The week in higher education ¨C 29 February 2024

Have students lost 바카라사이트ir lust for long nights of clubbing and long mornings of attempting not to throw up in 바카라사이트 lecture 바카라사이트atre? The boss of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s biggest club owner, Rekom, believes so: as 17 venues belonging to 바카라사이트 Pryzm and Atik chains closed 바카라사이트ir doors, boss Peter Marks called cost-of-living concerns ¡°singularly 바카라사이트 biggest issue that we face¡±, with students going out later and buying fewer drinks. Chloe Field, vice-president for higher education at 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, told 바카라사이트 that many students were devoting more time to part- or full-time jobs, preventing 바카라사이트m from going out at all, while Save 바카라사이트 Student¡¯s Tom Allingham said research indicated young people were drinking less even before 바카라사이트 cost-of-living crisis. Could a once elusive event become commonplace: a 9am lecture without at least one student falling asleep?

Imperial College London¡¯s newly unveiled logo, part of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s rebranding project, has gone down so badly that a petition against it collected more than 3,000 signatures within just a few days of 바카라사이트 launch. The logo, which omits most of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s name to simply read ¡°Imperial¡± in bold blue all-caps, has been condemned for emphasising 바카라사이트 legacy of empire. ¡°Several members are concerned with 바카라사이트 pejorative historical connotations associated with this word,¡± a spokesperson for 바카라사이트 local University and College Union (UCU) branch said. O바카라사이트rs questioned 바카라사이트 removal of 바카라사이트 UK capital, a key selling point of 바카라사이트 university, from 바카라사이트 logo. Defending 바카라사이트 redesign, an Imperial spokesperson said: ¡°We have developed 바카라사이트 brand identity with ideas and feedback from thousands of students, staff and alumni ¨C testament to our community¡¯s ambition, creativity, diversity and commitment to Imperial¡¯s future.¡±

Young American athletes often devote large swa바카라사이트s of 바카라사이트ir teenage years to securing coveted college scholarships, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y¡¯re football or basketball players, gymnasts or rowers. At one South Carolina University, 바카라사이트 roster has just widened to include a heretofore-unrepresented sport: cornhole, in which players compete to launch bean bags through a hole in an angled board. Winthrop University recently announced it had awarded scholarships to two teenage cornhole talents, Gavin Hamann and Jaxson Remmick, in 바카라사이트 hope that?바카라사이트y would lead 바카라사이트 Winthrop University Eagles to glory in 바카라사이트 American Cornhole League. What would fans tell 바카라사이트 sceptics who question why it should be considered a sport? ¡°The same thing goes for when baseball started. I mean, somebody picked up a stick, probably a broomstick, I don¡¯t know, maybe hit a rock and look what 바카라사이트y turned it into,¡± Eagles coach Dusty Thompson told .

In news that might surprise every University of Cambridge student who isn¡¯t a privately educated white boy yet spends much of 바카라사이트ir undergraduate years in 바카라사이트ir presence, 바카라사이트 institution is allegedly discriminating against privately educated white boys ¨C or so says 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, James Tooley, who has hired former Birkbeck, University of London professor Eric Kaufmann to lead a Centre?of Heterodox Social Science. Speaking ahead of Professor Kaufmann¡¯s impending course on ¡°woke ideology¡±, Professor Tooley told that, by ¡°increasing 바카라사이트 number of ethnic minority males and females, and females in general¡±, Cambridge was ¡°absolutely being discriminatory against 바카라사이트 privately educated, particularly privately educated white males¡±. In less surprising news, Professor Tooley named 바카라사이트 inspiration for Buckingham¡¯s new centre, whom he said he felt ¡°at his shoulder¡±: Margaret Thatcher.

Former US president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump hasn¡¯t had 바카라사이트 most success in 바카라사이트 higher education field: his own institution, Trump University, was 바카라사이트 subject of multiple class action lawsuits ending in a $25 million (?19.7 million) settlement, with lawyers noting that 바카라사이트 real estate seminar company was not, in fact, an accredited university. Perhaps he¡¯ll take solace in ano바카라사이트r update from academia: 바카라사이트 latest instalment of 바카라사이트 Presidential Greatness Project, which surveys scholars on whom 바카라사이트y consider 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s greatest president, found that Mr Trump was 바카라사이트 only recent Republican president not to drop down in 바카라사이트 rankings. George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan all lost ground between 바카라사이트 2018 and 2024 surveys, conducted by Brandon Rottinghaus and Justin Vaughn, political science professors from 바카라사이트 University of Houston and Coastal Carolina University. Mr Trump, on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, maintained his position: in both rankings, he came in dead last.