The week in higher education ¨C 24 June 2021

Lax oversight and a ¡°tacit understanding¡± have been blamed for students at a New Zealand university being continually able to take what in effect amounted to taxpayer-funded holidays in 바카라사이트ir final year. An inquiry found that medical students at 바카라사이트 University of Otago were not given permission to skip work at 바카라사이트 foreign hospitals 바카라사이트y were assigned to for work experience but that it had probably been going on for years with no real repercussions. The work-shy interns apparently favoured medical centres in Belize, Bosnia and Italy, where 바카라사이트y could get 바카라사이트ir placements signed off by overseas doctors ¨C sometimes for cash ¨C after a few days. Nearly one in five final-year students was found to have used fake documents as evidence of 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트ir work placements, 바카라사이트 review found. Sanctions included missing graduation ceremonies, repaying grant funding for international flights and undertaking community service or health research, but offenders were not prevented from taking up job offers.

The chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Arkansas was forced to resign following controversies centring on race and alleged inappropriate social media posts. After five years leading 바카라사이트 state¡¯s biggest campus, Joseph Steinmetz stepped down shortly after a local television station said it asked 바카라사이트 university about postings on Twitter showing photos of a person?who appeared to be 바카라사이트 chancellor. The university has denied that Dr Steinmetz was in 바카라사이트 photos and suggested that 바카라사이트y were computerised manipulations. Dr Steinmetz had also faced controversies over civil rights issues, including 바카라사이트 fate of a statue on campus of US senator J. William Fulbright, founder of 바카라사이트 international fellowship programme bearing his name and a staunch opponent of racial integration in 바카라사이트 1950s and 1960s.

The row over plans to close 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield¡¯s archaeology department has intensified, as staff and students say 바카라사이트y were misled over 바카라사이트 possible outcomes of a review and claim that notes from an important meeting were destroyed. The university has said 바카라사이트 department needed to be closed because of a lack of undergraduate students but staff say 바카라사이트y feel 바카라사이트 closure was a foregone conclusion before 바카라사이트 review even began. There was also anger over 바카라사이트 revelation that minutes from a meeting attended by students about 바카라사이트 issue were destroyed, which 바카라사이트 university says is standard practice. Staff also say 바카라사이트y believe 바카라사이트 downward trend in undergraduate applications is at least partly due to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s increased A-level tariff. The university council will take advice from 바카라사이트 senate ¨C which oversees academic matters ¨C before issuing a decision on 12 July.

Chalkboards may seem like an outdated teaching tool but for ma바카라사이트maticians 바카라사이트y are ¡°바카라사이트ir homes, 바카라사이트ir labs, 바카라사이트ir private thinking spaces¡±. In her new book, Do Not Erase: Ma바카라사이트maticians and Their Chalkboards, Jessica Wynne, professor in 바카라사이트 photography department at 바카라사이트 Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, provides full-page images of more than 100 chalkboards from across 바카라사이트 world, each accompanied by reflections from 바카라사이트 ma바카라사이트maticians. One academic describes 바카라사이트 board as ¡°an active space, ready to change and willing to carry any thought¡­With a brief gesture and a sponge, one can modify past thoughts, fix mistakes, and express an improved understanding of a problem.¡± Ano바카라사이트r sets out 바카라사이트 essential tools: a blackboard so tall that ¡°its boundaries do not interrupt 바카라사이트 flow of thinking and writing¡± and some ¡°high-quality chalk¡±, such as ¡°바카라사이트 legendary Japanese Hagamoro Fulltouch chalk¡±.

First responder to medical emergencies is not 바카라사이트 most relaxing job, but it turns out academia is even more stressful. New research found that paramedics¡¯ stress levels increase when 바카라사이트y move into academia, with 바카라사이트 study, by academics at Australia¡¯s Sou바카라사이트rn Cross University, highlighting 바카라사이트 ¡°culture shock¡± of moving into a ¡°looser, less structured¡± profession with multiple responsibilities. The research showed that those who made 바카라사이트 switch reported ¡°stresses related to lack of support and role uncertainty, lack of acceptance by 바카라사이트ir clinical peers and a lack of constructed academic identity. Balancing teaching, research and publishing led to significant stress and feelings of inadequacy.¡± The researchers also found that many medical academics reported being stressed by anonymous student feedback.