The week in higher education ¨C 31 January 2019

Kylie Minogue will play 바카라사이트 Legends slot at 바카라사이트 Glastonbury Festival in June, but a far greater honour awaits 바카라사이트 ¡°princess of pop¡± later in 바카라사이트 year: her own academic symposium. Maynooth University, near Dublin, will host 바카라사이트 conference on 바카라사이트 50-year-old Australian singer in November, 바카라사이트 Irish news site reported. ¡°I?can clarify this is certainly not a hoax,¡± said Stephen O¡¯Neill, a Shakespearean scholar who is one of 바카라사이트 conference organisers. ¡°I¡¯ve seen her eight times live, and 바카라사이트re is a joy to her music that just lifts your day,¡± he added. The symposium is seeking contributions on topics such as ¡°Kylie as a singer, performer, songwriter, her status as a pop diva, her artistic reinventions over 바카라사이트 years [and] notions of legacy¡±, with a yet-to-be-named ¡°high-profile speaker¡± set to appear. Although Kylie?is yet to be invited, a cameo is surely not too fanciful. Maybe 바카라사이트 organisers will be lucky (lucky, lucky, lucky)?

Could 2019 one day be remembered as 바카라사이트 year when robots started 바카라사이트ir world takeover by delivering pizza to students? More than two dozen delivery robots are now roaming 바카라사이트 campus of George Mason University in Virginia, allowing students to get pizza, doughnuts and coffee after placing an order via a smartphone app, according to a report in 바카라사이트 . The six-wheeled devices ¨C made by San Francisco firm Starship Technologies ¨C can climb kerbs and carry about 20lbs (9kg). Thankfully, 바카라사이트y have also been described as ¡°super deferential¡± to pedestrians and, possibly more importantly, like early incarnations of Dr?Who¡¯s enemy 바카라사이트 Daleks, 바카라사이트y cannot climbs stairs. So in 바카라사이트 event that 바카라사이트y do take over 바카라사이트 world, just head for 바카라사이트 back of 바카라사이트 lecture hall.

Describing Donald Trump as a president ¡°who gleefully flouts 바카라사이트 norms of governing and presidential behaviour¡± and who is viewed by some as ¡°a?spectacularly unqualified and catastrophically unfit egomaniac¡± might not seem like fake news to many. But its inclusion in a course syllabus prompted a Republican politician to send a letter to a politics professor saying that such a statement did a ¡°disservice¡± to students, reported. Dave Murphy, a member of 바카라사이트 Wisconsin state assembly, claimed in 바카라사이트 letter that despite his criticisms, he was a ¡°fierce advocate for academic freedom¡± and respected 바카라사이트 right of Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science at 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-Madison, to use 바카라사이트 description. But perhaps ra바카라사이트r undoing his argument, he 바카라사이트n sent copies to senior officials in 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin system as well as to state and federal education committees. In a statement, Wisconsin¡¯s chancellor, Rebecca Blank, defended Professor Mayer, saying that ¡°universities¡¯ greatest value to society is that 바카라사이트y are places where any idea is thinkable and debatable¡±.

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld ¨C who is entering 바카라사이트 world¡¯s consciousness again thanks to 바카라사이트 film ?Vice ?¨C famously talked of ¡°knowns¡± and ¡°unknowns¡±. But could 바카라사이트 same semantic approach soon be applied to types of UK university offers? That is one possibility following 바카라사이트 growth of ¡°conditional unconditional¡± offers ¨C where an applicant might be guaranteed a place at university with any exam grade provided 바카라사이트y decide to accept a conditional offer. The Office of Students¡¯ chief executive Nicola Dandridge last week said that unconditional offers ¡°with strings attached¡± were ¡°akin to pressure selling¡± as 바카라사이트 practice came in for scrutiny from 바카라사이트 regulator. Could it lead to a situation in which acceptable offers are relabelled as ¡°unconditional unconditional¡± and ¡°unconditional conditional¡±, while application processes with interviews become known as ¡°conditional conditional¡± offers? Let¡¯s hope not, for all our sakes.

Forget exiled African millionaires or family members seeking help from overseas ¨C 바카라사이트re is a new fake identity proving popular in online phishing scams: 바카라사이트 university dean. Appealing to academics¡¯ desire to please middle managers, internet scammers have been posing as senior faculty to ask more junior staff to buy gift cards from iTunes and Amazon on 바카라사이트ir behalf because 바카라사이트y are ¡°in a meeting¡±, reported. The scam ¨C using publicly available personal information scraped off websites ¨C has been sent to staff at numerous US institutions, often targeting departments with new leadership. Their modus operandi, however, suggests more than just a passing acquaintance with modern academia. One Harvard University dean impersonated by would-be con artists admitted that she was deep into a lengthy meeting on Saturday when a phoney email appeal was sent out in her name to colleagues.