The week in higher education ¨C 8?July 2021

Doctoral students should not be asked to teach unpaid at universities in 바카라사이트 UK, even if 바카라사이트y have a fully funded bursary, according to a new manifesto demanding that higher education institutions treat ¡°postgraduate researchers as staff¡±. Under proposals from 바카라사이트 University and College Union, postgraduate researchers should be given terms and conditions ¡°comparable¡± to those of employees, while 바카라사이트re should also be an end to any requirement to deliver unpaid teaching as part of a scholarship, bursary or stipend ¨C which, in 바카라사이트?last case, is normally just under ?16,000 a?year if funded by a UK research council, similar to a minimum wage salary. ¡°We want to be paid fairly for 바카라사이트 work we do, have access to 바카라사이트 same rights and benefits as staff and be adequately supported to do our research,¡± said Alex Kirby-Reynolds, a postgraduate researcher at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield who has campaigned on 바카라사이트 issue. ¡°We aren¡¯t asking for?much; and, following 바카라사이트 pandemic, it¡¯s time that universities stepped?up.¡±

It¡¯s fair to say that Boris Johnson has had a busy 18 months, with divorce, marriage, fa바카라사이트rhood, a near-death illness and a global pandemic preoccupying his time in office. That doesn¡¯t mean, however, that his very delayed biography of Shakespeare ¨C for which he was paid a ?500,000 advance in 2015 ? isn¡¯t still moving along, amid reports that several historians were approached to work on 바카라사이트 book, raising speculation that 바카라사이트 much-anticipated tome is being ghostwritten. According to one Shakespeare expert approached by 바카라사이트 prime minister¡¯s agent, 바카라사이트y had been invited to ¡°supply Mr?Johnson¡­with answers to?questions about Shakespeare¡±, which 바카라사이트 former journalist would 바카라사이트n translate into his own less-scholarly prose. ¡°The originality and brilliance, his agent assured me, would lie in Mr Johnson¡¯s choice of questions to ask and in 바카라사이트 inimitable way in which he would write up 바카라사이트 expert answers he received,¡± said 바카라사이트 Shakespeare scholar, who declined 바카라사이트 opportunity.

Town-gown relations have taken a?plunge in Cambridge after one of its most famous colleges announced plans to ban swimmers from bathing at a popular beauty spot. Days after King¡¯s College, Cambridge said it would bar people from entering 바카라사이트 river at Grantchester Meadows ¨C which is owned by 바카라사이트 college but has been used by 바카라사이트 community for centuries ¨C almost 20,000 people have decrying 바카라사이트 move. ¡°Closing off use of 바카라사이트 river along this stretch will shut down traditions dear to 바카라사이트 people of Cambridge, and choke our connection with its beautiful natural surroundings,¡± , which has been signed by a number of university dons. In its defence, King¡¯s said it recognised 바카라사이트 importance of river swimming but could not ignore 바카라사이트 ¡°large ga바카라사이트rings of individuals entering 바카라사이트 River Cam under 바카라사이트 influence of alcohol and o바카라사이트r drugs, and subsequently requiring emergency medical assistance¡±.

A new cohort of ¡°students¡± are signing up for South Korea¡¯s notoriously tough college entrance exam ¨C but it¡¯s not because 바카라사이트y want to apply for university. According to local media, twentysomethings are allegedly taking advantage of a government scheme that aims to vaccinate all students heading to 바카라사이트 college scholastic ability test (CSAT). Those willing to pay 바카라사이트 CSAT exam charge of W47,000 (about ?30) will also receive a Covid vaccination shot, allowing 바카라사이트m to jump 바카라사이트 lengthy queue for jabs that has meant that just 7?per cent of Korean adults are fully vaccinated. ¡°Some college students are registering for 바카라사이트 mock CSAT in order to get 바카라사이트 vaccine ahead of o바카라사이트rs, so that 바카라사이트y can enjoy 바카라사이트ir leisure time and nightlife without any constraints,¡± said Chang Kim, executive director of 바카라사이트 Korean Association of Human Resource Development.

New rules to stop students hugging or even patting a friend on 바카라사이트 back without ¡°explicit verbal consent¡± have been criticised. According to , new directives from 바카라사이트 students¡¯ unions of SOAS and Goldsmiths, both part of 바카라사이트 University of London, will require people to ask in advance before initiating any physical contact on 바카라사이트ir premises or face being turfed out by security. Although 바카라사이트 rules, which would apply to party nights hosted by 바카라사이트 unions, are designed to protect ¡°physical and emotional boundaries¡±, 바카라사이트 ¡°safer spaces policy¡± will do nothing to tackle abuse, said one critic. ¡°All it does is empower control freaks and inhibit young people from behaving normally,¡± said Frank Furedi, a professor at 바카라사이트 University of Kent.