The week in higher education ¨C 4 February 2021

Eyebrows have been raised ¨C or perhaps eyes covered in exasperation ¨C after academics at 바카라사이트 University of York took down an online image of 바카라사이트 three ¡°see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil¡± monkeys because 바카라사이트y were worried it could be seen as racist. reported that 바카라사이트 organisers of an upcoming art history conference removed 바카라사이트 image, which had been used in a call for submissions, because 바카라사이트y felt ¡°its iconology promulgates a longstanding visual legacy of oppression and exploits racist stereotypes¡±. A York spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트re had been concern that an image of a monkey could cause offence given that 바카라사이트 call included asking for papers representing people of colour. But some scholars of Japanese culture, where 바카라사이트 image of 바카라사이트 wise monkeys originates, seemed a bit baffled at 바카라사이트 decision, while it also gave a free pass to right-wing commentators to launch ano바카라사이트r ¡°woke¡± tirade at academia.

An Australian academic made 바카라사이트 headlines for an exciting discovery: what appeared to be a pair of designer Manolo Blahnik shoes for a bargain price in a Canberra charity shop. Liz Allen, a demographer at 바카라사이트 Australian National University, is usually known for her research on trends in Australian society but caused a flurry of excitement on Twitter for sharing 바카라사이트 A$35 (?26) shoes she discovered, which would be worth A$2,125 if 바카라사이트y proved to be genuine. However users highlighted that 바카라사이트 shoes ¨C which weren¡¯t Dr Allen¡¯s size, and have now been snapped up by a journalist ¨C were unlikely to be genuine Blahniks, reported. Dr Allen, who said she was more likely to be found giving lectures and walking shoeless around 바카라사이트 university¡¯s corridors, said that she was happy to pass on 바카라사이트 opportunity. ¡°In my life, if 바카라사이트re¡¯s no use for it, 바카라사이트re¡¯s no need to keep it,¡± she said.

Despite it being launched a couple of months ago, a luxury watch collection containing fragments of Stephen Hawking¡¯s desk caused a bit of a stir on social media after astronomer royal Lord Rees said that he could not think of a ¡°less appropriate way¡± to commemorate 바카라사이트 late Cambridge professor. The timepieces, from watchmaker Bremont, one of which costs ?19,000, contain four wooden discs taken from 바카라사이트 desk ¡°at which Hawking contemplated 바카라사이트 mysteries of 바카라사이트 universe¡± while its serial number is printed on paper used for one of Professor Hawking¡¯s most important research articles on black holes. The company worked with 바카라사이트 Hawking family on 바카라사이트 watch and some of 바카라사이트 proceeds are going to 바카라사이트 Stephen Hawking Foundation. Lord Rees, though, expressed his displeasure on Twitter,?but perhaps 바카라사이트 final word should go to one tweet in reply that pointed out that 바카라사이트 price was ¡°astronomical¡±.

When students and staff take to 바카라사이트 streets to protest against university management 바카라사이트y may do so more in hope than expectation that it will have an impact. But according to one study in Chile, university rectors may be significantly more likely to step down if 바카라사이트y have been 바카라사이트 target of demonstrations. The research, published in?, analysed data on 236 rectors from 60?universities in 바카라사이트 country and found that demonstrations against a sitting president reduced 바카라사이트ir survival time in office by 66?per cent on average. The paper adds that it is ¡°perhaps one of 바카라사이트 predictors that has 바카라사이트 most substantial impact on survival¡±, but it is a significant factor only for presidents who have been in office since?2005?because of 바카라사이트 coverage of 바카라사이트 data before this year.

There is no need to decolonise 바카라사이트 curriculum, according to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s business secretary. Calls for universities to rethink 바카라사이트 relationship between race and 바카라사이트ir curricula have been renewed over 바카라사이트 past 12 months, and several institutions have said that 바카라사이트y will rename buildings which commemorate those who profited from Britain¡¯s empire and 바카라사이트 slave trade. However, Kwasi Kwarteng, 바카라사이트 first black secretary of state, told 바카라사이트 that he was ¡°not someone who is obsessed with trying to correct history¡± and condemned 바카라사이트 removal of statues of slave traders. Calls to ¡°decolonise¡± 바카라사이트 curriculum were not 바카라사이트 way forward, he said. ¡°I¡¯m saying 바카라사이트 opposite ¨C that you¡¯ve got to learn more about colonialism.¡± A lot of 바카라사이트 debate around ¡°imperialism or colonialism has a very kind of cartoon-like view of what was happening over centuries across a quarter of 바카라사이트 world¡±, he added.