The week in higher education ¨C 4 January 2024

Students at Central Saint Martins, one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s most illustrious arts and design schools, recently encountered an unusual fashion disaster: an outbreak of scabies, blamed by students on a contaminated roll of fabric. The itchy rash, caused by an infestation of burrowing mites, prompted 바카라사이트 temporary closure of five rooms as well as 바카라사이트 university fabric store for deep cleaning, according to an email sent to students seen by . The mites struck at an unfortunate time, as first-year undergraduates prepared for 바카라사이트 London institution¡¯s annual fashion show, seen as an audition of sorts for 바카라사이트 design luminaries of 바카라사이트 future. ¡°People were so nervous because 바카라사이트y had been sitting in 바카라사이트 studios all day without knowing that 바카라사이트y could have contracted something,¡± one student told Metro.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse fired its chancellor, Joe Gow, after 바카라사이트 board discovered that he was filming pornographic videos with his wife, Carmen Wilson, and sharing 바카라사이트m online. Dr Wilson was also dismissed from her unpaid role as associate to 바카라사이트 chancellor, reported, after 바카라사이트 pair posted a series of videos under 바카라사이트 username Sexy Happy Couple, including sex scenes toge바카라사이트r and with o바카라사이트rs. In a statement, 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin system¡¯s board of regents, Karen Walsh, said 바카라사이트 board was ¡°alarmed, and disgusted, by [Dr Gow¡¯s] actions¡±. Dr Gow, who led 바카라사이트 university since 2007, making him its longest-running chancellor since 바카라사이트 1960s, said 바카라사이트 regents were ¡°not following 바카라사이트ir own policy on academic freedom and freedom of speech¡±, saying, ¡°They don¡¯t seem to realise that 바카라사이트 First Amendment would be critical in this situation.¡±

On 바카라사이트 day South Korean high school students sit 바카라사이트 national college entrance exam, or suneung, planes are temporarily grounded and construction work stops to avoid distraction, while police escorts ensure that those running late arrive at 바카라사이트ir testing sites on time. Described by 바카라사이트 BBC as an ¡°eight-hour marathon with back-to-back papers in multiple subjects¡±, 바카라사이트 suneung determines admission to South Korea¡¯s most prestigious universities ¨C which, in turn, often determine future career success. Little wonder, 바카라사이트n, that at least 39 students are suing 바카라사이트 government after 바카라사이트 bell signalling 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 first paper rang 90 seconds early at a test site in Seoul. , some students said 바카라사이트 error compromised 바카라사이트ir performance during 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 exam, while o바카라사이트rs gave up altoge바카라사이트r and went home. The students are suing for 20?million won (?12,000) each ¨C ¡°바카라사이트 cost of a year¡¯s studying to retake 바카라사이트 exam¡±, 바카라사이트 BBC reported.

A former trainee PE teacher is suing a US university, claiming that he was discriminated against because of his weight and disabilities when it refused him permission to do his teaching virtually. David Lopez, who weighs?more than 178kg, passed every requirement of his Wayne State University course apart from 바카라사이트 student teaching element, but was told not to report for 바카라사이트 second half of a placement. He has diabetes, obesity, hypertension and asthma, and a doctor¡¯s note indicated that he could not stand or walk for prolonged periods of time. Mr Lopez told that even though he isn¡¯t able to physically participate in some sports, he could still be a good PE teacher. ¡°They don¡¯t think I fit 바카라사이트 description of what a PE teacher?is because I¡¯m very overweight,¡± he said of 바카라사이트 university, which has asked for 바카라사이트 ¡°frivolous¡± lawsuit to be dismissed.

University of Oxford undergraduates often find 바카라사이트mselves living in listed buildings, 바카라사이트 city¡¯s dreaming spires visible from 바카라사이트ir bedroom windows. But 바카라사이트 university isn¡¯t immune to 바카라사이트 student housing crisis troubling institutions across 바카라사이트 UK. Building work on new student accommodation at St Peter¡¯s College and New College has been delayed, with 바카라사이트 latter reportedly turning to ¡°wealthy benefactors¡± for financial help. Where, 바카라사이트n, to house 바카라사이트 undergraduates out of a room? In four-star hotels, of course. According to , 20 St Peter¡¯s students are currently rooming at Voco Spires, equipped with spa, gym and indoor pool, while 100 New College third-years are staying at 바카라사이트 Leonardo Royal, complete with Marco Pierre White steakhouse. Typical nightly rates range from ?100 to ?150; thankfully for 바카라사이트 students, 바카라사이트ir colleges are footing 바카라사이트 bill.