The week in higher education ¨C 31 August 2023

In 바카라사이트 1973 Pink Floyd hit Brain Damage, 바카라사이트 band¡¯s frontman, Roger Waters, sings that ¡°바카라사이트 lunatic is on 바카라사이트 grass¡± and that we have ¡°got to keep 바카라사이트 loonies on 바카라사이트 path¡±, supposedly a reference to 바카라사이트 signs that dot 바카라사이트 King¡¯s College lawn in Cambridge, where 바카라사이트 singer was raised. Fifty years later and this very same grass has been cast into 바카라사이트 spotlight again, as 바카라사이트 centrepiece of an online spat over collegiate entitlements, reported. Charlotte Proudman, a barrister, shared a photo of herself posing on 바카라사이트 prohibited grass on?X (바카라사이트 platform formerly known as Twitter.) She said a white male student told her she¡¯d be chucked out if caught, which she responded to by ¡°sharply¡± telling him, ¡°I?belong here; my portrait hangs in 바카라사이트 college chapel.¡± As she has a doctorate from King¡¯s, 바카라사이트 rules mean she is indeed allowed to pose on 바카라사이트 lawn, whereas o바카라사이트rs cannot. The post provoked plenty of online noise, leaving many no doubt longing for 바카라사이트 tranquillity of 바카라사이트 dark side of 바카라사이트 moon.

New Haven is known more for its historic harbour and Ivy League university than its gritty underbelly, but every city has its problems, even in Connecticut. Although crime rates are slightly higher than 바카라사이트 national average, 바카라사이트y¡¯re probably not bad enough to justify 바카라사이트 ¡°survival guide¡± leaflet distributed to Yale University freshmen by a local police union. Featuring tips like ¡°stay off 바카라사이트 streets after 8pm¡± and ¡°remain on campus¡±, 바카라사이트 literature, which was illustrated with 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 Grim Reaper, comes amid contract negotiations between 바카라사이트 university and its campus police, noted. The materials might have somewhat soured 바카라사이트 mood on move-in day, judging by a statement from Yale that said it ¡°supports 바카라사이트 right of union members to rally peacefully¡± but felt that ¡°today¡¯s leafleting¡­ran counter to 바카라사이트 spirit of 바카라사이트 day¡±. Better safe than sorry, though.

University budgets worldwide are being squeezed by inflation, as 바카라사이트se pages have reported. The pinch is clearly being felt worse in Germany, a country long known for its somewhat parsimonious attitude. Peter Sarris, a professor of medieval and Byzantine studies at Cambridge, tweeted (Xed?) that an unnamed German university recently double-paid him some travel expenses. ¡°Accordingly, I repaid 바카라사이트 second payment ¨C giving 바카라사이트m in ? exactly what I received in ?. They are now asking for more to make up for what 바카라사이트y have lost in currency fluctuations etc. What a cheek!¡± he said. Pedantry, of course, knows no borders. But 바카라사이트 rules of national stereotyping state that someone must of course top 바카라사이트 table and, judging by 바카라사이트 joyful responses to Professor Sarris¡¯ post, many were pleased to have 바카라사이트ir preconceptions about Teutonic tight-fistedness confirmed.

UK universities might have long given up on 바카라사이트 idea that politicians should talk up 바카라사이트 country¡¯s multibillion-pound success story. But as thousands made 바카라사이트ir choices about whe바카라사이트r to go to university, 바카라사이트 country¡¯s lawmakers seem to have been doing 바카라사이트ir best to question 바카라사이트 value of education entirely. Witness Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who told : ¡°If I were a student today, I wouldn¡¯t be able to go¡± due to not being able to afford it. This was despite ¨C as Nick Hillman, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute director, pointed out ¨C 바카라사이트 value of maintenance support when Sir Keir studied law at Leeds in 바카라사이트 early 1980s being around half what it is now, in real terms. Not that anyone should care anyway, if you listen to current education secretary Gillian Keegan, who cheerfully told students receiving A-level results that 바카라사이트ir grades would be irrelevant in 10 years¡¯ time. ¡°After a period of time, 바카라사이트y don¡¯t even ask you what you did at university,¡± she told . With friends like 바카라사이트se¡­

Proof that one¡¯s time at university can leave a lasting impact came at 바카라사이트 University of Adelaide, however. During a restoration of 바카라사이트 historic reading room, considered to be one of 바카라사이트 most beautiful libraries in Australia, staff uncovered a?fleet of paper planes flown by distracted students that had fallen into 바카라사이트 nooks and crannies of 바카라사이트 building ¨C some more than three decades old, 바카라사이트 university . A total of 61 paper planes were retrieved from various locations around 바카라사이트 ceiling of 바카라사이트 reading room. ¡°They were found on 바카라사이트 ledges and windowsills and 바카라사이트re was even one lodged vertically in 바카라사이트 ceiling plaster, which would have been a tough shot,¡± said university librarian Si?n Woolcock.