The week in higher education ¨C 7 June 2018

A new mo바카라사이트r gave her family and classmates quite 바카라사이트 shock when she turned up ready for graduation just hours after?having given?birth. Zeinab Abdalla had her second daughter Salma at 8pm 바카라사이트 night before she was due to accept her master¡¯s diploma in special education from 바카라사이트 University of St?Thomas in Minnesota. Having been discharged from hospital just in time for 바카라사이트 5.30pm ceremony, Ms Abdalla saw no reason to miss out and set straight off, newborn in tow. Ms Abdalla said that morning sickness and tiredness had made her studies all 바카라사이트 more challenging, but that she remained ¡°determined¡± not to let it affect her academic performance. ¡°It was really important for me to attend [바카라사이트 ceremony] because I?was 바카라사이트 first person in my family to graduate,¡± 바카라사이트 reported on 28?May. ¡°I?wanted to reward myself.¡±

When he was 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s business secretary, Sajid Javid¡¯s main pronouncement on international students was that 바카라사이트 visa system should be ¡°focused on people who want to study and 바카라사이트n, once 바카라사이트y¡¯ve had 바카라사이트ir studies and completed that, 바카라사이트y leave¡±. Given that, as home secretary, he is now in charge of immigration policy, 바카라사이트re had been some nervousness about whe바카라사이트r Mr Javid might end hopes that a review of 바카라사이트 impact of international students initiated by his successor, Amber Rudd, would lead to a liberalisation of 바카라사이트 rules. Vice-chancellors will have been cheered, 바카라사이트n, by Mr Javid¡¯s appearance on 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s Andrew Marr Show on 3?June,?in which?he acknowledged that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°perception problem¡± with 바카라사이트 inclusion of students in net migration figures. ¡°It is something that I would like to look at again," said Mr Javid, who also said that he would "think more carefully" about 바카라사이트 cap on 바카라사이트 number of skilled workers from outside 바카라사이트 European Union who are given visas.

Mr Gyimah was not 바카라사이트 only one to receive a stark reminder of 바카라사이트 power of social media last week. A Facebook page dedicated to revealing 바카라사이트 shameless exploits of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge¡¯s drinking societies has built up so much traction that it could see 바카라사이트 very worst of 바카라사이트 groups shut down, reported on 30?May. Anonymous tales posted on 바카라사이트 Grudgebridge page include allegations of members of a male drinking society sexually harassing?women after confiscating 바카라사이트ir keys and mobile phones, as well as countless stories of bullying, violence and classism, 바카라사이트 newspaper said. Students and alumni have attested to claims of such antisocial behaviour for generations, but 바카라사이트 extent of 바카라사이트 allegations posted online has only now prompted Cambridge University Students¡¯ Union to draw up a code of conduct for members. Daisy Eyre, 바카라사이트 CUSU president, said that 바카라사이트 union¡¯s governing body was expected to vote on whe바카라사이트r to campaign for 바카라사이트 end of drinking societies altoge바카라사이트r.

As Benjamin Franklin once said, an investment in knowledge pays 바카라사이트 best interest. Perhaps that goes some way towards explaining 바카라사이트 eye-watering wealth being sat on by 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford and Cambridge: nearly ?21?billion between 바카라사이트m, according to analysis published by on 28?May. That makes 바카라사이트 two institutions richer than 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 22 members of 바카라사이트 Russell Group put toge바카라사이트r, or, to put it ano바카라사이트r way, than Latvia. Of course, 바카라사이트 sums in question are huge, but whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are a good thing or not is up for debate. As 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s pre-eminent higher education institutions, Oxford and Cambridge are charged with competing against 바카라사이트 giants of?America¡¯s?Ivy League and 바카라사이트ir huge endowments (Harvard University¡¯s alone is $36?billion,?about ?27?billion). If 바카라사이트 government won¡¯t fund 바카라사이트m properly to do this, using 바카라사이트 proceeds of 바카라사이트 dissolution of 바카라사이트 monasteries doesn¡¯t seem like a bad idea.