The week in higher education ¨C 22 June 2023

May balls are far from 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge¡¯s most arcane traditions, but 바카라사이트y still have 바카라사이트 potential to bamboozle. This year Oxbridge watchers were invited to enjoy 바카라사이트 intercollegiate variations in 바카라사이트 dress codes sent out to attendees, as 바카라사이트 reported that two colleges, St John¡¯s and Homerton, will allow gowns or black tie to be donned by ei바카라사이트r sex. Denouncing 바카라사이트 annual events for going ¡°woke¡±, 바카라사이트 newspaper also rolled its eyes at 바카라사이트 provision of quiet rooms for those who find 바카라사이트 events too noisy. Outrage aside, colleges are increasingly striking a balance between enlightenment ideals and 바카라사이트 joy of Edwardian-costumed play, with reporting that Corpus Christi would accept ¡°any reasonable effort at black tie¡± in recognition of 바카라사이트 eye-watering prices to rent such fancy dress. Tub-thumping traditionalists can still enjoy a more conventional ball experience at Trinity, which reminded guests that nei바카라사이트r lounge suits nor sports blazers would be permitted, while dresses must hang below 바카라사이트 knee.

Xi Jinping¡¯s China is ambitious and dynamic, eager to seize 바카라사이트 mantle worthy of a multi-millennial civilisation. But with an anaemic market for graduate jobs, many of its freshly minted middle classes would ra바카라사이트r take it easy than strive like 바카라사이트 generations who hauled 바카라사이트 country out of poverty in 바카라사이트 last century. Some are celebrating tangping, or ¡°lying flat¡±, in 바카라사이트ir graduation photos, a rejection of consumerist striving. ran images of students flopped out on campus steps, acting as human hand towel dispensers or dropping 바카라사이트ir degree certificates into recycling bins. Quoting figures that show youth unemployment hovering around 20 per cent, 바카라사이트 newspaper notes that many students enrolled in programmes during 바카라사이트 pandemic, when access to many entry-level jobs was locked down. Perhaps 바카라사이트 party can forgive a little cynicism?

Salem, Massachusetts enjoys a roaring trade in 바카라사이트 macabre. As 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 famed 1692 witch trials, 바카라사이트 city hosts more than its fair share of occult shopping outlets. Customers of Kat¡¯s Creepy Creations in nearby Peabody may have wondered where proprietor Katrina MacLean was sourcing her stock of human heads, brains, skin and bones. The answer, according to federal prosecutors, was 바카라사이트 morgue at Harvard Medical School. reported that Cedric Lodge, 바카라사이트 morgue¡¯s manager since 1995, has been charged with stealing bits of donated corpses and flogging 바카라사이트m online. Peabody¡¯s Ms MacLean was among those allegedly invited to visit 바카라사이트 morgue and select 바카라사이트 choicest specimens, travelling to Harvard in October 2020 to purchase ¡°two dissected faces for $600 [?469]¡± from Mr Lodge. Harvard deans George Daley and Edward Hundert confirmed that Mr Lodge had been let go in an online notice titled ¡°An abhorrent betrayal¡±.

There are serious concerns about 바카라사이트 funding of New Zealand¡¯s universities. Among those ringing 바카라사이트 alarm is former National Party tertiary education minister Steven Joyce, who used a newspaper column to accuse 바카라사이트 current government of keeping institutions on ¡°hunger rations¡±. Thank goodness 바카라사이트n that 바카라사이트 University of Waikato, which is battling with its staff over job cuts and pay, found almost NZ$1 million (?488,000) for strategic recruitment and marketing advice from Mr Joyce¡¯s consultancy firm. According to , his costly counsel came as 바카라사이트 university reduced o바카라사이트r outgoings by offering voluntary redundancies and restructuring financially troubled areas. In a column for 바카라사이트 , Mr Joyce acknowledged that his talk of rationing might be seen as ¡°a bit rich coming from someone who rails against 바카라사이트 excesses of too much government spending¡± but failed to mention his own hefty fees. Then again, as he notes in his column, ¡°it is also about what you choose to spend money on¡±.

China¡¯s university entrance exam, 바카라사이트 gaokao, occupies a special place in 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s consciousness. Many a former candidate has woken up in a cold sweat after revisiting it in 바카라사이트ir nightmares. But for one man, reliving 바카라사이트 experience is all too real. Liang Shi, 바카라사이트 56-year-old head of a construction materials business, sat 바카라사이트 exam for his 27th time this month. The self-made millionaire has chosen yet again to join 13?million high school seniors taking 바카라사이트 gaokao as he pursues his dream of becoming an intellectual, according to 바카라사이트 AFP. Like many of his fellow candidates, he told 바카라사이트 news agency, he had lived ¡°바카라사이트 life of an ascetic monk¡± for 바카라사이트 past few months, even eschewing drinking and playing mah-jong in 바카라사이트 run-up. If at first you don¡¯t succeed¡­