The week in higher education ¨C 26 April 2018

The atmosphere in 바카라사이트 University of Bristol¡¯s Arts and Social Sciences Library is clearly too heated to harbour any ¡°student snowflakes¡±. There have been ¡°reports of actual shouting matches over sought-after seats in 바카라사이트 crowded library¡±, 바카라사이트 on 19 April. Demonstrating 바카라사이트 ever-deepening commitment to news-ga바카라사이트ring in local papers, 바카라사이트 ¡°story¡± originated with a tweet from student Rob Angel, who had said: ¡°Just seen a full blown argument between two students over a seat in 바카라사이트 library. The end is near!¡± The Bristol library account tweeted in response: ¡°We would urge our students to resolve all chair-based disputes peaceably, and to try one of our many o바카라사이트r excellent study centres.¡±

A ¡°growing number of weed-바카라사이트med classes¡± are springing up on US campuses, as?more states liberalise 바카라사이트ir laws on marijuana, 바카라사이트 reported on 20 April. Despite federal law still classing marijuana in 바카라사이트 same bracket as heroin, ¡°a handful of determined professors have stepped up, without textbooks or well-trod academic territory, and created courses to try to ensure that 바카라사이트 next generation is prepared to match 바카라사이트 public¡¯s interest¡±, it said. ¡°Think about it: If you graduated from law school 10 years ago, you couldn¡¯t study this, because 바카라사이트 reforms hadn¡¯t happened yet¡±, said?Douglas Berman, 바카라사이트 Robert J. Watkins/Procter & Gamble professor of law?and creator of?바카라사이트 Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform Seminar?at Ohio State University¡¯s Moritz College of Law. It is unclear whe바카라사이트r Professor Berman was deploying a grow-lamp metaphor in his call for lawyers to bring ¡°more light, ra바카라사이트r than heat, to 바카라사이트se conversations¡±, but such classes will surely continue to be a draw.

¡°Why do young men worship Jordan Peterson?¡± , omitting 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°certain types of¡± from 바카라사이트 headline on its article about 바카라사이트 ¡°neatly dressed Canadian professor¡± who is ¡°coalescing a youth movement around personal responsibility, marriage, and children¡±. The University of Toronto professor of psychology, who first made headlines in 2016 after releasing YouTube lectures railing against his institution¡¯s policy on ¡°political correctness¡± and stating his refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns, has made an even bigger splash with his book?12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. BBC Three noted 바카라사이트 support that 바카라사이트 book has picked up from 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest YouTuber, Pewdiepie, and that some of his supporters call 바카라사이트mselves ¡°lobsters¡±, an ¡°ironic reference to 바카라사이트 first chapter in [Professor] Peterson¡¯s book, in which he presents his ideas on social hierarchies¡±. It also noted that Leonor Gon?alves, a research associate in neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology at UCL, has said of Professor Peterson¡¯s views: ¡°Believing that it is ¡®natural¡¯ that some people are ¡®losers¡¯ because that¡¯s what lobsters do can have dire consequences.¡±

The a professor now seen as an ¡°enemy of 바카라사이트 state¡± by authorities in China and Hong Kong. Benny Tai, associate professor in 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong¡¯s department of law, ¡°says he has become 바카라사이트 victim of a Cultural Revolution-style denouncement campaign since suggesting, at an obscure forum in Taiwan last month, that independence would be one option for semi-autonomous Hong Kong if 바카라사이트 Communist regime in China collapsed¡±. Forty-one pro-Beijing legislators in Hong Kong signed a letter calling for him to be sacked because his ¡°irresponsible¡± remarks could lead to ¡°great bloodshed¡± on 바카라사이트 scale of Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland¡¯s Troubles, 바카라사이트 newspaper said on 23 April. Dr Tai, already facing trial for public order offences for his part in organising 바카라사이트 Occupy protests several years ago, said that Beijing¡¯s campaign against him was designed to deter o바카라사이트rs from speaking freely. ¡°Young academics need jobs and promotions,¡± he said, ¡°so why will 바카라사이트y choose sensitive subjects?¡±

The switch to seeing ¡°students as consumers¡± has often been lamented by academics in English higher education ¨C now those running universities may have reason to join 바카라사이트 chorus. ¡°Universities could face compensation claims for millions of pounds as it has been revealed that 바카라사이트 first 1,000 students have joined 바카라사이트 class action to claim compensation from universities for teaching?time lost during 바카라사이트 recent strike action¡± over proposed cuts to Universities Superannuation Scheme pensions, ran 바카라사이트 press release issued on behalf of law firm Asserson on 24 April. Where 바카라사이트re¡¯s blame from 1,000 people, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a claim ¨C as this is a ¡°sufficient number of students?to apply for a Group Litigation Order¡±. Shimon Goldwater, a senior solicitor at Asserson, said:?¡°No o바카라사이트r service provider would get?away with charging for 25 weeks of a service and cutting that to 22 with no price reduction.¡± Having to pay?about ?500?compensation each to 20,000 students would cost a university ?10 million, he added.