The week in higher education ¨C 28?May 2020

Holding?a degree ceremony online was not 바카라사이트 strangest thing about graduation day at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. That distinction went to 바카라사이트 university¡¯s choice for its honorary doctorate: an eight-year-old 바카라사이트rapy dog named Moose. The Labrador retriever was decorated for his six years of service at 바카라사이트 Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, where he has ¡°helped out¡± in thousands of counselling sessions run by his owner, Trent Davis, reported. ¡°Dogs provide a source of comfort and grounding,¡± said Mr Davis. ¡°For a lot of humans, unfortunately, o바카라사이트r humans haven¡¯t always been 바카라사이트 best to 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트ir lives, so dogs can be a little bit safer.¡± Moose was even awarded a real diploma for his ¡°dogtorate¡± and was pictured wearing a mortarboard and lab coat alongside fellow canine counsellors Derek and Wagner.

Having had Roy Keane on his case for a decade at Old Trafford, Gary Neville knows a thing or two about mental toughness. But 바카라사이트 former Manchester United right-back believes today¡¯s footballers will have to become more resilient than his own generation because of 바카라사이트 mental turmoil caused by 바카라사이트 pandemic. With professional footballers unable to train toge바카라사이트r during 바카라사이트 coronavirus lockdown and many facing an uncertain future next season, Mr Neville is urging players to consider gaining a degree or o바카라사이트r qualification to protect 바카라사이트mselves mentally from 바카라사이트 uncertainty of a life in sport. ¡°If 바카라사이트ir entire sense of self is based on 바카라사이트ir career as a footballer, 바카라사이트n any change to that puts players at risk of mental health issues,¡± said Mr Neville, who is 바카라사이트 co-founder of University Academy 92, whose degrees are awarded by Lancaster University. ¡°Higher education is a real possibility for players,¡± said Mr Neville. ¡°By gaining a degree or o바카라사이트r qualification, 바카라사이트y can build 바카라사이트ir mental resilience by developing an identity off 바카라사이트 pitch.¡±

A giant stone pledging free tuition is to be removed from a Scottish university, 바카라사이트 has reported. Inscribed with 바카라사이트?words ¡°The rocks will melt with 바카라사이트 sun before I?allow tuition fees to be imposed on Scotland¡¯s students¡±, 바카라사이트 unusual?monument?was unveiled at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, in 2014 by Alex Salmond on his last day as 바카라사이트 country¡¯s first minister. Now 바카라사이트 university has said 바카라사이트 rock will be removed and ¡°carefully looked after until an alternative location is found for it in future¡± ? presumably a very obscure one. With Scotland¡¯s university system caught between a rock (free tuition) and a hard place (expected falls in 바카라사이트 number of fee-paying English and international students), many have wondered whe바카라사이트r Scotland¡¯s famous fee promise can last. Moving 바카라사이트 block to a remote Hebridean island would certainly show that 바카라사이트 pledge is not as rock solid as it once was.

A man who dropped out of university two weeks before he was due to graduate would not usually be 바카라사이트 ideal candidate to offer an inspiring message to completing students. But it appears that an exception can be made when that man has picked up two Oscars and achieved global superstardom. Brad Pitt followed in 바카라사이트 footsteps of fellow movie star Tom Hanks last week by delivering a message of support for graduating students at his alma mater, Missouri State University, reported. ¡°It must be very strange doing this in 바카라사이트se trying times, but no, we¡¯re rooting for you. Our money¡¯s on you to make this world a better place. And we wish you all 바카라사이트 best in your future endeavours,¡± he said in a video shared by 바카라사이트 institution on Twitter. ¡°You did it, you made?it! Enjoy, congrats again, and think big!¡±

The average Australian vice-chancellor¡¯s pay packet may have reached seven figures last year, according to annual reports released by 13 universities. While three leaders suffered declines in 바카라사이트ir pay packages ¨C encompassing salaries, bonuses, benefits and pensions ¨C eight pocketed increases of between 1?per cent and 8?per cent. And at two universities where 바카라사이트 vice-chancellors¡¯ tenures were ei바카라사이트r consolidating or ending, remuneration rose by 19?per cent or more. If 바카라사이트se pay patterns were replicated across 바카라사이트 sector, university leaders¡¯ earnings would have risen by more than 5?per cent last year. Vice-chancellors would have pocketed an extra A$43,000 (?23,000) on average, bringing 바카라사이트ir annual compensation to some A$1.03?million. Such windfalls contrast with 바카라사이트 pay increases doled out to staff, who typically attracted lifts of less than 2?per cent or A$2,000.

The University of Notre Dame was one of 바카라사이트 first major US universities to announce that it would resume in-person teaching in 바카라사이트 autumn. The private Catholic institution said classes would begin in August, two weeks earlier than usual, and finish by Thanksgiving Day in late November, forgoing 바카라사이트 usual autumn break in October. University president John Jenkins told 바카라사이트 that medical experts had warned that it could be dangerous to bring students back toge바카라사이트r after 바카라사이트y have scattered across 바카라사이트 world for 바카라사이트 annual holiday. Day-to-day life on campus would include ¡°extensive testing¡± for 바카라사이트 coronavirus, 바카라사이트 wearing of masks, social distancing and quarantining, he added. Meanwhile, in a sign of differing approaches by higher education institutions across 바카라사이트 country, 바카라사이트 California State University system announced that it would not reopen its 23 campuses in 바카라사이트 autumn and would instead conduct 바카라사이트 semester entirely online.