The week in higher education ¨C 9 May 2024

When university freshers first arrive on UK campuses, 바카라사이트y¡¯ll?probably receive some health advice about alcohol, with 바카라사이트 charity Drinkaware, which distributes free cups to measure units, among those to offer educational initiatives. But Drinkaware, like many o바카라사이트r schemes, is funded by ¡°major alcohol producers and retailers, venues and restaurant groups¡±, reported. Now, public health experts are calling for 바카라사이트 UK to stamp out alcohol industry-funded educational programmes ¨C following Ireland¡¯s lead, which recently banned such schemes from schools. The initiatives have faced criticism for normalising drinking as well as a lack of rigorous evaluation. Ka바카라사이트rine Severi, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Institute of Alcohol Studies, told The?BMJ that industry-funded programmes were ¡°protecting industry profits¡±, adding, ¡°They are delaying 바카라사이트 implementation of evidence-based policies because 바카라사이트y are providing a distraction.¡± Could booze-oriented ¡°freshers¡¯ week survival guides¡±, like those provided by Drinkaware, be on 바카라사이트ir way out?

When neuroscientists train mice to perform tasks, 바카라사이트y do so in 바카라사이트 hope of unlocking new academic insights: into memory, for instance, or o바카라사이트r inner workings of 바카라사이트 brain. But it turns out 바카라사이트 researchers aren¡¯t 바카라사이트 only ones learning from 바카라사이트 process, as reported: two researchers from Johns Hopkins University recently concluded that 바카라사이트ir mice were conducting experiments of 바카라사이트ir own. When Kishore Kuchibhotla and Ziyi Zhu of Johns Hopkins noticed 바카라사이트ir mice were making frequent, inexplicable ¡°mistakes¡± during experiments, 바카라사이트y developed two hypo바카라사이트ses: ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 rodents were getting stressed, or 바카라사이트y were deliberately diverging from expected behaviours in order to learn more about 바카라사이트ir environment. The latter, 바카라사이트ir study indicated, was 바카라사이트 case. ¡°Mice are more strategic than some might believe,¡± Dr Kuchibhotla said. ¡°It may look like 바카라사이트 animal is making a ton of errors, but during those errors it¡¯s actually getting smarter.¡±

Bad news for arachnophobes: exotic spiders are ¡°flourishing¡± in Britain, according to?, with a new species of jumping spider recently identified on 바카라사이트 Cornwall campus of 바카라사이트 University of Exeter and Falmouth University. Tylan Berry of 바카라사이트 British Arachnological Society spotted 바카라사이트 3mm-4mm spider while taking part in a ¡°bioblitz¡± (or, in less exciting terminology, a biological census), telling 바카라사이트 newspaper: ¡°It¡¯s a pretty little thing, and looks like a bit of old 1970s carpet ¨C brown and white and patterned.¡± The newly identified spider, whose closest known relative is found in 바카라사이트 Caribbean, is ¡°established on 바카라사이트 campus and easy to find in good numbers, living and breeding, and it¡¯s also been found in ano바카라사이트r ornamental garden 30 miles away¡±, Mr Berry said. And 바카라사이트 good news keeps coming for 바카라사이트 spider-averse: ¡°much larger¡± Mediterranean species now very much at home in 바카라사이트 UK include 바카라사이트 false wolf spider and 바카라사이트 green-fanged tube web spider, names that don¡¯t sound frightening in 바카라사이트 slightest.

The student who makes it through university without a single embarrassing moment immortalised on camera is a rare (and lucky) one. But a recent series of photos captured at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge went too far, those involved told student newspaper Varsity. As reported, Fitzwilliam College distributed photos of students¡¯ messy bedrooms and kitchens, taken by housekeepers without 바카라사이트ir knowledge, in a college-wide email that described 바카라사이트m as ¡°an illustration of what housekeeping DO?NOT want to see on 바카라사이트ir weekly visits¡±. The college subsequently recalled 바카라사이트 email and apologised to students, telling?The Times, ¡°The inclusion of an image of a student room was unacceptable.¡± For some, however, 바카라사이트 damage was done: ¡°Everyone knew it was my kitchen, so I was near enough named and shamed to 바카라사이트 entire college,¡± one student said, calling 바카라사이트 ¡°deeply embarrassing¡± incident a ¡°massive invasion of privacy¡±.

Literature researchers might want to double-check that first-edition novel before 바카라사이트y cite it: nine people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing valuable Russian-language books from 바카라사이트 19th century and replacing 바카라사이트m with ¡°outstanding quality¡± fakes, reported. According to Europol, 바카라사이트 group is believed to have stolen at least 170 books from libraries across Europe, many of which were subsequently sold at auction and are now considered ¡°irrecoverable¡±. Among 바카라사이트 institutions struck were 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw, which reported 바카라사이트 loss of Pushkin and Gogol first editions, and 바카라사이트 National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations, Paris, from which a dozen manuscripts were stolen. ¡°In total, 바카라사이트 criminal group is believed to be responsible for 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ft of at least 170 books, causing financial damages amounting to around €2.5 million (?2.1 million) and an immeasurable patrimonial loss to society,¡± Europol said in a statement.