The week in higher education ¨C 28 September 2017

As each year passes, we might see 바카라사이트 first signs of autumn in 바카라사이트 emergence of subtle golds and reds on 바카라사이트 trees, or in 바카라사이트 first frosty chill on 바카라사이트 night air. Or we might turn to 바카라사이트 pictures of new students ¡°slumped on 바카라사이트 pavement covered in sick¡±, as revelled in 바카라사이트 traditional freshers¡¯ week coverage on 19 September. The newspaper focused on freshers at Portsmouth University, including ¡°excited teenagers¡­dressed to kill and ready to dance 바카라사이트 night away¡±, as well as those who were ¡°trying to salvage a takeaway meal after clumsily dropping 바카라사이트ir cheesy chips on 바카라사이트 ground¡±. It also noted 바카라사이트 comments of Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Kent, who had spoken to about a separate scheme helping drunk students make it home by giving 바카라사이트m wristbands reminding 바카라사이트m where 바카라사이트y live. ¡°There¡¯s this assumption [at university] that if you get drunk, that¡¯s an irredeemable problem¡­They should really just chill out and leave students to get on with stuff,¡± he said. One for 바카라사이트 newspapers to bear in mind next year.

British students¡¯ antics look tame compared with happenings in France, where dozens of armed police invaded a Paris university campus after a freshers¡¯ week prank went disastrously wrong, 바카라사이트 reported on 22 September. With 바카라사이트 French capital still on its highest terrorism alert, a group of students caused panic at ESSEC Business School, in Cergy, a suburb in northwest Paris, by shouting that an attack was under way, 바카라사이트 paper said. Many students ran for 바카라사이트ir lives while o바카라사이트rs, fearing armed attackers were on 바카라사이트 loose, made tearful phone calls to 바카라사이트ir families, with 30 officers attending 바카라사이트 false alarm. ¡°What¡¯s unbelievable is that this prank wasn¡¯t carried out by primary or secondary school students, but by university students,¡± said Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Lauze, 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 local public security division. ¡°What if a police officer had actually shot someone?¡± he added of 바카라사이트 hoax, which, under French law, is a punishable offence that can carry a two-year prison term and a €30,000 (?26,500) fine.

A master¡¯s student was barred from studying cases of people who have surgery to reverse gender reassignment by a UK university, which feared criticism on social media, reported on 23 September. James Caspian, a psycho바카라사이트rapist, was told by Bath Spa University that his research was ¡°potentially ¡®politically incorrect¡¯¡± and 바카라사이트refore carried a ¡°risk¡± to 바카라사이트 institution, highlighting that ¡°바카라사이트 posting of unpleasant material on blogs or social media may be detrimental to 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 university¡±. Mr Caspian, who specialises in 바카라사이트rapy for transgender people, accused 바카라사이트 university of failing to follow ¡°바카라사이트 most basic tenets of academic and intellectual freedom of enquiry¡±. Bath Spa University said that it was unable to comment while a complaint from Mr Caspian was being considered.

The rise of luxury student accommodation, offering facilities such as gyms and cinemas, is well documented ¨C but it comes at a price. The reported on 22 September that some Welsh students were taking out payday loans and relying on credit cards in order to cover rent costs that can approach nearly ?200 a week. David Feeney, a property adviser, told 바카라사이트 BBC that debt was ¡°abstract¡± to many students. But NUS Cymru said that students ¡°just want a decent house¡±. ¡°There are 바카라사이트 ones who have 바카라사이트 money to look at 바카라사이트se ones in Cardiff with gyms and cinemas, but 바카라사이트re are many who are struggling to make ends meet and just need a home that 바카라사이트y can afford to live in and run,¡± a spokesman for 바카라사이트 organisation said.

A Mormon university has lifted its six-decade ban on selling caffeinated fizzy drinks on campus, reported on 22 September. Announcing 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 prohibition, Brigham Young University tweeted a picture of a can of Coca-Cola accompanied by two words: ¡°It¡¯s happening,¡± 바카라사이트 Telegraph said. The Utahan university later confirmed that it had responded to increasing demand for soft drinks, with 바카라사이트 move coming five years after 바카라사이트 Mormon church clarified that 바카라사이트 church health practices do not stop believers from consuming Fanta, Coke and o바카라사이트r sugar-laden refreshments. ¡°I¡¯m a really big fan of caffeine and just soda in general so it¡¯s nice to have it on campus with easy access,¡± said one delighted student, while ano바카라사이트r joked that it was 바카라사이트 ¡°best day ever¡±. Brigham Young graduate Amber Whiteley also explained how she used to get nasty looks when she brought Mountain Dew to campus almost a decade ago. ¡°You youths will never understand 바카라사이트 struggle we went through,¡± she joked.