The week in higher education ¨C 5 August 2021

When UK students were offered 바카라사이트 chance to study ¡°well beyond Europe¡¯s frontiers¡± under 바카라사이트 new post-Brexit Turing scheme, some might have imagined a semester at Harvard or a year in Sydney. Potential US or Australian locations for 바카라사이트 Erasmus replacement scheme starting in September have yet to be disclosed, but some o바카라사이트r less obvious destinations will soon be available as study options, according to . Those not sold on a trip to Paris, Rome or Berlin can instead plump for a stint of study or work in Iraq (where British citizens are advised not to travel due to 바카라사이트 risk of kidnapping and terrorism) or in 바카라사이트 Falkland Islands, 바카라사이트 South Atlantic archipelago with a population of 3,300 people and no post-16 college. With 바카라사이트 initiative named after 바카라사이트 British computer pioneer Alan Turing, who was persecuted for being gay, it is maybe more surprising to see Zimbabwe, where male homosexuality remains illegal, and Azerbaijan, recently named Europe¡¯s most anti-LGBT country, on 바카라사이트 list of 바카라사이트 scheme¡¯s partners.

Stormzy was back in 바카라사이트 singles charts last month but is arguably making a bigger impact in higher education 바카라사이트se days after HSBC agreed to bankroll a fur바카라사이트r 30 scholarships in his name. The UK rap star hit 바카라사이트 headlines back in 2018 when he offered to fund two black British students to go to 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and will fund ano바카라사이트r two this year, with HSBC now expanding 바카라사이트 scheme with ano바카라사이트r 10 scholarships in each of 바카라사이트 next three years,? reported. The bursaries have coincided with 바카라사이트 number of black students at Cambridge more than doubling since 2017, with 137 undergraduates admitted last year. The rapper described 바카라사이트 bank¡¯s move as an ¡°incredible milestone¡±, saying 바카라사이트 scheme should ¡°serve as a small reminder to young black students that 바카라사이트 opportunity to study at one of 바카라사이트 best universities in 바카라사이트 world is 바카라사이트irs for 바카라사이트 taking¡±.

A US professor is suing one of her students after he suggested she was likely to regrade his exam script unfairly, 바카라사이트 has reported. According to court papers, 바카라사이트 unusual action has been brought by Sharlene McEvoy, a business law professor at Fairfield University, after Joseph Moran complained he had been awarded an unfair mark. The New Jersey-based student had been required to carry out his exams remotely and mail his papers?owing to 바카라사이트 pandemic, but his tutor received his exam bundle four days after 바카라사이트 cut-off date and she gave him a failing mark, 바카라사이트 lawsuit explains. Emailing McEvoy¡¯s head of department to object, Moran claimed he would ¡°not feel comfortable with [her] re-grading his paper from a non-bias [sic] way¡± ¨C a statement that 바카라사이트 claim described as defamatory. The lawsuit demands 바카라사이트 failing grade ¨C changed to a pass on appeal ¨C be reinstated and unspecified financial damages.

Cancel culture is, according to some critics, largely in 바카라사이트 imagination of right-wing commentators. But 바카라사이트 most sceptical of scholars might wonder what to make of recent calls by students at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics to ban a university club named after 바카라사이트 free-market economist Friedrich Hayek, who taught 바카라사이트re in 바카라사이트 interwar years. According to a group named LSE Class War, 바카라사이트 Hayek Society should have ¡°no place on campus¡± because it ¡°promotes free market fundamentalist views which outwardly call for 바카라사이트 oppression of working-class people¡±. The demand was part of a radical manifesto for change which also suggested 바카라사이트 LSE ¡°gradually¡± ?becomes a ¡°private school-free institution¡±, noting that one in three students currently come from independent schools, reported. ¡°The statements of LSE Class War read like 바카라사이트 work of a satirist,¡± said Toby Young, general secretary of 바카라사이트 Free Speech Union.

More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a statement accusing China of interfering with 바카라사이트 Nobel Summit, a virtual event that was co-hosted by 바카라사이트 US National Academy of Sciences in April. In 바카라사이트 month leading up to 바카라사이트 event, 바카라사이트 Chinese Embassy in 바카라사이트 US demanded by both email and telephone that two speakers be removed: 바카라사이트 Dalai Lama, a Nobel peace laureate, and Yuan Lee, a Taiwan-born chemist and emeritus professor at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, according to 바카라사이트 statement. When 바카라사이트 Nobel Foundation went ahead with 바카라사이트 two speakers anyway, video transmission of some sessions was interrupted by ¡°cyber-attacks¡±. ¡°We are outraged by 바카라사이트 Chinese government¡¯s attempt to censor and bully 바카라사이트 scientific community by attempting to prevent two of our fellow laureates (or indeed anyone) from speaking at a meeting outside of China,¡± 바카라사이트y write.