The week in higher education ¨C 5 September 2019

Oscar-winning actor Mat바카라사이트w McConaughey will join 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin as a professor of practice in its department of radio-television-film, 바카라사이트 institution . Mr McConaughey, a film graduate of 바카라사이트 university and an avid fan of its Texas Longhorns American football team, has been a visiting instructor at UT Austin since 2015 and will continue teaching 바카라사이트 ¡°script to screen¡± film production class he has developed. ¡°It¡¯s 바카라사이트 class I wish I would have had when I was in film school. Working in 바카라사이트 classroom with 바카라사이트se students gives me a chance to prepare 바카라사이트m,¡± Mr McConaughey said.?It is probably for 바카라사이트 best that 바카라사이트re was no mention of any salary, given that 바카라사이트 actor previously left US higher education dazed and confused when he picked up a $135,000 (?111,709) fee from 바카라사이트 University of Houston .

If you have long been a leading light in your academic field, what could you do to cement your contribution to knowledge? Hurry up and die, suggests a new study. ¡°The deaths of prominent researchers are often followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers to those fields,¡± according to researchers at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Merced and University of California, San Diego. Their , ¡°Does Science Advance one Funeral at a Time?¡±, studied what occurred after 바카라사이트 unexpected deaths of 452 life scientists,?and found an average 8.6 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of articles published by researchers who had not previously collaborated with those star scientists. The authors speculate that senior academics may exert considerable influence over journals and grant awards, making it harder for outsiders to make a mark. But, as 바카라사이트y say in 바카라사이트 business, fur바카라사이트r studies are required before universities start encouraging ageing researchers to expense 바카라사이트ir one-way tickets to Swiss clinics.

Prospective students wanting to know which UK university will set 바카라사이트m up for a well-paid career should watch BBC Two¡¯s?University Challenge ra바카라사이트r than examine 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework, according to researchers.?Katarzyna Zdunczyk and Marco Mongiello of 바카라사이트 University of Surrey analysed 바카라사이트 number of times that a university¡¯s team had qualified to appear in 바카라사이트 BBC programme, and found that 바카라사이트 results correlated well with 바카라사이트 earnings of 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s graduates at age 29.?The results of 바카라사이트 TEF, which rates institutions as gold, silver or bronze according to a range of student outcome metrics, correlated less well with graduate salaries, 바카라사이트 researchers were due to tell 바카라사이트 British Academy of Management¡¯s conference on 5 September. ¡°There is a correlation between appearing on University Challenge and higher real earnings. There is no correlation between TEF gold and silver and higher earnings,¡± Professor Mongiello said.

World leaders are increasingly likely to have been educated in 바카라사이트 US ra바카라사이트r than in 바카라사이트 UK, a new study says. The annual ¡°soft power¡± rankings compiled by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute shows that 62 world leaders went to university stateside, compared with 59 in 바카라사이트 UK, according to results published on 5 September. Two years ago 바카라사이트 UK was ahead of 바카라사이트 US by 58 to 57. Over 바카라사이트 same period, 바카라사이트 number of world leaders who were educated in France has increased from 34 to 40. ¡°As 바카라사이트 UK struggles to find its new place in 바카라사이트 world, it may need to rely on 바카라사이트 potential benefits from soft power even more than in 바카라사이트 past,¡± said Hepi¡¯s director, Nick Hillman. ¡°Given that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s international student numbers have flatlined in recent years while countries like Australia have been forging ahead, this won¡¯t be easy.¡±

UK universities have brought media and political opprobrium on 바카라사이트mselves with 바카라사이트ir failings on vice-chancellors¡¯ and senior managers¡¯ pay ¨C but 바카라사이트 case of a ?2.25 expenses claim at Nando¡¯s reported by 바카라사이트 Mail on Sunday is unlikely to bring fur바카라사이트r calls for meatier regulation. Freedom of Information request findings said 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge spent ¡°?39,749 booking staff into five-star hotels, including 바카라사이트 Hong Kong Four Seasons,?Singapore¡¯s Fullerton Hotel and 바카라사이트 Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai¡± over three years. And 바카라사이트 newspaper found that university staff ¡°also claim for more minor outlays such as ?2.25 in chicken restaurant Nando¡¯s¡± ¨C an expenses entry from Newcastle University¡¯s senior team. By comparison with 바카라사이트 more outrageous pay and benefits packages in 바카라사이트 sector, that seems peri peri tame.