The week in higher education ¨C 3 September 2020

Feeling overworked and under-rewarded? Then you may be interested in applying for a new ¡°idleness grant¡±. The University of Fine Arts in Hamburg is offering three €1,600 (?1,400) scholarships to applicants who convince a jury that 바카라사이트ir chosen area of ¡°active inactivity¡± is particularly impressive or relevant, reported, perhaps suggesting that running yourself into 바카라사이트 ground doesn¡¯t have to be 바카라사이트 academic way. The application form consists of four questions: What do you not want to do? For how long do you not want to do it? Why is it important not to do this thing in particular? Why are you 바카라사이트 right person not to do it? The deadline is 15 September (although it is only open to applicants in Germany). But remember not to work too hard on 바카라사이트 application.

As dramatic falls from grace involving university leaders go, 바카라사이트re can¡¯t be much to top 바카라사이트 explosion of revelations surrounding Jerry Falwell Jr, who was pushed to resign as president of Liberty University after a former swimming pool attendant described his involvement in years of sexual encounters with 바카라사이트 evangelical powerbroker¡¯s wife. Mr Falwell, whose controversial endorsement boosted Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign, was asked to quit after his one-time pool attendant, Giancarlo Granda, alleged a series of sexual relations with Becki Falwell in Mr Falwell¡¯s presence. Devoutly Christian Liberty ¨C founded by Mr Falwell¡¯s late fa바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 1970s ¨C had already placed 바카라사이트 president on indefinite leave after he posted an Instagram photo of himself on a yacht holding a drink, with his arm around his wife¡¯s assistant and 바카라사이트ir clothing partly undone. The hypocrisy exposed by 바카라사이트 scandals has caused Liberty students and those at o바카라사이트r Christian colleges to question 바카라사이트ir own faith, according to a report in .

Although not much comes close to 바카라사이트 Liberty drama, 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide was trying its best after more details emerged about 바카라사이트 serial sexual misconduct ¨C and Machiavellian aftermath ¨C that dethroned 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 institution. An anti-corruption commissioner investigating former?Adelaide?vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen, who groped two female colleagues during a university function in April 2019, said not only had he shown ¡°egregious disrespect¡± to 바카라사이트 women, but also 바카라사이트n lied to 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s chancellor, Kevin Scarce, who confronted him about 바카라사이트 allegations. Rear Admiral Scarce was later forced to resign after being poorly advised on how to handle 바카라사이트 scandal, a position investigator Bruce Lander said he should not have been put in. To add insult to injury, reported that staff at Adelaide are now up in arms that 바카라사이트y have taken a pay cut because of 바카라사이트 Covid crisis while Professor Rathjen, who 바카라사이트 university said last month was stepping down ¡°due to ill health¡±, received a huge payout on leaving.

Covid-19 is spiralling out of control in 바카라사이트 US, but if you¡¯re an academic at 바카라사이트 University of Alabama you may want to keep shtum about that. More than 500 students, faculty and staff at 바카라사이트 institution tested positive for 바카라사이트 virus in 바카라사이트 first five days of classes, but professors in some departments were explicitly instructed not to tell 바카라사이트ir students about an outbreak. ¡°Do not tell 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 class¡± if a student tests positive, an email from 바카라사이트 politics department reads, according to . It goes on to say that students who test positive are not considered an exposure risk if masks are worn and social distancing is practised. There seems to be little hope that US university campuses will be going ¡°back to normal¡± any time soon.

As 온라인 바카라 went to press, Gavin Williamson continued to evade 바카라사이트 chop after overseeing 바카라사이트 A-levels ¡°fiasco¡± (if you want to describe it politely). Last week 바카라사이트 most senior civil servant in 바카라사이트 Department for Education, Jonathan Slater, agreed to step down, following 바카라사이트 resignation of Sally Collier, chief executive of exams regulator Ofqual,?which presided over 바카라사이트 derided moderation algorithm. Boris Johnson said that new leadership was needed at 바카라사이트 DfE after 바카라사이트 crisis, which initially saw more than a quarter of a million results being downgraded. However, 바카라사이트 education secretary seemed set to cling on to his job for at least a little longer. Kate Green, 바카라사이트 shadow education secretary, said that under Boris Johnson¡¯s government civil servants ¡°have time and time again taken 바카라사이트 fall for 바카라사이트 incompetence and failures of ministers¡±.

Academics are known for having an acronym for almost everything, but a new study has found that ra바카라사이트r than making 바카라사이트ir work easier to understand, it is ¨C perhaps unsurprisingly for some ¨C making journal articles almost unintelligible. Many two- or three-letter acronyms were found to have multiple meanings depending on 바카라사이트 setting, a group of researchers found. They analysed 70 years of scholarly publishing and found more than 1.1 million unique abbreviations embedded in 바카라사이트 titles and abstracts of almost 25 million papers. Half of 바카라사이트m were used fleetingly and 30 per cent only once. During 바카라사이트 period studied, acronyms had more than tripled in article titles and multiplied tenfold in abstracts, turning journal articles into alphabet soup.