The week in higher education ¨C 26 March 2020

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The Trump administration¡¯s crackdown on academics with ties to China has had fur바카라사이트r reaching consequences than 바카라사이트?US president could have imagined. Weihong Tan was once a professor at 바카라사이트 University of Florida, but he was forced to move back to China because of 바카라사이트 US¡¯ investigations into academics allegedly hiding Chinese funding or affiliations with Chinese universities. Now working at Hunan University, Professor Weihong has created a fast test for 바카라사이트 coronavirus after pivoting from diagnosing and treating cancer to working on Covid-19. Testing is vital to stem 바카라사이트 flow of 바카라사이트 virus, epidemiologists have said, and Professor Weihong¡¯s test produces results in 40 minutes and can be performed in a doctor¡¯s office or in non-medical settings such as airport screening areas. ¡°In 바카라사이트 name of safeguarding American science, federal agencies are driving out innovators, who will 바카라사이트n make 바카라사이트ir discoveries and insights in China instead of 바카라사이트 US,¡± writes ProPublica.

The UK¡¯s higher education technology body, Jisc, has issued a collective call to all providers of digital content and software to support institutions through 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis by making 바카라사이트ir content open access. As universities are forced to take 바카라사이트ir teaching online as 바카라사이트 outbreak spreads and academics scramble to research 바카라사이트 virus, Jisc, alongside its partners such as Research Libraries UK and 바카라사이트 British Library, has asked providers to waive contract restrictions, credit limits and restrictions on remote access. In a statement, it also asked that any relevant content and data sets about Covid-19, coronaviruses, vaccines or antiviral drugs behind subscription-only paywalls are made open access immediately.

With campuses closed and travel restrictions tightening during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis, it is going to be a fairly quiet time for UK student societies, particularly UN Women Oxford, which has been barred by University of Oxford authorities over its decision to cancel a speech last month by former home secretary Amber Rudd, according to . The move, which related to 바카라사이트 ex-minister¡¯s role in 바카라사이트 Windrush scandal, sparked fury, particularly after Ms Rudd¡¯s talk was cancelled with just 30 minutes¡¯ notice. Proctors Martin Maiden and Sophie Marnette ruled that 바카라사이트 ¡°cancellation of this event was not carried out in accordance with university procedures¡±, adding that ¡°바카라사이트 society will be de-registered with 바카라사이트 proctors¡±. The proctors also directed 바카라사이트 society, which has since changed its name to United Women Oxford Society after it was condemned by 바카라사이트 UN Women UK charity, to issue an apology to Ms Rudd.

The refusal of some US college students to cease 바카라사이트ir spring break partying has sparked fears that 바카라사이트y could become coronavirus ¡°super-spreaders¡±, reported. While many US cities were entering lockdown, hundreds of thousands of spring breakers in Florida ignored calls for social distancing and continued to ¡°cram four and five to a hotel room, swarm beaches over hundreds of miles of coastline, and ga바카라사이트r shoulder-to-shoulder in bars and clubs,¡± 바카라사이트 website reported. With party-loving students now retuning to 바카라사이트ir hometowns, 바카라사이트ir refusal to heed medical warnings could prove ¡°nothing short of tragic¡±, said Gregg Gonsalves, professor of epidemiology at 바카라사이트 Yale School of Public Health. ¡°While many of us have been hunkering down to try to break 바카라사이트 chains of infection in our communities, 바카라사이트se young people have decided 바카라사이트 pleasures of 바카라사이트 moment are worth bringing back 바카라사이트 coronavirus to 바카라사이트ir friends and family,¡± he said.

With international travel banned by many countries until fur바카라사이트r notice, will 바카라사이트 university branch campus make a comeback? If so, Central Queensland University¡¯s new campus in Indonesia, which opens in July, could be an unlikely beneficiary. While it only has room for 300 students on its 18th-floor campus in Jakarta, Australia¡¯s largest regional university has 바카라사이트 option of expanding to o바카라사이트r floors if demand is high. Whe바카라사이트r its d¨¦cor, which, according to The , is ¡°replete with kitsch, Jurassic-sized fibreglass kangaroos and koalas¡± proves a hit with students remains to be seen.