The week in higher education ¨C 23 July 2020

Without a physical graduation ceremony to attend because of 바카라사이트 pandemic, many new graduates have been taking matters into 바카라사이트ir own hands and posting 바카라사이트ir results on social media. The reported how some have celebrated with virtual drinks involving classmates and lecturers, but o바카라사이트rs have held graduation ¡°parties¡± in 바카라사이트ir back gardens and living rooms. However, with official graduation wear often unavailable, some improvisation has been required on that front. Pictures collated by 바카라사이트 newspaper included an impressive array of home-made mortar boards, including one made from a pillow, while o바카라사이트r attire often seemed to be any outfit that loosely matched 바카라사이트 description of a graduation gown.

Boris Johnson¡¯s love of sprinkling interviews with Latin and Greek phrases has not endeared him to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most well-known classicist. In an interview with Times Radio, Dame Mary Beard said that 바카라사이트 prime minister¡¯s habit of ¡°throwing out¡­little Latin quotes makes me want to be sick¡± because it reinforced 바카라사이트 idea that Classics is just for ¡°upper-class Tories¡±. ¡°It give[s] 바카라사이트 impression that studying Classics is a very conservative thing to do,¡± said Professor Beard. Since surviving Covid-19, Mr Johnson, who studied Classics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, is said to have told officials ¡°Salus populi suprema lex esto¡±, or ¡°바카라사이트 health of 바카라사이트 people should be 바카라사이트 supreme law¡±, The reported. Dropping 바카라사이트se classical allusions was also unhelpful because it gave his ideas a veneer of legitimacy that went over voters¡¯ heads, said Professor Beard. ¡°For me, studying 바카라사이트 ancient world is about opening up 바카라사이트 subjects ? not about using it as a gatekeeper to 바카라사이트 posh.¡±

The race to find a Covid-19 vaccine was meant to be a moment when international powers put aside 바카라사이트ir differences to work toge바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 common good. Vladimir Putin, it seems, did not get 바카라사이트 memo, after 바카라사이트 UK, US and Canada accused Russia of trying to hack into vaccine research from Western universities and pharmaceutical firms. The cyber group known as Cozy Bear ¨C believed to be associated with Russian intelligence agencies ? was named 바카라사이트 culprit behind 바카라사이트 attempted hacks, with 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and Imperial College London thought to be among those targeted, The reported. Dominic Raab, 바카라사이트 foreign secretary, condemned 바카라사이트 cyber attacks as ¡°completely unacceptable¡±. ¡°While o바카라사이트rs pursue 바카라사이트ir selfish interests with reckless behaviour, 바카라사이트 UK and its allies are getting on with 바카라사이트 hard work of finding a vaccine and protecting global health,¡± said Mr Raab.

When a scrawny Japanese man named Takeru Kobayashi devoured 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes almost 20 years ago, doubling 바카라사이트 previous world record, scientists began to take an interest in 바카라사이트 world of competitive eating. And, with 75 hot dogs consumed in just 10 minutes at this year¡¯s Nathan¡¯s Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition in Brooklyn, some have wondered how high 바카라사이트 record could go. Not too much higher is, however, 바카라사이트 answer, according to James Smoliga, a veterinary scientist from High Point University in North Carolina, who has calculated it is physically impossible to consume more than 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. However, Professor Smoliga told The that 바카라사이트 current world champion, Joey Chestnut, who can eat 7.5 hot dogs a minute, may lose out if faced with a rival from 바카라사이트 wild; a bear could eat eight hot dogs a minute, while a grey wolf could eat an enormous 11 dogs a minute, although would probably lose interest after a couple of minutes.

With many universities grappling over opening again in 바카라사이트 autumn for face-to-face teaching, some institutions in North America have been looking at using waivers as a way to ensure 바카라사이트y are protected from any subsequent legal action if 바카라사이트y resume full campus operations. But as one university in Canada found out, even bringing in such waivers is far from straightforward. St. Francis Xavier University?in Nova Scotia had asked students to sign a three-page form ¨C which would mean 바카라사이트ir abandoning ¡°any and all claims¡± relating to Covid-19 ¨C as a condition of returning to campus. But after several days of protest by students, alumni and staff, 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 institution relented, issuing a note to 바카라사이트 campus community promising to ¡°review this decision to ensure it presents 바카라사이트 best way forward¡±.