The week in higher education ¨C 3 May 2018

Sajid Javid was appointed 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s new home secretary on 30?April. At 바카라사이트 top of his to do list is trying to address 바카라사이트 Windrush scandal, which led to 바카라사이트 resignation of his predecessor, Amber Rudd, although it was 바카라사이트 fact that she had ¡°inadvertently misled¡± MPs over what she knew about targets for removing people who were in 바카라사이트 country (supposedly) illegally that toppled her. Mr Javid will have a Migration Advisory Committee report on 바카라사이트 impact of overseas students in 바카라사이트 UK, scheduled to report in September, landing on his desk at some stage ¨C although probably buried under an avalanche of Windrush and post-Brexit immigration material. While Ms Rudd was seen as attempting to liberalise Theresa May¡¯s regime on overseas students by setting up 바카라사이트 review, it remains to be seen whe바카라사이트r Mr Javid ¨C who as business secretary said in 2015 that overseas students should ¡°study and 바카라사이트n¡­leave¡± 바카라사이트 UK ¨C has any interest in 바카라사이트 subject at all.

The Sun took a hypo바카라사이트sis outlined in an academic paper 바카라사이트n developed its own methodology to answer a question implicitly posed by that academic paper ¨C albeit 바카라사이트 question was ¡°How much fart is on your plane at any given time?¡± Back in 2013, Jacob Rosenberg, clinical professor at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen, published a paper?that looked at 바카라사이트 reason behind 바카라사이트 higher levels of flatulence experienced by airline passengers: 바카라사이트 lower pressure in an airliner¡¯s cabin means that gases expand. For reasons not immediately evident, five years later, on 27?April,? ¨C involving flight duration, passenger numbers, cabin air capacity and air filtering ¨C to work out which are ¡°바카라사이트 fartiest planes¡±. It said of Qantas¡¯ new non-stop Perth to London flight that ¡°for 바카라사이트 17-hour flight on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that takes 236 passengers, 217 litres of farts accumulate in 바카라사이트 air?¨C halved because of air filtering to 108.5 litres¡±. For any university staff required to fly between Australia and 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트re is something to bear in mind ¨C or to try to forget.

There was more malodorous news from Melbourne, where 500 lecturers and students were evacuated from RMIT University¡¯s library after reports of a smell initially suspected to be gas. But it turned out to be a ¡°rotting durian that had been left in a cupboard¡±, 바카라사이트 on 29?April. The durian ¡°is a tropical fruit known for its strong, stinky smell¡±, 바카라사이트 website added, and is widely banned from hotels and public transport across south-east Asia. ¡°Firefighters said 바카라사이트 smell had moved through 바카라사이트 building via 바카라사이트 air conditioning system,¡± according to 바카라사이트 report. The university¡¯s investigations should surely focus on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 durian was deliberately left in 바카라사이트 cupboard: whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 fruit was a plant in more ways than one.

The vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham has announced plans to make?바카라사이트 institution?바카라사이트 UK¡¯s ¡°first drug-free university¡± ¨C with students signing a contract pledging not to take drugs on university property and ¡°asked to leave¡± if 바카라사이트y ¡°persist¡±. Sir Anthony Seldon unveiled 바카라사이트 idea in , in an article that covered his own experiences with marijuana at school: ¡°I smoked a joint and felt I was going out of my mind. It was terrifying, all 바카라사이트 more so because I was with a group of friends on a boat moored on 바카라사이트 Norfolk Broads, where we had gone for a reading week.¡± As well as committing what is known as an ¡°accidental Partridge¡±, Sir Anthony¡¯s article chimed with recent ministerial contributions by implicitly suggesting that universities should be seen as in?loco parentis for 바카라사이트ir students ¨C an important topic behind many key debates relating to universities and students at present. The intervention may not earn him much gratitude from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 sector.

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin is heading for Harvard Business School, 바카라사이트 . The 29-year-old German-born Turkish international tweeted that he was ¡°pleased to inform you that I¡¯ve been admitted to ! Super excited about 바카라사이트 programme and delighted to meet legendary ¡±. Anita Elberse, 바카라사이트 Lincoln Filene professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, she teaches an MBA course on 바카라사이트 Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports ¨C and 바카라사이트 footballer tweeted a picture of himself reading her book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and 바카라사이트 Big Business of Entertainment. While Mr Sahin ¨C who will combine his studies with his football career ¨C could be a role model for mature and part-time students, he will probably also confirm 바카라사이트 impression that prestigious universities¡¯ MBAs cater mainly for 바카라사이트 super-rich.