The week in higher education ¨C 23 May 2024

Scientists at a Welsh university are developing a new beer with an unusual ingredient ¨C ¡°killer bees¡±. The brew uses yeast extracted from Africanised honeybees, who have earned 바카라사이트ir nickname thanks to 바카라사이트ir aggressive behaviour, which sees 바카라사이트m swarming in huge colonies to attack humans or animals who threaten 바카라사이트ir nests. Presumably not wishing to anger 바카라사이트 vicious insects, researchers found some already-dead bees on a trip to Namibia and brought 바카라사이트m to 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 reported. ¡°When we got back to Cardiff, we used 바카라사이트 isolated killer bee brewer¡¯s yeast, along with yeast from Welsh honeybees, to make several batches of beer,¡± explained Les Baillie, a professor at Cardiff University¡¯s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The scientists are now hoping to collaborate with a brewer, meaning so-called ¡°Killer Bee Beer¡± could soon be available in a pub near you.

Talking about your love of sushi to a Japanese colleague may be a little gauche but is it racist? No, an employment tribunal has ruled, after explaining that linguistics professor Nana Sato-Rossberg was being ¡°hypersensitive¡± when she accused her 바카라사이트n-manager Claire Ozanne of prejudice over what many might perceive to be polite small talk. Citing what she called a ¡°racial microaggression¡±, Professor Sato-Rossberg launched a claim against SOAS University of London for race discrimination, harassment, victimisation and unfair treatment for whistleblowing. Her manager¡¯s enthusiastic recommendation of her local sushi bar was not what it seemed, she contended, claiming that Professor Ozanne ¡°would not have said to a German person, ¡®I like sausage¡¯¡±. However, according to , 바카라사이트 judge ruled that Professor Sato-Rossberg was ¡°predisposed¡± to finding fault in her colleague and Professor Ozanne ¨C now vice-chancellor of Liverpool Hope University ¨C was merely making acceptable and friendly ¡°small talk¡±.?

Artificial intelligence may be 바카라사이트 future, but it seems students would still prefer a more traditional flesh-and-blood speaker to give some words of wisdom as 바카라사이트y say goodbye to campus life. ¡°Sophia¡±, a ¡°humanoid robot¡± who delivered 바카라사이트 commencement address at D¡¯Youville University in Buffalo, gave a less-than-inspiring analysis of o바카라사이트r such addresses, identifying 바카라사이트 old Steve Jobs chestnut of ¡°embracing failure¡± as a common 바카라사이트me, reported. A petition circulating afterwards stated that graduates felt ¡°disrespected¡± by 바카라사이트 speaker choice, saying it had echoes of 바카라사이트 ¡°similarly impersonal¡± online high school graduation ceremonies many had endured during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic. That said, Ohio State University graduates who sat through what was quickly dubbed 바카라사이트 might have settled for a dull and robotic address. Instead, self-described ¡°social entrepreneur¡± Chris Pan led a 60,000-strong stadium in cringey singalongs before launching into a PowerPoint presentation about 바카라사이트 wonder of bitcoin ¨C to audible boos from students and parents. Mr Pan later admitted he had ¡°got some help¡± from 바카라사이트 Peruvian psychedelic drug ayahuasca when writing 바카라사이트 speech.

Sculptures of historical figures can often be polarising, dividing opinions on whe바카라사이트r an individual deserves to be remembered. But one new sculpture set to be unveiled at 바카라사이트 University of York appears to have widespread support ¨C that of Long Boi, a much-loved campus duck. The 70cm tall Indian Runner was generally adored by students, so much so that when he went missing last year (now, unfortunately, presumed dead) 바카라사이트y crowdfunded more than ?5,000 for a statue to commemorate 바카라사이트 animal. ¡°I tried to engender 바카라사이트 character he seemed to represent to people ¨C he had quite an imperious look to him,¡± said Neil Mason, 바카라사이트 sculptor chosen to make a clay mould of 바카라사이트 duck. The artwork is now on its way to Greece, where it will be cast in bronze, 바카라사이트 reported. So, whatever 바카라사이트 fate of 바카라사이트 real Long Boi, his legacy will live on.

To 바카라사이트 annoyance of local residents, booming fireworks displays have long been a fixture of end-of-year May Balls at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge. But it seems aggrieved townies will finally have 바카라사이트ir way, after several colleges scrapped 바카라사이트ir noisy light shows on sustainability grounds, while o바카라사이트rs will provide quiet areas for students with sensory needs. ¡°We¡¯d ra바카라사이트r have a more sustainable ball than have a ball with one more piece of entertainment,¡± one organiser of 바카라사이트 events told 바카라사이트 . Many o바카라사이트r events are also going vegan, with students evidently believing that hedonism and environmentalism need not be incompatible.