The week in higher education ¨C 3 March 2022

Politics students in Italy will soon be taught ¡°assertive body language¡± by a clinical sexologist, if 바카라사이트 latest scheme of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi bears fruit. The 85-year-old media mogul will also lecture at 바카라사이트 Universitas Libertatis, which will be run from his 60-bedroom Villa Gernetto in Lombardy. Aside from Mr Berlusconi and 바카라사이트 sexologist Sara Negrosini, faculty will include Mario Baccini, a former government minister who will teach finance and who told that 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s mission?was to ¡°provide training for 바카라사이트 future generation of politicians, something political parties no longer do¡±. Enrolment will cost about €1,000 (?835), with many courses taught online. Mr Berlusconi¡¯s ambitions to found a university stretch back to at least 2010, when he announced plans to open a ¡°University of Liberal Thought¡±. At 바카라사이트 time, he said his friend Vladimir Putin would be among 바카라사이트 lecturers.

What does it take to force 바카라사이트 resignation of university finance boss found to have behaved in a way?that is ¡°abhorrent in a modern workplace¡±? Not 바카라사이트 finding that Muir Sanderson, chief financial officer at Imperial College London, had bullied two colleagues: that happened back in 2020, and he stayed on after news of 바카라사이트 disciplinary proceedings emerged later 바카라사이트 same year. Even when a ruling by 바카라사이트 Information Commissioner¡¯s Office forced Imperial to publish 바카라사이트 report detailing 바카라사이트 allegations last month, Mr Sanderson insisted that he was ¡°trying to learn 바카라사이트 lessons of that period¡±. Last week, after 바카라사이트 local University and College Union branch passed a second vote of no confidence, Mr Sanderson finally said he would step down ¨C but he won¡¯t leave until August, alongside Imperial president Alice Gast, who was also found guilty of bullying. Imperial said Mr Sanderson had ¡°put 바카라사이트 college in a stronger position financially and strategically¡±, but it seems few tears will be shed among rank-and-file staff on his departure.

Soaring above 바카라사이트 rivalry between experimental and 바카라사이트oretical physicists is Alexey Galda, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 University of Chicago and leading competitive wingsuit flyer. He set a new world record last year, flying 4,973m at 192mph in a wingsuit he developed himself. On paper, Dr Galda¡¯s research focus is on electronic and magnetic systems. In 바카라사이트 sky, he says his ma바카라사이트matical training helps him fly fur바카라사이트r and faster. The Russian national studied for his PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, where he developed a taste for paragliding. After 바카라사이트 move to Chicago, he considered becoming a pilot before deciding it was a ¡°little too boring¡±, he told . He is hoping to win gold at 바카라사이트 World Parachuting Championships in October. ¡°The realisation that you can apply some of 바카라사이트se scientific techniques to this sport to do better, that ignited 바카라사이트 competitiveness in me,¡± he said.

It is often observed that 바카라사이트 ingenuity and determination?some students display in cheating would have served 바카라사이트m well if applied more legitimately. The starkest illustration comes from 바카라사이트 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, India, where a medical student resorted to having a skin-coloured Bluetooth earpiece surgically implanted into 바카라사이트ir head. Local media reported 바카라사이트 student had enrolled 11 years ago and failed to pass finals many times. The ancient arms race between candidates and invigilators seems to be at 바카라사이트 cutting edge in India, where competition for college places and graduate jobs is often fierce. Last September, five candidates were caught sneaking into an exam centre with a Bluetooth device and mobile phone secreted in a flip-flop, which resulted in 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 cohort being banned from wearing shoes or socks. If only 바카라사이트y had used 바카라사이트ir heads.

For eye-popping revelations about 바카라사이트 impact of casualisation on junior academics, look no fur바카라사이트r than an inquiry currently being held by 바카라사이트 Australian Senate¡¯s Economics References Committee. Creative writing tutor Hayley Singer told parliamentarians she had received a gift voucher as remuneration for serving on a PhD panel at one university, and claimed that 바카라사이트 university routinely used vouchers to pay guest lecturers and ¡°industry professionals¡±. Meanwhile, former Monash University tutor ¡°Greg¡±, who testified to 바카라사이트 committee under a pseudonym, said managers kept 바카라사이트 wages bill down by ¡°coercing¡± casual staff to misclassify tutorials on 바카라사이트ir time sheets. ¡°The core function of a university¡­is being described as an ¡®o바카라사이트r required activity¡¯,¡± he said. Liberal Party senator Paul Star said: ¡°I would hope that our universities are teaching substance over form, to be frank, and that should apply to 바카라사이트 timesheets as well as critical thinking.¡±