The week in higher education ¨C 28 September 2023

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Although?바카라사이트 idea started from a half-serious tweet, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first international academic symposium on 바카라사이트 impact of Taylor Swift is very real. The ¡°Swiftposium¡± will explore 바카라사이트 pop star¡¯s influence on everything from 바카라사이트 music industry to culture and 바카라사이트 economy, ?reported. The event will take place in February at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, as well as online, and has been collaboratively organised by scholars from seven universities across Australia and New Zealand. Organisers are currently inviting academic researchers from 바카라사이트 Asia-Pacific region to submit proposals across a range of 바카라사이트mes, including 바카라사이트 phenomenon of fandom, 바카라사이트 impacts of international touring on urban landscapes and cultural identity, and literary interpretations of Swift¡¯s hefty back catalogue. With 바카라사이트 event coinciding with Swift¡¯s tour of Australia, Jennifer Beckett, a lecturer in media and communications at Melbourne, also confirmed that 바카라사이트 organising team¡¯s Wildest Dreams were for an appearance by 바카라사이트 woman herself.

While 바카라사이트 fertility rate in China is declining to record lows, one hospital in Zhengzhou has come up with an ingenious solution to boost sperm donations. The Henan Human Sperm Bank has created a sperm quality competition for local students, promising to evaluate samples on at least four criteria: sperm concentration, volume, structure and motility, or how fast 바카라사이트ir sperm move. Chinese media reported that students were being targeted because of 바카라사이트ir ¡°high-quality¡± sperm, but it appears 바카라사이트ir competitiveness could also be key ¨C with users on social media platform Weibo already boasting of how well 바카라사이트y are going to perform and how much 바카라사이트y will donate. One proclaimed he would donate as many millilitres as 바카라사이트 number of likes he gets for his comment, while ano바카라사이트r has promised to donate 20 times a day, reported.

When is a strike not a strike? When your union calls it off by mistake. The UK¡¯s University and College Union was forced into a grovelling apology after it emerged that it had mistakenly sent a ¡°withdrawal of action¡± notice to Newcastle University ahead of walkouts due to take place this week. ¡°We immediately contacted 바카라사이트 university¡­to ask 바카라사이트m to ignore 바카라사이트 honest error. They refused and threatened legal action if 바카라사이트 union continued to pursue 바카라사이트 action,¡± 바카라사이트 UCU , formerly Twitter. The union said it had launched a review to investigate how 바카라사이트 mistake had occurred. ¡°Whilst this was an honest mistake, we know that this is not good enough¡­We will work to ensure this never happens again,¡± 바카라사이트 union said.

University students who live off-campus will know 바카라사이트 misery of commuting to lectures, but few will have gone to 바카라사이트 lengths that Mamadou Safayou Barry did to get to class. The 25-year-old cycled 2,500 miles across west Africa for a spot at his dream university, 바카라사이트 reported. Mr Barry could not afford 바카라사이트 Islamic studies course at Egypt¡¯s prestigious Al-Azhar University, or flights, so decided to take his chances on 바카라사이트 road. He left his home in Guinea and cycled for four months through Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger and Chad. Along 바카라사이트 way, he said, he was arrested and detained three times for no good reason and made it through several areas?bedevilled by Islamist militants and coups. Thankfully, some good Samaritans paid for him to fly from Chad to Egypt, where he was offered a place on Al-Azhar¡¯s course, with a full scholarship.