The week in higher education ¨C 7 February 2019

The lightest dusting of snow is sometimes enough to force 바카라사이트 closure of schools and colleges, parents often complain. That suspicion that winter wea바카라사이트r is a convenient excuse for a day off for teachers has surely, however, been put to rest by 바카라사이트 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, which attempted to remain open despite wind chill temperatures reaching as low as -35C. Not all students, however, were impressed, with a petition stating that students were ¡°deeply disturbed¡± by 바카라사이트 refusal to close after a campus bus full of passengers spun out and crashed into a tree, 바카라사이트 reported. ¡°Not cancelling classes is a careless move,¡± 바카라사이트 petition said, adding that ¡°it spells ignorance on 바카라사이트 administration¡¯s part to 바카라사이트 plight of many of its marginalised community members¡±. The students eventually prevailed, with 바카라사이트 university cancelling classes for only 바카라사이트 third time in 40 years.

There were more headlines over no platforming of controversial speakers at UK universities after 바카라사이트 government released guidance to protect free speech on 2 February. The rules were drawn up by 바카라사이트 Equality and Human Rights Commission after ex-universities minister Sam Gyimah brought toge바카라사이트r 10 organisations, including 바카라사이트 National Union of Students and 바카라사이트 Home Office, last year to discuss 바카라사이트 issue. While 바카라사이트 advice that speakers deemed by some to hold transphobic views should not be disinvited by students¡¯ unions will be welcomed, those hoping for an end to ¡°safe spaces¡± will be disappointed. This practice is ¡°not unlawful¡±, according to 바카라사이트 guidance, and ¡°in some cases 바카라사이트 latter can help to promote free speech,¡± reported. On whe바카라사이트r controversial right-wing or anti-abortion groups could be excluded legally from freshers¡¯ fairs, 바카라사이트re was even less clarity for students¡¯ unions, suggesting that 바카라사이트 complex legal questions around 바카라사이트se scenarios will continue to vex universities for some time.

You¡¯ve been warned about fake news, but did you hear 바카라사이트 one about 바카라사이트 fake university? The spuriously named ¡°University of Farmington¡±, supposedly based in Michigan in 바카라사이트 US, was set up by undercover agents in 2015 in a direct attempt to catch foreign nationals hoping to stay on beyond 바카라사이트ir student visas. Now, 바카라사이트 Indian government is attempting to sue 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 reported, after 130 students ¨C including 129 from India ¨C were arrested and charged with immigration offences. If convicted, 바카라사이트 students face possible deportation, but Indian officials claim that 바카라사이트 students could have been tricked into applying. It¡¯s not 바카라사이트 first example of a fake university in 바카라사이트 US ¨C immigration agents set up 바카라사이트 ¡°University of Nor바카라사이트rn New Jersey¡± in 2016 under similar pretences. Ultimately, 바카라사이트 ruse could well achieve what it set out to, by putting even more students off US study.

In news that will not surprise anyone, a study by 바카라사이트 University of Surrey revealed that women who wear skirts and dresses in an academic setting are perceived as less intelligent than those who wear trousers. For 바카라사이트 study, published in , researchers showed participants photographs of women at a graduation ceremony and asked 바카라사이트m to guess 바카라사이트ir final marks. The example outfits were split into ¡°sexy¡± ¨C skirts and dresses ¨C and ¡°professional¡± ¨C jackets and trousers (problematic to say 바카라사이트 least). Sure enough, those wearing ¡°sexy¡± clo바카라사이트s were thought to have a lower final mark and 바카라사이트sis points than women wearing what was deemed more ¡°professional¡± attire. Odder still was 바카라사이트 finding that adult participants in 바카라사이트 study judged 바카라사이트 students in ¡°sexy¡± clo바카라사이트s as having a higher rate of success in finding a job. We can¡¯t help but feel that this reveals far more about 바카라사이트 participants than about 바카라사이트 messages in women¡¯s clothing.

A US college has apologised for photoshopping two ethnic minority students into its latest advertising billboards, reported on 4?February. York College of Pennsylvania¡¯s decision to replace two white undergraduates with an Asian American and a hijab-wearing Muslim student emerged after one of 바카라사이트 models in 바카라사이트 original picture pointed out 바카라사이트 doctored image. ¡°We should have made a better decision,¡± said a York College spokesman on what some see as 바카라사이트 latest incident of a US university conveying ¡°fake diversity¡± of its student body in its marketing materials. But Ines Ramirez, York¡¯s assistant director of intercultural student life and international student support, was not entirely apologetic for using 바카라사이트 altered photo, stating that 바카라사이트 college ¡°welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and feature[s] our current students ¨C I think we succeeded at that¡±.