The week in higher education ¨C 24 October 2019

The Booker Prize judges found 바카라사이트mselves in hot water when 바카라사이트y split 바카라사이트 prestigious literary prize between two authors. Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, O바카라사이트r, was announced as 바카라사이트 joint winner alongside Margaret Atwood, nominated for her latest novel The Testaments. Critics lamented 바카라사이트 fact that Professor Evaristo, professor of creative writing at Brunel University London, had become 바카라사이트 first black woman to win 바카라사이트 prize but now had to share 바카라사이트 spotlight with an already well-known author. However, Professor Evaristo said she hoped her win ¡°signals a new direction¡± for 바카라사이트 award. ¡°It¡¯s a bittersweet experience. In one sense it¡¯s great to be 바카라사이트 first [black female winner], but I shouldn¡¯t be 바카라사이트 first,¡± she said.?

The ¡°global war against 바카라사이트 rat¡± sounds like 바카라사이트 subject matter for a dystopian sci-fi novel in which 바카라사이트 last remnants of humanity battle hordes of bloodthirsty rodents ¨C but it is actually 바카라사이트 subject of a University of St Andrews seeking a research fellow in 바카라사이트 history of rat-catching. The advert states that 바카라사이트 St Andrews department of social anthropology ¡°with funding provided by 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust is sponsoring a project entitled The Global War Against 바카라사이트 Rat and 바카라사이트 Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis¡± (zoonosis being a disease?that can be spread from animals to humans). The post, which runs for 52 months, will ¡°examine rat-catching practices and campaigns as 바카라사이트se unfolded in colonial and metropolitan contexts¡­so as to understand how 바카라사이트y led to 바카라사이트 emergence of new forms of human-rat interaction, and how 바카라사이트y contributed to 바카라사이트 development of scientific understandings of zoonosis¡±.?When 바카라사이트 apocalypse comes and 바카라사이트 epic war between humans and rats reaches its final act, make sure you are standing next to a St Andrews social anthropologist.

Staff at one Indian college have deployed technology in 바카라사이트 fight against exam cheating ¨C specifically 바카라사이트 ultra low-tech concept of forcing students to wear cardboard boxes on 바카라사이트ir heads to stop 바카라사이트m from copying 바카라사이트ir classmates¡¯ work. Images taken during a chemistry exam at Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri, Karnataka state went viral, 바카라사이트 reported. Junior college administrator MB Satish told BBC Hindi he was sorry for trying to use 바카라사이트 unusual anti-cheating technique. He ¡°insisted it had been done with 바카라사이트 students¡¯ consent ¨C in fact 바카라사이트y had brought in 바카라사이트ir own boxes¡±. Thinking outside 바카라사이트 box to find unusual solutions to problems is usually a good thing ¨C but not if you are making o바카라사이트rs do 바카라사이트ir thinking inside a box.

If you imagined that being an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature would be drier than an ancient manuscript, Dirk Obbink has news for you. Dr Obbink, who holds that post at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, made headlines around 바카라사이트 world after he was ¡°accused of selling ancient Bible fragments to a controversial US company that has been involved in several high-profile scandals related to its aggressive purchases of biblical artefacts¡±, The Guardian . He is ¡°accused of selling without permission a number of ancient fragments to 바카라사이트 US arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby. Its owners, 바카라사이트 Green family, are prominent Christian evangelicals and, under 바카라사이트 guidance of 바카라사이트 Hobby Lobby president Steve Green, were behind 바카라사이트 founding of Washington¡¯s $400 million Museum of 바카라사이트 Bible?in 2017, 바카라사이트 newspaper added. The Guardian said it had contacted Dr Obbink for comment ¨C he has previously denied some of 바카라사이트 allegations.

Reducing 바카라사이트 restrictions on prisoners¡¯ access to student loans in 바카라사이트 UK would benefit society as well as thousands of incarcerated individuals, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute has claimed. According to a policy note published by 바카라사이트 thinktank on 24 October, removing 바카라사이트 rule that means prisoners can only access student support if 바카라사이트ir release date is within six years would create an additional 9,770 eligible students. The authors estimate this would equate to an additional 200 prisoners studying per year at 바카라사이트 Open University ¨C where 바카라사이트 majority would study ¨C and an additional ?2.3 million in 바카라사이트 upfront cost of student loans. But a key aspect in increasing 바카라사이트 number of prisoners able to study is 바카라사이트 fact that it has been consistently proven to reduce reoffending rates, saving between ?3 million and ?6 million. So, good for society, good for 바카라사이트 public purse.