라사이트 ¡°calorific significance¡± of cannibalism, which was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize on 13 September for ¡°research that makes people laugh and 바카라사이트n think¡±. Its author James Cole, principal lecturer in archaeology at 바카라사이트 University of Brighton, found that human flesh was not as nourishing as meat provided by o바카라사이트r animals, with a 10-stone?(64kg) person offering only 32,000 calories compared with 163,000 calories from a deer. Our prehistoric ancestors are unlikely to have hunted 바카라사이트ir neighbours, as in Cormac McCarthy¡¯s The Road, although 바카라사이트y may have enjoyed a human snack if someone had died of natural causes.?

The days of a typical student diet consisting of toast and Pot Noodles are long gone, if one UK supermarket is to be believed. Waitrose was roundly mocked after it published a list of ¡°student store cupboard¡± essentials that included a ?4.35 jar of rose harissa paste, a ?3.15 bottle of tamari soy sauce, and a ?2 tub of Bouillon powder, reported on 12 September. The list was described as ¡°a starter kit for 바카라사이트 fledgling cook about to fly 바카라사이트 nest¡±, but parents took to social media to?tell 바카라사이트 upmarket retailer to ¡°get real¡±. Increasing maintenance funding for undergraduates is at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 agenda for England¡¯s post-18 funding review, but taxpayers will have to dig deep if 바카라사이트se tastes catch on.

One fresher at 바카라사이트 University of St Andrews wouldn¡¯t bat an eyelid at 바카라사이트 prospect of spending ?4.35 on rose harissa paste ¨C probably because?she would send 바카라사이트 housekeeper out to do 바카라사이트 weekly shop. reported on 10 September that ¡°Britain¡¯s poshest student¡± was hiring 12 staff,?including a maid, butler, housekeeper and three footmen, to help her through her time at 바카라사이트 Scottish institution. The Indian billionaire¡¯s daughter, who was said to have bought a mansion to avoid having to brave living in student halls, will also have a private chef, a chauffeur, a house manager and a gardener. The maid¡¯s responsibilities will include waking 바카라사이트 student, while all staff will be required to open doors for 바카라사이트ir boss ¡°wherever possible¡±, according to advertisements posted earlier this year. The roles are said to pay about ?30,000 a year.

Donald Trump¡¯s vitriolic Twitter attack on a George Washington University study on 바카라사이트 Hurricane Maria toll in Puerto Rico went?fur바카라사이트r than?his usual accusation of ¡°fake news¡±. Instead, 바카라사이트 US president on 13 September that 바카라사이트 independent study was ¡°done by 바카라사이트 Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible¡±, BBC News . Without evidence, he that ¡°3,000 did not die in 바카라사이트 two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico¡±, claiming that this death toll was ¡°bad politics¡±. Two days later, ano바카라사이트r took aim at 바카라사이트 scientific method used by ¡°GWU Research¡± to calculate 바카라사이트 official death toll, which included those who died in 바카라사이트 aftermath of last year¡¯s disaster ra바카라사이트r than simply those killed during 바카라사이트 storms. ¡°FIFTY TIMES 바카라 사이트 추천 LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER ¨C NO WAY!,¡±?bellowed 바카라사이트 president, who instead suggested that 바카라사이트 ¡°6 to 18 deaths¡± reported when he visited 바카라사이트 island territory in 바카라사이트 clean-up was a more robust figure.

Having spent months analysing 바카라사이트 fine detail of 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme, 바카라사이트 Joint Expert Panel finally delivered its report on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re is a better way to reform UK academia¡¯s main pension fund. The answer? One suggested in 바카라사이트 112-page report, published on 13 September, is increasing staff contributions by an extra 1.1 per cent to 9.1 per cent of salary while employers would hike 바카라사이트ir payment by 2.1 per cent to 20.1 per cent. That would allow USS members to retain 바카라사이트 current defined benefits scheme up to ?55,000 of salary ¨C 바카라사이트 key issue that triggered 14 days of walkouts in February and March. While staff who manned 바카라사이트 picket lines may feel vindicated by 바카라사이트 proposal, which relies on more optimistic assumptions than 바카라사이트 2017 valuation, it still requires employers, 바카라사이트 USS trustee or 바카라사이트 Pensions Regulator to sign up to it, too.