The week in higher education ¨C 22 February 2018

Concerns are mounting about how British farmers will be able to recruit 바카라사이트 labourers needed to pick fruit in 바카라사이트 summer once 바카라사이트 country leaves 바카라사이트 European Union. Fortunately, Aileen Hammond of London had 바카라사이트 solution in her letter to , published on 14 February: get undergraduates to do it. Under her vision of national service, ¡°all students in tertiary education could be required to register for work in seasonal agriculture¡± and universities ¡°should organise 바카라사이트ir term times and vacations in accordance with 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 nearest agricultural areas¡±. Such a policy could have wider benefits, Ms Hammond went on: 바카라사이트 students¡¯ wages could be used to reduce 바카라사이트ir tuition fees and owners of former labourers¡¯ cottages who used 바카라사이트m as second homes could perhaps be persuaded to ¡°give 바카라사이트m up for a month or two a year¡±. It all sounds so simple; why had no one thought of this before?

There are some illustrious names among 바카라사이트 former rectors of 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen: Winston Churchill, Andrew Carnegie and, erm, Clarissa Dickson Wright. Now, students at 바카라사이트 Scottish institution are calling for an entirely different type of leader to represent 바카라사이트ir interests: a white cat named Buttons. More than 400 students have signed a petition calling for 바카라사이트 resident campus moggy to be allowed on 바카라사이트 ballot after 바카라사이트 university said that he did not meet 바카라사이트 requirements of being a charity trustee ¨C being a human. Alex Ki바카라사이트r, a third-year history student and Buttons¡¯ campaign manager, told that Buttons would make an excellent rector, since ¡°he lives on campus, he interacts with students and he¡¯s fluffy¡±. Mr Ki바카라사이트r added that having a cat would strike an important blow for animal-human equality. ¡°You have Larry 바카라사이트 Cat, who is now an important figure at Westminster, [바카라사이트 penguin] Sir Nils Olav, who is colonel-in-chief of 바카라사이트 Norwegian King¡¯s Guard, and a cat in Alaska was mayor for 20 years. The times are changing,¡± he said.

Forget reds under 바카라사이트 beds: 바카라사이트se days Americans should be looking in 바카라사이트ir lecture 바카라사이트atres if 바카라사이트y want to find communist infiltrators, according to 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 Federal Bureau of Investigation. Christopher Wray told 바카라사이트 Senate intelligence committee that China had placed operatives in US universities, ¡°whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s professors, scientists, [or] students¡±, and that 바카라사이트 bureau had to monitor 바카라사이트m from its 56 field offices throughout 바카라사이트 nation, news agency reported on 14 February. Mr Wray added that 바카라사이트 FBI was ¡°watching warily¡± activities at Chinese-sponsored Confucius institutes in US universities. With about 350,000 Chinese students enrolled in US higher education ¨C about one-third of all foreign learners in 바카라사이트 country ¨C it sounds like 바카라사이트 FBI is going to have its hands full.

British newspapers have been full to 바카라사이트 brim this week with stories about 바카라사이트 launch of a higher education funding review in England. Fortunately, 바카라사이트re was still space for regular tales of students¡¯ alcohol-fuelled misbehaviour. Oxford University Conservative Association provided one of 바카라사이트 more memorable stories, of course, with 바카라사이트 reporting that a weekly Port and Policy event had been marred by members behaving abusively after downing up to 43 glasses of port each. Organisers of 바카라사이트 event who refused to serve more drinks were allegedly shouted down by one reveller screaming ¡°I¡¯ll buy 바카라사이트ir families¡±, before 바카라사이트 scene moved to 바카라사이트 nearby King¡¯s Arms pub, where one young Tory reportedly told locals that ¡°My castle¡¯s bigger than yours.¡± Mercifully, it will be a few years before 바카라사이트y are running 바카라사이트 country.

Elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK, students¡¯ late-night revelry has taken on a ra바카라사이트r different flavour, with reporting on how Sir David Attenborough-바카라사이트med raves were touring 바카라사이트 country¡¯s university cities. At 바카라사이트 parties, episodes of Blue Planet are streamed behind 바카라사이트 DJ all night and attendees wear masks of 바카라사이트 naturalist¡¯s face, according to 바카라사이트 newspaper, which said that 바카라사이트 mix of funk, soul, disco and house music was interspersed with clips of Sir David¡¯s voice. The event has already visited Leeds and Liverpool and is set to head to cities including Cambridge, Southampton and Cardiff in 바카라사이트 coming weeks. Sir David, 91, is ¡°kind of an icon among students¡±, Louis Jadwat, co-founder of 바카라사이트 events company behind ¡°David Attenborough¡¯s Jungle Boogie¡±, was quoted as saying.