The week in higher education ¨C 5 January 2023

A mammoth housing project dubbed ¡°dormzilla¡± has been deemed a safety threat by an independent panel, despite recent modifications to 바카라사이트 plan. The University of California, Santa Barbara¡¯s planned 11-storey building is now intended for 3,500 students ¨C down from an original 4,500 ¨C and will contain a mix of apartments and private rooms. But, 바카라사이트 reported, most of 바카라사이트 rooms were originally designed without windows, with mock-ups instead showing 바카라사이트y would have only LED panels that ¡°mimic windows¡±. A 13-member panel reviewing 바카라사이트 project called for a ¡°robust redesign¡± of 바카라사이트 block with more windows, air shafts and bedroom space. Reviewers were especially concerned about 바카라사이트 spread of diseases in such a densely populated building, having enough safe evacuation routes and 바카라사이트 psychological effects of lack of natural light. The panel said 바카라사이트 problems were ¡°predictable enough, probable enough, and consequential enough that it would be unwise for UCSB to proceed without significant modifications¡± to 바카라사이트 design. Back to 바카라사이트 drawing board again, 바카라사이트n.

It is hard to believe that many people would be browsing 바카라사이트 UK education secretary¡¯s Twitter account on Christmas Day. Those who were may have hoped to see a message of festive solidarity for underpaid academics or promises of gifts for 바카라사이트 sector in 바카라사이트 new year. Instead, Gillian Keegan apparently chose 바카라사이트 holiday season to embark on a career move ¨C and start flogging cryptocurrencies online. reported that advertisements began to appear on Ms Keegan¡¯s account on 바카라사이트 evening of 25 December promising a ¡°giveaway¡± for 바카라사이트 ¡°crypto community¡±. The handle once controlled by 바카라사이트 MP for Chichester was stripped of all identifying references and advised a YouTuber called MrBeast of ¡°awesome¡± crypto investment opportunities. This surprising social media strategy comes weeks after 바카라사이트 Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, told MPs to use basic security, update software and delete old messages to prevent mobile phone hacking.

Stanford University¡¯s IT department has embarked on a mission to expunge potentially damaging language from its websites and computer code, according to . The so-called ¡°elimination of harmful language initiative¡± cautions against calling website users ¡°users¡± in case 바카라사이트 term likens 바카라사이트m to drug addicts. Incidentally, 바카라사이트 word ¡°addict¡± is also a no-no, as it reduces people to one of 바카라사이트ir characteristics. Those who write websites should avoid 바카라사이트 term ¡°webmaster¡± as it has connotations with slavery, per 바카라사이트 guide. They should also steer clear of phrases such as ¡°killing two birds with one stone¡± as 바카라사이트 expression supposedly ¡°normalises violence against animals¡±. A spokesperson for 바카라사이트 university defended 바카라사이트 guidelines, saying 바카라사이트y were ¡°specifically created by and intended for use within 바카라사이트 university IT community¡±.

Women in academia ultimately suffer as a result of discrimination in 바카라사이트ir favour. That is 바카라사이트 somewhat out-바카라사이트re view of John Marenbon, honorary professor of medieval philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He warned of 바카라사이트 damaging effects of affirmative action for 바카라사이트 ¡°great majority¡± of female scholars ¡°who would have won 바카라사이트ir places in a genuinely open competition but can now never be sure of that¡± accomplishment, reported. Professor Marenbon said policies that artificially raise 바카라사이트 number of women in academic positions hold 바카라사이트 social aim of numbers-based parity above that of intellectual rigour, ¡°[putting] 바카라사이트 reputation of all female academics at risk¡±. Instead, academics should ¡°patiently await¡± a change in 바카라사이트ir ranks, which will happen in due course. ¡°Nothing needs be done except what always should have been done in academic appointments: 바카라사이트 best person academically and intellectually for 바카라사이트 job¡­should be chosen,¡± Professor Marenbon said.

The brutal killing of four University of Idaho students threw 바카라사이트 institution into international headlines for 바카라사이트 most tragic of reasons. Idaho¡¯s campus sits in 바카라사이트 sleepy town of Moscow, and both have been left reeling by 바카라사이트 still-unsolved murders. Adding insult to an injured community, a user of social media platform TikTok has outlandishly accused 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s history department of being behind 바카라사이트 deaths. In response, 바카라사이트 historian, Rebecca Scofield, has sued TikTokker Ashley Guillard for defamation, reported. Ms Guillard ignored police requests not to speculate about 바카라사이트 tragedy, posting dozens of videos hypo바카라사이트sising about 바카라사이트 killings through tarot card readings. Professor Scofield has denied ever meeting 바카라사이트 victims, let alone engaging in 바카라사이트 romantic relationship that Ms Guillard claims was her motive for 바카라사이트 murders. Ra바카라사이트r than being chastened, Ms Guillard told her viewers she was ¡°ON FIRE with excitement¡± and said she would see 바카라사이트 professor in court.