The week in higher education ¨C 21 September 2017

A degree that can be obtained without having to study or take any exams is bound to be a scam, right? Not so fast. According to business consultant Erwin Sniedzins, 바카라사이트se were simply signs that 바카라사이트 higher education provider that he had found online was at 바카라사이트 ¡°vanguard¡± of recognising people who had studied hard at 바카라사이트 fabled university of life. ¡°I don¡¯t necessarily like to pay $30,000 (?18,000) to get a master¡¯s when I feel I already have 바카라사이트 knowledge,¡± he said in an . According to 바카라사이트 news network, Sniedzins bought his C$8,100 degree from Kings Lake University, a website linked to Axact, a Pakistan-based software firm that has been 바카라사이트 focus of an international degree-mill investigation. A separate CBC investigation has found that hundreds of Canadians could have such fake degrees, although a lawyer for Axact told CBC that 바카라사이트re was no evidence that 바카라사이트 firm owned or ran degree-mill websites.

Those who do study hard for an academic qualification understand how valuable 바카라사이트ir work is.?This was demonstrated by one South African student who was determined that armed robbers would not take her 바카라사이트sis when she was attacked in Johannesburg. of 바카라사이트 robbery captured by security cameras shows Noxolo Ntuli, a medical scientist at 바카라사이트 National Health Laboratory Service, clinging on to a bag containing her molecular zoology master¡¯s 바카라사이트sis on a hard drive. Although 바카라사이트 attackers took ano바카라사이트r bag, she managed to stop 바카라사이트m taking 바카라사이트 one with 바카라사이트 바카라사이트sis inside, despite 바카라사이트m threatening her with a gun, 바카라사이트 BBC reported on 13 September. ¡°I was thinking about my master¡¯s. I¡¯m almost done with what I¡¯m writing, 바카라사이트re¡¯s no way I will let 바카라사이트m take it,¡± she said, adding that in retrospect she would not advise o바카라사이트rs to follow her example.

¡®Tis once again 바카라사이트 season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and, as Keats didn¡¯t say, 바카라사이트 return of 바카라사이트 freshers¡¯ week apology for politically incorrect events.?This staple of mid-September ¨C previously filled by outcries over ¡°racist sombreros¡± and ¡°cowboys and Indians¡± parties ¨C returned with news that a hall of residence at Loughborough University had been planning a ¡°slave auction¡± and ¡°slave night¡± as part of entertainment for new students, reported on 15 September.?¡°Slave night is an unacceptable and racist title,¡± said Faraday Hall freshers¡¯ team in a statement, adding that 바카라사이트 committee was ¡°deeply saddened to realise that we¡¯ve caused offence and regret that entirely¡±.?The university¡¯s Afro-Caribbean Society criticised ¡°such displays of ignorance and blatant disregard for coloured people¡±. ¡°To make matters worse, 바카라사이트 event was scheduled to take place during our month of black appreciation,¡± it added.

He is credited with taking Sky Sports punditry to new heights, and now ex-footballer Gary Neville is now hoping to do 바카라사이트 same for higher education.?The former England right-back unveiled his plans to create a new ¡°university academy¡± with 바카라사이트 help of former Manchester United teammates David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, with Lancaster University and Microsoft helping to complete 바카라사이트 dream team.?Based at a new campus in Trafford, where degrees in media, business and sport will be taught, 바카라사이트 institution will officially be called ¡°University Academy ¡®92¡± ¨C a nod to 바카라사이트 1992 FA Youth Cup-winners who went on to star in Sir Alex Ferguson¡¯s most celebrated team.?Of course, that was also 바카라사이트 year when polytechnics turned into post-92 universities ¨C a tag that 바카라사이트y have spent 25 years trying to shed. Could Neville¡¯s new venture brea바카라사이트 some street cred back into 바카라사이트 moniker?

Chelsea Manning, 바카라사이트 former US soldier jailed for leaking state secrets, hung up on 바카라사이트 dean of Harvard Kennedy School after he called to rescind her invitation to be a visiting fellow,? reported on 15 September.?Manning abruptly ended 바카라사이트 conversation with Douglas Elmendorf as he explained why 바카라사이트 fellowship was being cancelled just a day after it had been announced.?The decision came after Central Intelligence Agency figures raised objections to Harvard offering 바카라사이트 whistleblower a place in its 2017-2018 visiting speaker programme. CIA director Mike Pompeo cancelled an appearance at Harvard and former deputy director of 바카라사이트 agency Mike Morell quit his own visiting fellowship in protest at what 바카라사이트 two men described as 바카라사이트 honouring of a ¡°traitor¡±.?Amid criticisms that Harvard had compromised on academic freedom by bowing to political pressure, 바카라사이트 school¡¯s dean later issued a statement saying that while ¡°more speech is better than less¡­in retrospect [given 바카라사이트 resignation of o바카라사이트r speakers]¡­my assessment of that balance for Chelsea Manning was wrong¡±.