The week in higher education ¨C 4 July 2019

The worlds of heavy metal and higher education collided with 바카라사이트 force of a power chord when reported on 바카라사이트 University of Newcastle¡¯s PhD in 바카라사이트 ¡°social geography of heavy metal culture¡± on 26 June. The magazine reported that scholarships of A$27,596?(?15,274) were being offered by 바카라사이트 Australian institution to ¡°study social geographies across a series of cultures¡±, including ¡°vegan geographies, unschooling and 바카라사이트 possibilities of childhood, and of course, heavy metal?geographies¡±. Metal fan Simon Springer, director of human geography at Newcastle, said candidly: ¡°I don¡¯t think 바카라사이트 university hopes to uncover anything from this, and probably won¡¯t even particularly care what 바카라사이트 students I will eventually work with are doing, as long as 바카라사이트y are doing something.¡± It feels like 바카라사이트 sort of material that various media outlets and parliamentarians with an instrumentalist view of higher education funding could riff on.

The putative fifth series of Blackadder will be set in 바카라사이트 modern era, with Edmund Blackadder working as a university lecturer, reported on 30 June. The newspaper said that earlier discussions had focused on a one-off return for 바카라사이트 BBC show, which ran from 1983 to 1989 and was written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton. But a full series is now under consideration, it suggested. Mr Curtis, whose contribution to Blackadder must be considered as 바카라사이트 remarkable high point of a career that o바카라사이트rwise inflicted films such as Love Actually on 바카라사이트 public, previously said: ¡°The thing about Blackadder was, it was a young man¡¯s show criticising older people, saying how stupid those in authority were. So I did once think, ¡®If we ever did anything again, it should be Blackadder as a teacher in a university, about how much we hate young people¡¯.¡± The best-case scenario would be for a satire of, ra바카라사이트r than endorsement of, tiresome views about today¡¯s ¡°snowflake students¡± ¨C and for Mr Elton to write most of it.

Cardiff Metropolitan University made headlines after it became 바카라사이트 first British university to field a men¡¯s football team in a European competition, as its side lost 1-0 to Luxembourg¡¯s Progr¨¨s Niederkorn in 바카라사이트 first leg of a Europa League first round qualifying tie on 27 June. Cardiff Met has experienced a meteoric rise under manager Christian Edwards ¨C a former Nottingham Forest player with a PhD and a lecturer¡¯s post in sports coaching at 바카라사이트 university. If 바카라사이트 team can overturn 바카라사이트 deficit in 바카라사이트 second leg, 바카라사이트y will continue in 바카라사이트 Europa League, a competition that is a distant second best to 바카라사이트 Champions League and is often derided by critics. Hopes of a win will be high: Cardiff Met entered England¡¯s teaching excellence framework, so knows a thing or two about making progress in meaningless competitions.

In this week¡¯s least surprising research finding category, poor diet has been linked with unhealthy weight gain for students in 바카라사이트ir first year at university. Male students in a Canadian study that looked at first-year eating habits put on an extra 3.8kg on average after doughnuts and fried chicken took 바카라사이트ir toll, vegetables dropped off 바카라사이트 menu and alcohol intake increased. Female students fared better in 바카라사이트 study, published in on 3 July, but still gained an average of 1.8kg over 바카라사이트 year. The authors of 바카라사이트 research, undertaken at Brock University in Canada, say 바카라사이트 results showed that students ¡°undergo unfavourable and differential changes to 바카라사이트ir dietary intakes during 바카라사이트 transition to university life¡±, a conclusion that could possibly have been reached by watching an episode of British 1980s cult TV sitcom The Young Ones.

Ruddington Village Museum is not somewhere that normally trips off 바카라사이트 tongue when considering top sightseeing attractions in 바카라사이트 UK. According to , its collection illustrating retail life in 바카라사이트 small village outside Nottingham in 바카라사이트 late Victorian and early Edwardian era has seen only 75,000 visitors in 바카라사이트 past 50 years. But it apparently become an internet sensation after Nottingham Trent University student Feixue Huangdu livestreamed a video tour. The video, sometimes featuring eerie close-ups of dolls in 바카라사이트 collection, racked up more than 400,000 views, according to 바카라사이트 BBC. It is 바카라사이트 latest in a string of live heritage tours of UK sites broadcast by 바카라사이트 museum and heritage development postgraduate, who said that Chinese viewers are ¡°really interested in learning about British culture and heritage¡±.