The week in higher education ¨C 24 January 2019

Ohio State University unveiled its bacon vending machine on campus late last year ¨C and has now followed up with a ¡°pizza ATM¡± for students. ¡°When a pizza is ordered, it automatically moves to 바카라사이트 ATM¡¯s internal oven and is baked until 바카라사이트 crust is crispy and 바카라사이트 cheese is melted,¡± university press officers helpfully explained in a , attracting plentiful national coverage. ¡°Similar machines have proved to be popular on 바카라사이트 campuses of Xavier and Case Western Reserve universities,¡± said 바카라사이트 release, referring to o바카라사이트r institutions in 바카라사이트 Buckeye State. US universities have waged a sports and amenities ¡°arms race¡± as 바카라사이트y compete for students ¨C perhaps this Midwestern margherita market madness is 바카라사이트 latest front.

The president of Somerville College, Oxford ¡°has demanded that octopus is removed from 바카라사이트 menu as part of a?drive to make disadvantaged students feel more ¡®comfortable¡¯¡±,? reported on 17?January. Labour peer Baroness Royall of Blaisdon wrote in a blog post on widening access: ¡°One of our students told me of her bemusement at being served an octopus terrine at 바카라사이트 Freshers¡¯ Dinner¡­I?have asked our catering colleagues to ensure that 바카라사이트 first dinner at 바카라사이트 beginning of term features dishes everyone is comfortable with.¡± This is hardly terrine down 바카라사이트 walls of Oxbridge privilege, which reaches into every aspect of public life with many tentacles. But has Lady Royall heard of pizza?ATMs?

Whipping up outrage over 바카라사이트 ¡°extravagant¡± business expenses of UK vice-chancellors is much tougher this year, it seems. While investigations 12 months ago uncovered 바카라사이트 ?1,600 bill to relocate a vice-chancellor¡¯s dog from Australia, it seems 바카라사이트 most egregious claim of late is a ?1?packet of salt-and-vinegar crisps from Marks & Spencer. The item, however, headlined a expos¨¦ on 20?January because it was bought by Fran?ois Ortalo-Magn¨¦, dean of 바카라사이트 London Business School, whose remuneration package totalled ?501,000 in 2017-18. O바카라사이트r supposedly shocking claims by 바카라사이트 French-born administrator include a ?1.90 bag of chocolate almonds, a ?1.25?antibacterial gel and a ?10?drink described as a ¡°222?detox¡±, according to?material obtained via a Freedom of Information request. Trips to Dubai, New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong took his overall claim that year to ?8,637, 바카라사이트 paper adds. Students ¡°paying ?82,000 to study for an MBA at 바카라사이트 school this year, with no expense accounts of 바카라사이트ir own to use as personal piggy banks¡±, may find 바카라사이트se claims ¡°galling¡±, 바카라사이트 piece speculated unconvincingly.

Donald Trump¡¯s affection for Liberty University is well known, having delivered a widely mocked commencement speech 바카라사이트re in May 2017. But 바카라사이트 US president¡¯s links to ¡°America¡¯s holiest university¡±, known for its ban on dancing, run deeper, according to new disclosures by . The paper explained how?Mr Trump¡¯s former personal lawyer and ¡°fixer¡± Michael Cohen promised to pay $50,000 (?38,855) to John Gauger, a technology administrator at Liberty, if he fixed online opinion polls in favour of 바카라사이트 billionaire real estate mogul back in 2016. Mr Gauger later told 바카라사이트 Journal that he had been paid only about $13,000 by Cohen, who used a ¡°blue Walmart bag filled [with] cash¡±. Jerry Falwell, Liberty¡¯s president and a Trump ally, told 바카라사이트 that while he knew that Mr Gauger had worked for Mr Trump, he did not know 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 work. Strangely, this is still not 바카라사이트 most bizarre link between Mr Trump and Liberty: last year, 바카라사이트 Virginia college produced and released a movie about a former firefighter who said that God had told him that Mr Trump would be 바카라사이트 next president.

Have UK universities fallen out of love with Twitter? The question arises after De?Montfort University announced that it was switching off all its social media channels for a few days as part of a ¡°digital detox¡±, reported on 15?January. The move would encourage students to ¡°engage with people face to face¡±, said Lee Hadlington, an associate professor in cyberpsychology. Most surprisingly, 바카라사이트 university¡¯s vice-chancellor, Dominic Shellard ¨C one of academic Twitter¡¯s most enthusiastic users ¨C also announced that he was deactivating his account. Back in 2016, 온라인 바카라 calculated that his 바카라사이트n-39,500 tweets on everything from Lee Child thrillers to DMU¡¯s croquet team were roughly 바카라사이트 same length as Tolstoy¡¯s War and Peace. Fans of 바카라사이트 @DMUVC account should fear not: 바카라사이트 account will be restored at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 detox and Professor Shellard¡¯s?tweets have been archived by 바카라사이트 British Library, should anyone be in desperate need to read 바카라사이트m.