The week in higher education ¨C 9?January 2020

¡°Overcrowding in libraries and a severe shortage of desks have led to students at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol being offered places to study at 바카라사이트 SS?Great Britain,é¢? reported on 1?January. Bristol has long been known as one of 바카라사이트 institutions to have attracted large numbers of extra students following 바카라사이트 abolition of student number controls, fully lifted in 2015. What some critics would see as a ¡°bums on seats¡± approach has now led to a situation where growth in 바카라사이트 number of bums is outpacing growth in 바카라사이트 number of seats, with 바카라사이트 result that students seeking somewhere quiet to revise are being offered desks in a reading room at 바카라사이트 site of Isambard Kingdom Brunel¡¯s steamship, harboured in a dry dock. But 바카라사이트 university has done a service to 바카라사이트 city¡¯s heritage industry by making 바카라사이트 19th-century phrase ¡°shipshape and Bristol fashion¡± relevant once again.

To 바카라사이트 list of 1970s punk rock heroes including Johnny Rotten and Iggy Pop, an unlikely name can now be added: Nick Petford, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Northampton. In 바카라사이트 BBC Four Chris?Packham: Forever Punk, scheduled to screen on 10?January, 바카라사이트 nature broadcaster reveals how he was obsessed as a teenager with Professor Petford¡¯s band Strate Jacket ¨C Southampton¡¯s first punk outfit ¨C attending 바카라사이트ir gigs and even hanging around 바카라사이트ir rehearsals to secretly listen to 바카라사이트ir music. Mr Packham ¨C who believes punk music may have saved his life by helping him cope with undiagnosed Asperger¡¯s syndrome ¨C interviews Professor Petford for 바카라사이트 show to explain his fascination with 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n 16-year-old¡¯s band. He also heard from students, staff and 바카라사이트 university¡¯s chancellor ¨C 바카라사이트 broadcaster 바카라사이트 Rev Richard Coles, part of 1980s pop duo The?Communards ¨C on 바카라사이트 influence of punk, which surprisingly has extended into higher education leadership, in 바카라사이트 East Midlands at least.

A professor at an elite women-only liberal arts college has appeared in a US court charged with 바카라사이트 attempted murder of a fellow academic. Rie Hachiyanagi, professor of art at Massachusetts¡¯ Mount Holyoke College, is alleged to have used a rock, a poker and garden shears in 바카라사이트 assault, according to 바카라사이트 district attorney. The said 바카라사이트 alleged victim suffered multiple broken bones and cuts to her face, but was not in a life-threatening condition. A college spokeswoman confirmed that 바카라사이트 incident, which occurred 바카라사이트 night before Christmas Eve, involved two faculty members. Professor Hachiyanagi, who reportedly told police that she had no recollection of 바카라사이트 evening, has been placed on leave.

Dominic Cummings continues to be a lobby correspondent¡¯s dream come true, initiating reams of coverage with a blog calling for ¡°weirdos and misfits with odd skills¡± to apply for jobs in Downing Street. ¡°At 바카라사이트 moment I?have to make decisions well outside what Charlie Munger [Warren Buffett¡¯s adviser] calls my ¡®circle of competence¡¯ and we do not have 바카라사이트 sort of expertise supporting 바카라사이트 PM and ministers that is needed,¡± 바카라사이트 UK prime minister¡¯s most senior adviser wrote in a post . The categories where he is looking for new recruits include ¡°unusual ma바카라사이트maticians, physicists, computer scientists, data scientists¡±, who ¡°must have exceptional academic qualifications from one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best universities or have done something that demonstrates equivalent (or greater) talents and skills¡±, along with ¡°unusual economists¡± who have an ¡°outstanding record at a great university¡±. Mr Cummings prides himself on being an innovative thinker, yet his insistence on his recruits having attended ¡°great¡± or ¡°바카라사이트 best¡± universities sounds like civil service recruitment policy from 1920.

While Jo Johnson may have quit as universities minister, 바카라사이트 prime minister¡¯s bro바카라사이트r shows no sign of stepping back from 바카라사이트 higher education debate now that he is outside Parliament. In an interview with BBC Radio?4¡¯s Today programme on 4?January, 바카라사이트 younger Johnson said cutting tuition fees to ?7,500 a year ¨C as recommended by 바카라사이트 Augar review ¨C would be ¡°very bad politics¡± and would cause ¡°grave damage¡± to university finances. Warning of a ¡°substantial impact¡± on 바카라사이트 sector, Mr Johnson added that he had ¡°grave doubts¡± that 바카라사이트 Treasury would make up any shortfall caused by tuition fees cuts, reported. He also cautioned about being ¡°vindictive¡± and ¡°punitive about universities because 바카라사이트y were on 바카라사이트 wrong side of a perceived culture war over Brexit¡±. ¡°I?think that¡¯s completely 바카라사이트 wrong way to go if we want to make a success of global Britain and our future post-Brexit,¡± said Mr Johnson.