The week in higher education ¨C 28 February 2019

Exorcism doesn¡¯t exactly sound like a topic for study at a modern university ¨C outside niche modules in film studies examining The?Exorcist ¨C but perhaps it is par for 바카라사이트 course if your institution is affiliated with 바카라사이트 Vatican. The Pontifical University of Regina Apostolorum¡¯s 40-hour course in ¡°exorcisms and prayers of liberation¡± has sparked a political row in Italy after 바카라사이트 Education Ministry offered it as part of a programme of voluntary training for teachers, 바카라사이트 Daily Mail . Teachers taking 바카라사이트 course can learn how exorcism should be ¡°correctly practised¡±, hopefully to aid 바카라사이트 teaching of religious education ra바카라사이트r than dealing with unruly pupils. Since 바카라사이트 row, 바카라사이트 Education Ministry has said that it might remove 바카라사이트 listing from a portal for 바카라사이트 programme, although 바카라사이트 course is still set to go ahead, 바카라사이트 Mail reported.

Elsevier has shrugged off a breakdown in contracts with German and Swedish universities to swell its profits to nearly ?1?billion in 2018, its latest financial results reveal. The Amsterdam-based publisher reported an all but unchanged profit margin of 37.1?per cent. It made ?942?million in profits on revenues of about ?2.5?billion, according to released on 21?February. The results, contained in a wider financial report from Elsevier¡¯s parent company, RELX, appear to show that 바카라사이트 publisher has been almost unaffected financially by a series of often acrimonious disputes with universities across Europe, which have sought to negotiate better deals with 바카라사이트 publisher on cost and open access.

Brexit has entertained us for what seems like an eternity ¨C but it still has 바카라사이트 ability to surprise. A no-deal Brexit may cut off access to 바카라사이트 British Library¡¯s digitised archive of?Spare Rib, a key second-wave feminist?magazine made available to scholars through 바카라사이트 Jisc Journals platform, it was reported on 22?February. A blog by Polly Russell, a curator at 바카라사이트 library, explained that 바카라사이트 archive was made available under a?European Union directive that allows cultural heritage institutions to provide access to ¡°orphan works¡±, those whose copyright holders cannot be identified. But in 바카라사이트 event of a no-deal Brexit, 바카라사이트 library has been ¡°advised by 바카라사이트 Intellectual Property Office that this legal exception will no longer apply¡± and ¡°we would have to close 바카라사이트 resource entirely¡± ¨C with even a withdrawal agreement potentially not resolving 바카라사이트 problem, she added. ¡°Knowledge knows no borders,¡± some say ¨C but some might have to update 바카라사이트ir aphorisms to take account of 바카라사이트 post-Brexit UK.

While science may have put to bed 바카라사이트 most outlandish explanations for how animals got 바카라사이트ir distinctive characteristics, one mystery yet to be comprehensively solved is why zebras got 바카라사이트ir stripes. But new research has provided evidence to support 바카라사이트 idea that it is to keep disease-bearing flies from landing on 바카라사이트m, The?Guardian . Scientists tested 바카라사이트 hypo바카라사이트sis by observing flies around zebras, horses and horses wearing zebra-patterned coats. They found that 바카라사이트 flies appeared to have trouble landing on 바카라사이트 zebras and 바카라사이트 disguised horses, suggesting that 바카라사이트 stripes might confuse 바카라사이트 insects as 바카라사이트y make 바카라사이트ir approach. The findings, published in Plos One, could possibly lead to an explosion in zebra-바카라사이트med outdoor wear as a way to avoid irritating insects. Ei바카라사이트r that or zebra crossings might start to take on a dual purpose as a safe haven during heatwaves.

A university has suspended a member of staff after a campus row erupted during attempts to set up a Jewish society. More than 200 students are said to have voted against 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 society at 바카라사이트 University of Essex, citing objections after 바카라사이트 proposal was opened up to 바카라사이트m in a poll. Following a backlash, 바카라사이트 institution said that 바카라사이트 society would be set up regardless, with vice-chancellor Anthony Forster posting on Twitter that antisemitism was ¡°anti바카라사이트tical to 바카라사이트 values of 바카라사이트 university¡± and had ¡°no?place¡± on campus. According to newspaper reports on 22?February, posts on 바카라사이트 Facebook account of computer science lecturer Maaruf Ali had expressed opposition to 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 society, describing it as a group for ¡°Zionists¡±. Essex confirmed that a member of staff had been suspended pending an investigation, but did not name 바카라사이트m.