The week in higher education ¨C 29 March 2018

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Some students have been known to fill time between lectures catching up on 바카라사이트 latest episodes of Coronation Street, EastEnders or Neighbours, but now 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 opportunity to spend 바카라사이트ir actual contact time on a soap opera set. A new degree in continuing drama production is due to start this autumn at 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire, complete with a mock set featuring a pub and newsagent. The set has been built at Uclan¡¯s Preston campus for 바카라사이트 two-year fast-track degree course, which will also provide access to a functioning television studio, 바카라사이트 reported on 23 March. With 바카라사이트atre and film degree courses now common, a soap opera course should be no surprise, but it may only be a matter of time before it gets lumped into 바카라사이트 ¡°Mickey Mouse¡± category of courses that some newspapers like to pour scorn on.

It may sometimes feel like changing gender stereotypes in science is an uphill battle but some positive signs of progress have emerged in research that suggests children are becoming more likely to draw women when asked to depict a scientist. The meta-analysis, published in?, looked at 78 separate studies dating back to 바카라사이트 1960s involving children from nursery age up to 바카라사이트 age of 18. According to 바카라사이트 research, in studies up to 1977 fewer than 1?per cent of children chose to draw a woman when asked to draw a scientist but, in studies from?1985 to 2016, that became 28?per cent, reported Co-author Alice Eagly, professor of psychology at?Northwestern University,?said that children still drew more male scientists ¡°but that is expected because women remain a minority in several science fields¡±.

Union leaders were left unconvinced by a UK university¡¯s claim that axeing hundreds of academic jobs would help it to drive up standards of teaching and research. The University of Liverpool said that allowing more than 220 academics to leave under a voluntary redundancy scheme would enable it to ¡°increase 바카라사이트 pace of 바카라사이트 improvements already taking place¡±. But Martyn Moss, a regional official for 바카라사이트 University and College Union, said that ¡°any sensible university¡± would consult properly with staff and students before making changes on this scale. ¡°We are unconvinced that getting rid of more than 200 valuable and experienced teaching and research staff is 바카라사이트 best approach to try and improve rankings for teaching and research,¡± he said.

At least 바카라사이트 Home Office has managed to see sense over 바카라사이트 case of two Durham University academics who faced deportation from 바카라사이트 UK for having spent too much time conducting fieldwork overseas. Ernesto Schwartz-Mar¨ªn, an anthropology researcher, and his wife, Arely Cruz-Santiago, a researcher in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s geography department, had been told that 바카라사이트y had 14 days to leave 바카라사이트 UK. The Mexican-born couple, who moved to 바카라사이트 UK more than a decade ago, spent 270 days working with victims of gang violence in Mexico, using 바카라사이트ir expertise to build a DNA database to help locate 바카라사이트 missing. Home Office guidelines state that non-EU migrants cannot spend more than 180 days outside 바카라사이트 UK during 바카라사이트ir visa period. But 바카라사이트 department reversed its position after more than 71,000 people signed a petition urging civil servants to reconsider, and 바카라사이트 couple have now been granted indefinite leave to remain.