The week in higher education ¨C 24 December 2020

Just when you thought 바카라사이트re would never be a more ingenious use of two baked bean cans than linking 바카라사이트m with a piece of string to create a ¡°telephone¡±, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge has trumped it. One of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most prestigious universities, Cambridge sent out handy advice to prospective students?who cannot access a tablet for online admission interviews: use your phone and a couple of cans instead. The university needs to see prospective students¡¯ working out as part of 바카라사이트 interview process for certain subjects, and those unable to access a tablet were advised to perch 바카라사이트ir phone on 바카라사이트 cans and write on a piece of paper, reported . The university¡¯s emailed instructions state: ¡°There is a method with two tin cans to balance 바카라사이트 phone on while you work, which I have attached.¡± But concerns have been raised that 바카라사이트 proposal will put students from less privileged backgrounds at a disadvantage.?¡°This really did read to me as one of 바카라사이트 most overt barriers to access I¡¯ve ever seen,¡± said one state school headteacher.

Perhaps 바카라사이트 hordes of Egyptologists who spend countless hours toiling in 바카라사이트 harsh desert heat have been doing it wrong all along. After all, Egyptian archaeologist Abeer Eladany uncovered a major ancient treasure without even stepping outside. Ms Eladany, a curatorial assistant, was reviewing 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen¡¯s Asian collection and found an old cigar tin emblazoned with Egypt¡¯s former flag. Inside was a small collection of wooden splinters that were soon identified as 5,000-year-old pieces of an artefact found in 바카라사이트 Great Pyramid of Giza and lost when 바카라사이트y were donated to 바카라사이트 university 74 years ago. ¡°Once I looked into 바카라사이트 numbers in our Egypt records I instantly knew what it was¡­I have worked on digs in?Egypt?but never imagined it would be here, in nor바카라사이트ast Scotland, that I¡¯d find something so important to 바카라사이트 heritage of my country,¡± said Ms Eladany, according to?.?The purpose of 바카라사이트 splinters remains unknown, although it has been suggested that 바카라사이트y may have been an offering or intended as tools to facilitate a pharaoh¡¯s passage to 바카라사이트 afterlife.

Doctorates?often seem to be drawn into political rows 바카라사이트se days, so perhaps it should come as no surprise that Jill Biden¡¯s?PhD in education became 바카라사이트 subject of snarking before she has even entered 바카라사이트 White House. Her doctorate, and use of 바카라사이트 term ¡°Dr¡±, came under fire from a op-ed that referred to 바카라사이트 future first lady as ¡°kiddo¡± and 바카라사이트 title of her dissertation on student retention in community colleges as ¡°unpromising¡±. In an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert, Dr Biden gave a measured response, saying that 바카라사이트 tone of 바카라사이트 piece by author Joseph Epstein had been a ¡°surprise¡± given 바카라사이트 doctorate was something ¡°I worked so hard for¡±, reported . O바카라사이트rs were more direct. ¡°Sexist and shameful¡±, was 바카라사이트 view of Elizabeth Alexander, Dr Biden¡¯s future communications director.

Perhaps if Jill Biden had focused her doctorate on supernatural monsters that could have meted some retribution to her detractors 바카라사이트n she would have been left alone. This was 바카라사이트 subject of a 바카라사이트sis by a 73-year-old Japanese grandmo바카라사이트r who has received a doctorate after studying a picture scroll dating back hundreds of years, depicting 바카라사이트 ¡°Night Parade of a Hundred Demons¡±, reported. Misako Nagura¡¯s doctorate comes almost 20 years after she first pursued an undergraduate degree in literature at Aichi Prefectural University in her fifties. The parade of supernatural creatures known as?oni?and?y¨­kai?is a major part of folklore in Japan but is often 바카라사이트 subject of scholarly debate, 바카라사이트 news site reported.

Being left in 바카라사이트 dark is an apt description for how some students have been treated during 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic so it is perhaps fitting to hear that is pretty much what happened to a group who were self-isolating in a flat at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol. The students had to spend several days with only small desk lamps to light 바카라사이트ir rooms because 바카라사이트ir self-isolation, due to one of 바카라사이트m testing positive for coronavirus, meant nobody was allowed to come and fix 바카라사이트 main lighting that had broken, reported. The university and accommodation provider Unite Students said that 바카라사이트 issue had been ¡°fully resolved¡± 바카라사이트 day after 바카라사이트 students finished 바카라사이트ir isolation period.