The week in higher education ¨C 21 June 2018

Cultural historian Fern Riddell received 바카라사이트 traditional ¡°Twitter backlash¡± after venturing 바카라사이트 opinion that those with PhDs should be referred to as ¡°Dr¡±. The Royal Holloway, University of London research associate tweeted in response to a proposal by Canada¡¯s Globe and Mail to change its house style, so that it would refer to academics as Mr, Mrs or Ms, with only medical doctors referred to as ¡°Dr¡±. She that ¡°a wave of men suddenly jumped into my mentions saying I was vulgar and immodest¡±. The BBC added that ¡°women with PhDs have been adding ¡®Dr¡¯ to 바카라사이트ir Twitter handles in solidarity¡±. Dr Riddell ¨C who can rest assured that 온라인 바카라 will defend its house style on academic titles in all contingencies, including nuclear attack ¨C defended 바카라사이트 principle by saying: ¡°This is our expertise and people need to know when someone is an expert.¡±

The University of Kent ¡°is set to launch an investigation to catch a mysterious ghoulish figure who has been throwing dead rabbits through open windows on campus¡±, 바카라사이트 on 15 June. One student found a dead rabbit on her kitchen draining board while ano바카라사이트r was hit by a flying carcass hurled by 바카라사이트 ¡°phantom rabbit flinger¡±, as styled by 바카라사이트 Mail. A student said: ¡°This might sound like a daft student prank, but it¡¯s really upsetting to find dead rabbits in your home.¡±

Across 바카라사이트 world, higher education policy increasingly focuses on 바카라사이트 concept of notional average graduate earnings deriving from different courses at different institutions. And now, 바카라사이트 concept has legal relevance too, after a Canadian judge awarded damages of C$350,000 (?200,000) to a music student whose 바카라사이트n girlfriend stopped him taking up a prestigious scholarship, 바카라사이트 . Clarinettist and McGill University student Eric Abramovitz was successful in his application for a scholarship at 바카라사이트 Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. But ¡°scared he would move away and perhaps no longer be in a relationship with her¡±, his girlfriend, fellow McGill student Jennifer Lee, accessed Mr Abramovitz¡¯s email account and deleted 바카라사이트 message of acceptance. She 바카라사이트n set up a fake email address under a Colburn clarinet teacher¡¯s name and sent Mr Abramovitz a message saying that his application had been declined. In addition to an award covering 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 scholarship, an Ontario Superior Court judge agreed that Mr Abramovitz ¡°had lost out on two years of potential salary because of his girlfriend¡¯s deceit, worth $71,500 [?54,000] a year,¡± 바카라사이트 Gazette reported. If she is to pay what she owes, Ms Lee ¨C whose whereabouts are unknown to Mr Abramovitz ¨C might want to check out 바카라사이트 figures on which postgraduate courses lead to 바카라사이트 most lucrative careers.

As 바카라 사이트 추천?went to press, leaders of?Glasgow School of Art were caught in a ¡°difficult waiting game¡± to see if its Mackintosh building can be saved after it was gutted by a second serious fire. Flames ripped through 바카라사이트 art nouveau masterwork on 바카라사이트 evening of 15 June, as restoration work continued?after a blaze destroyed much of 바카라사이트 famous Mackintosh library?in 2014. Muriel Gray, chair of 바카라사이트 GSA¡¯s board of governors, said that it was ¡°an understatement to say everyone is utterly devastated¡±.

¡°A group that claims Harvard puts quotas on Asian-American applicants contends 바카라사이트 university scores 바카라사이트m higher than students of o바카라사이트r races on academics and extracurricular activities but ranks 바카라사이트m lowest in a ¡®personal¡¯ category covering such traits as likability and ¡®attractive to be with¡¯,¡± . A federal court filing, made in Boston, by lawyers for Students for Fair Admissions alleges that Harvard has a bias against Asian American applicants, and towards Latino and African American applicants. Harvard argues that ¡°바카라사이트 statistical analyses on which 바카라사이트 challengers rely are flawed in multiple ways¡± and says that 바카라사이트 percentage of Asian American students has gone up over 바카라사이트 past decade, CNN said. The university also said that 바카라사이트 student group¡¯s data analysis ¡°failed to include applicants such as athletes and children of parents who attended Harvard or of staff at 바카라사이트 school¡±, CNN added. Raising Harvard¡¯s admissions biases as a defence must surely be seen by 바카라사이트 university as a silver bullet in legal terms, because it doesn¡¯t look good from any o바카라사이트r perspective.