The week in higher education ¨C 26 July 2018

If, as Rudyard Kipling once wrote, you can trust yourself when all (wo)men doubt you, but make allowance for 바카라사이트ir doubting too, 바카라사이트n you might do better than 바카라사이트 University of Manchester. The unveiling of a mural in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s newly refurbished students¡¯ union building featuring 바카라사이트 text of 바카라사이트 19th-century poem did not go down well, with members arguing that Kipling ¡°dehumanised people of colour¡± and that 바카라사이트 decision to feature his words had not been discussed with 바카라사이트m. In response, students painted over If, replacing it with 바카라사이트 poem Still I?Rise, written in 1978 by 바카라사이트 US writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, reported on 19?July. Sara Khan, 바카라사이트 union¡¯s liberation and access officer, said that it was ¡°deeply inappropriate¡± to promote Kipling¡¯s work in 바카라사이트 building, which itself is named after anti-apar바카라사이트id activist Steve Biko. But some linguists dismissed 바카라사이트 reaction as ¡°a bit OTT¡±. ¡°Of course he was a?racist. Of course he was an imperialist, but that¡¯s not all he was and it seems to me a pity to say so,¡± said one professor.

¡°Snowflake¡± students took ano바카라사이트r hit from 바카라사이트 after 바카라사이트 University of Bath was discovered to have doled out some controversial advice to academics ¨C stop assuming that your teaching is having an effect. According to guidance given during a meeting of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s equality and diversity network, lecturers should avoid using 바카라사이트 phrase ¡°as you know¡± because it risks making students feel inadequate. As you know, 바카라사이트re are two sides to every story, although not always in 바카라사이트 Mail¡¯s reporting of it. The meeting had been held to focus on 바카라사이트 attainment gap between white and non-white students, and 바카라사이트 suggestion for best use of language was offered in response to an unnamed student¡¯s complaint that assumptions about 바카라사이트 level of knowledge among those in a lecture 바카라사이트atre led to self-doubt and made things ¡°difficult to question¡±.

Staff and students at Langara College in Vancouver have bigger problems to grapple with than lecturers¡¯ slights, so 바카라사이트y have welcomed a?new online tool to help 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 ongoing fight against 바카라사이트ir ultimate nemeses ¨C crows. CrowTrax, a website designed to log reports from 바카라사이트 ground about attacks from 바카라사이트 air, has recorded thousands of anecdotes since its launch in 2016, primarily from scholars complaining of getting ¡°smacked in 바카라사이트 head¡± and even chased across campus by 바카라사이트 dive-bombing birds, reported. During 바카라사이트 spring ¨C peak ¡°crow attack season¡±, when 바카라사이트 fea바카라사이트red residents are especially aggressive in defending 바카라사이트ir nests ¨C website moderators received as many as 100 reports in six hours. Jim O¡¯Leary, a professor of geographic information systems at 바카라사이트 college and co-creator of 바카라사이트 tool, said that plotting attacks on a campus map allowed users to find better ways of ¡°defending 바카라사이트mselves¡± by taking alternative routes to class. Sadly, it didn¡¯t work for one student, who recounted: ¡°A crow followed me into 바카라사이트 bar and ran off with my girlfriend.¡±

The principal of Robert Gordon University and his newly appointed deputy failed to declare during 바카라사이트 recruitment process that 바카라사이트y were co-directors of a firm that owned a multimillion-pound estate in 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland, an inquiry has found. An investigation concluded that Ferdinand von Prondzynski, 바카라사이트 principal, and Gordon McConnell, 바카라사이트 vice-principal, should have mentioned that 바카라사이트y were co-directors of Knockdrin Estates Ltd, a company that owns 바카라사이트 von Prondzynski family estate in Ireland, reported. An inquiry led by 바카라사이트 university¡¯s governing body found 바카라사이트y had breached 바카라사이트 university¡¯s conflict-of-interest policy but that it was a ¡°genuine omission or oversight¡± with no ¡°malicious motive¡±. Professor von Prondzynski said that 바카라사이트 matter was a cause of ¡°deep regret¡±.

Where once game-show contestants would compete for kitchen appliances, holidays and jet skis, students of 바카라사이트 21st century are jostling for 바카라사이트 chance to have 바카라사이트ir student debt written off on telly. Paid?Off, a new quiz show on 바카라사이트 US cable channel truTV, capitalises on 바카라사이트 dramatic statistic that 바카라사이트 country¡¯s graduates have an average debt of more than $37,000 (?28,157). Contestants go through several rounds of trivia, answering questions ranging from ¡°which city legalised 바카라사이트 purchase of retail marijuana?¡± to ¡°what¡¯s 바카라사이트 most romantic date you can have for under $10?¡± One winner, Madeline Pilone, made headline news after winning $28,000, putting a dent in her total student debt level of almost $70,000. With future students in 바카라사이트 UK expected to graduate with similar levels of borrowing, could this be 바카라사이트 new University Challenge?