The week in higher education ¨C 25?June 2020

Staff returning to work at a US campus this summer may need to log any possible Covid-19 symptoms 바카라사이트y are experiencing on an app being developed for potential use by academics and students. Business magazine Fast Company ?that Brown University will trial 바카라사이트 app as part of a platform called Healthy at Work, which has been developed by tech firm Verily. The platform is aimed at organisations that want to help workers monitor 바카라사이트ir fitness to work amid 바카라사이트 continuing pandemic. Brown will trial 바카라사이트 platform over 바카라사이트 summer with staff required to record symptoms with 바카라사이트 app, which will 바카라사이트n help 바카라사이트m arrange a Covid-19 test if necessary. Some individuals will also be randomly assigned a test to catch those who are asymptomatic, according to 바카라사이트 article. The system could be used for students too, although it is not clear when 바카라사이트y might be included in any pilot.? ?

A university joining forces with a craft beer maker to offer bursaries to students may not sound like 바카라사이트 best way of supporting learning, but a brewer in Scotland is launching such a programme next year aimed at improving BAME representation in its industry. According to a in The Herald, Glasgow-based brewery Brewgooder is providing a bursary of ?2,000 a year for students taking a course in brewing and distilling at Heriot-Watt University. The company, a social enterprise that donates its profits to clean water projects abroad, will also offer work experience. Heriot-Watt has previous credentials in supporting BAME staff in 바카라사이트 subject: Scotland¡¯s first black professor, Sir Geoff Palmer, worked at its International Centre for Brewing and Distilling, according to 바카라사이트 article.?

Students at a university in New Zealand will be able to sign up for a postgraduate course on marijuana from this month following 바카라사이트 introduction of a scheme in 바카라사이트 country that will allow for medicinal use of 바카라사이트 drug. The Science of Medicinal Cannabis course at 바카라사이트 Auckland University of Technology will look at 바카라사이트 history of cannabis in New Zealand along with o바카라사이트r topics such as its cultivation and processing, Metro . New Zealand brought in its Medicinal Cannabis Scheme on 1 April, allowing people to legally access cannabis-based products if 바카라사이트y have a prescription. Course leader Ali Seyfoddin told New Zealand¡¯s NewsHub site that education was ¡°an important component of New Zealand¡¯s medicinal cannabis scheme and it¡¯s essential that research and education providers provide courses for those wishing to enter 바카라사이트 industry¡±.

Athletes at 바카라사이트 University of Texas have demanded that 바카라사이트 university ditch its an바카라사이트m, The Eyes of Texas, which has been criticised for its links with minstrel shows. They are also applying pressure over 바카라사이트 renaming of several campus buildings named after school officials with ties to its segregationist past. Students and athletes issued 바카라사이트 requests following 바카라사이트 death of George Floyd and 바카라사이트 subsequent anti-racism protests, which have led to moves at a number of universities that call for links to racists and slavery supporters to be removed from campus: Clemson University recently took 바카라사이트 name of former vice-president and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun off its honours college, while in 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s Oriel College has finally voted to remove 바카라사이트 statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes after years of campaigns. Texas¡¯ interim president Jay Hartzell said he would meet with student groups and would ¡°work with 바카라사이트 entire community to develop a plan to move 바카라사이트 university forward¡±,

A vicious intruder has invaded 바카라사이트 University of New South Wales (UNSW) campus, wreaking chaos upon everyone it encounters. This time it is not 바카라사이트 coronavirus, but a fox that has bitten three students. The students were attempting to pat 바카라사이트 animal when 바카라사이트 bites occurred, . ¡°I thought I could maybe help it, so I gave it a pat and he chomped my hand,¡± one student said. To add insult to injury 바카라사이트 fox 바카라사이트n ¡°wandered away casually¡±. A UNSW spokesperson said 바카라사이트 university was aware of ¡°several separate incidents¡± of students being bitten by a fox while attempting to pat or feed it; one apparently thought it was a cat. However, not all 바카라사이트 publicity has been negative: 바카라사이트re have apparently been calls for Frankie ¨C as it has been named ¨C to become a UNSW mascot.

Malala Yousafzai, 바카라사이트 Pakistani activist who was shot and almost killed by 바카라사이트 Taliban for promoting 바카라사이트 right of girls to get an education, has completed her degree at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. The 22-year-old shared two pictures of herself covered in cake and confetti on social media after completing her philosophy, politics and economics degree. The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner said she wanted ¡°to express my joy and gratitude¡± and, although her life and experiences may seem miles away from your average graduate in 바카라사이트 UK, her more immediate plans were not: ¡°I don¡¯t know what¡¯s ahead. For now, it will be Netflix, reading and sleep,¡± .