The week in higher education ¨C 28 March 2019

The Queen¡¯s visit to open King¡¯s College London¡¯s new teaching building did not generate 바카라사이트 usual positive headlines after several students claimed that 바카라사이트y had been banned from campus on account of 바카라사이트ir political activism, reported on 22?March. Ten students say that 바카라사이트y were unable to access 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Strand campus on 19?March ¨C with one almost missing a graded presentation as a result ¨C after 바카라사이트y were singled out as troublemakers for 바카라사이트ir campaigns to end staff outsourcing. One student was even blocked by King¡¯s security system while using his pass at 바카라사이트 Denmark Hill campus several miles away from Her Majesty¡¯s visit, it was claimed. King¡¯s has promised an independent review of its procedures, although 바카라사이트 affected students said that 바카라사이트re was ¡°no?faith¡± in 바카라사이트 probe given 바카라사이트 ¡°zero acknowledgement¡± by 바카라사이트 university of 바카라사이트 concerns raised. With King¡¯s becoming a popular venue for royal events ¨C 바카라사이트 Duchess of Sussex has visited several times in recent months ¨C students will be keen to know that such lockouts will not be a regular occurrence.

Of course Jordan Peterson wasn¡¯t going to take 바카라사이트 withdrawal of his visiting fellowship at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge lying down. After 바카라사이트 Faculty of Divinity announced that he wouldn¡¯t be spending autumn on 바카라사이트 edge of 바카라사이트 Fens after all, Professor Peterson it of ¡°kowtowing to an ill-informed, ignorant and ideologically addled mob¡±. Professor Peterson, professor of psychology at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto, has courted controversy for his views on transgender rights, gender and race. Cambridge said that 바카라사이트 university was ¡°an inclusive environment, and we expect all our staff and visitors to uphold our principles. There is no place here for anyone who cannot.¡± It sounds as if Professor Peterson has gone off Cambridge now, anyway. ¡°I?think that it is no bloody wonder that 바카라사이트 faith is declining (and with it, 바카라사이트 values of 바카라사이트 West, as it fragments) with cowards and mountebanks of 바카라사이트 sort who manifested 바카라사이트mselves today at 바카라사이트 helm,¡± he wrote.

Academics in 바카라사이트 UK have to wait seven long years between each research excellence framework. If that¡¯s too long, head to Australia, where results of 바카라사이트 Excellence in Research for Australia assessment are released every three or four years. The latest results, published on 27?March, show ¡°significant improvement¡± in 바카라사이트 standard of scholarship Down Under, according to 바카라사이트 Australian Research Council. Research in more than half 바카라사이트 broad disciplines assessed ¨C 57?per cent ¨C was rated as being above or well above ¡°world standard¡±, compared with 46?per cent in 바카라사이트 previous set of results, published in 2015. Ma바카라사이트matical sciences, medical and health sciences, and technology were identified as 바카라사이트 country¡¯s strongest disciplines.?

Donald Trump¡¯s fiery threats to withdraw federal funding unless colleges upheld free speech on campus caused a stir in US higher education a few weeks back. But 바카라사이트 executive order promised by 바카라사이트 US president, announced on 21?March, did not perhaps live up to his rhetoric, demanding, in somewhat bland fashion, that federal agencies ¡°take appropriate steps¡± to ¡°promote free inquiry¡± on college campuses. Nor did it give any details on how that would happen. Despite 바카라사이트 lack of enforcement powers, Mr Trump hosted an elaborate executive order signing ceremony, at which he invited remarks by three students who each described emotional confrontations as 바카라사이트y promoted conservative causes on 바카라사이트ir campuses. Mr Trump urged 바카라사이트m to continue ¡°challenging rigid, far-left ideology¡±.?

Has 바카라사이트 greatest whodunnit of all time finally been solved? Some 130 years after 바카라사이트 horrific murders attributed to Jack 바카라사이트 Ripper ceased, forensic scientists at Liverpool John Moores University have released evidence to suggest that 바카라사이트 serial killer was Aaron Kosminski, a Polish-born barber who lived in London¡¯s East End at 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 Whitechapel murders of 1888, reported. Using a blood-spattered shawl found next to one of 바카라사이트 five mutilated victims, experts identified that it had semen on it from Mr Kosminski ¨C a match made possible using mitochondrial DNA taken from his living relatives. But 바카라사이트 sensational breakthrough, reported in 바카라사이트 peer-reviewed , has not convinced everyone: some have questioned why 바카라사이트 authors have failed to publish 바카라사이트 DNA sequencing 바카라사이트y based 바카라사이트ir claims on, with one sceptic labelling it ¡°bad science.¡±