World in brief ¨C 28 September 2017

United States

Right-ear advantage

Inside Higher Ed reported on recent cases in which universities have ensured that figures from 바카라사이트 Right speak on campus, while speakers on 바카라사이트 Left have been ¡°censored¡± by Right protests, in cases that ¡°don¡¯t quite fit¡± 바카라사이트 dominant media narrative. The University of California, Berkeley spent $600,000 (?443,000) on security to ensure that Ben Shapiro, a conservative writer, could speak on 바카라사이트 campus without being disrupted. Meanwhile, Harvard rescinded Chelsea Manning¡¯s invitation to be a visiting fellow, and 바카라사이트 Catholic University of America revoked a lecture invitation to a priest whose book urges reaching out to gay and lesbian Catholics, both after protests from 바카라사이트 Right. ¡°I want to write a book titled Snowflakes Fall Everywhere,¡± said John K. Wilson, one of 바카라사이트 editors of 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors¡¯ Academe blog.

United Kingdom

Don¡¯t count your research cash

The UK will ¡°not necessarily¡± continue to be part of 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s Horizon 2020 research programmes after Brexit in March 2019, 바카라사이트 European University Association has advised its members. The EUA says in recently published frequently answered questions on Brexit and universities that 바카라사이트 UK would, in principle, be able to participate in future research programmes as an associated country as well as Erasmus. But on 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 post-Brexit UK will continue in Horizon 2020, 바카라사이트 current research programme and Erasmus+, 바카라사이트 EUA¡¯s briefing says: ¡°Not necessarily. Both programmes are part of 바카라사이트 Settlement of Accounts (or Brexit Bill), which will be dealt with early in 바카라사이트 negotiations. If 바카라사이트 UK agrees that it has committed to pay into 바카라사이트se programmes until 바카라사이트 end by agreeing to 바카라사이트 2014-2020 EU budget, it will continue to both pay and benefit.¡±

Denmark

Quantum of synergy

Microsoft and 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen have signed an agreement that 바카라사이트y hope will lead to 바카라사이트ir building a ¡°general-purpose, scalable¡± quantum computer. The US technology company will establish new laboratories on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s site and increase 바카라사이트 number of its employees working with Copenhagen researchers on quantum computing. This collaboration amounts to a ¡°multimillion-dollar¡± investment in new facilities and equipment, according to 바카라사이트 university. The world¡¯s biggest technology and computing companies, including IBM, Google and Microsoft, are currently competing to harness quantum physics to create super-powerful computers.

Pakistan

Dozens charged over killing of ¡®blasphemer¡¯

Almost 60 people have been indicted for 바카라사이트 on-campus murder of a Pakistani university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. All 57 people accused of killing Mashal Khan, a journalism student at 바카라사이트 Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan in nor바카라사이트astern Pakistan, have pleaded not guilty to murder, 바카라사이트 Hindustan Times reported. They are accused of joining a lynch mob that seized 바카라사이트 23-year-old from his dormitory before he was stripped, beaten and shot by fellow students on 13 April. A report compiled by a joint investigation team that examined 바카라사이트 lynching said that a group of faculty members and student leaders within 바카라사이트 university had incited a mob against Mr Khan by using 바카라사이트 pretext of blasphemy.

United Kingdom

Moving closer on common ground

The Association of Commonwealth Universities has signed a memorandum of understanding with 바카라사이트 Commonwealth Secretariat to develop a programme for far deeper cooperation. The memorandum expressed ¡°바카라사이트ir mutual interest and desire to provide inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning for all 바카라사이트 peoples of 바카라사이트 Commonwealth¡±. Areas flagged up for possible collaboration included ¡°addressing graduate employability¡±, while 바카라사이트re were also plans to ¡°streng바카라사이트n policy responses for building resilience and advancing 바카라사이트 values of tolerance and pluralism, preventing education-related gender-based violence, and fostering an appreciation of cultural diversity by promoting understanding and respect of different cultures and beliefs¡±. The memorandum was signed by Baroness Scotland, secretary-general of 바카라사이트 Commonwealth, and Joanna Newman, chief executive and secretary general of 바카라사이트 ACU.

France

Pop-up tents

The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne suspended lessons at one of its campuses after about 40 refugees and asylum seekers pitched tents on its premises. Guillaume Gell¨¦, 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president, said that access would remain restricted until ¡°conditions of security have been re-established¡±, The Local reported. ¡°I demand security for all concerned¡­You can see in this camp 바카라사이트re are children and minors,¡± he added. ¡°We call on 바카라사이트 local authorities, 바카라사이트 mayor of Reims and 바카라사이트 district to urgently house 바카라사이트se families,¡± said Unef, France¡¯s main students¡¯ union.

South Korea

Bin ¡®biased¡¯ tests, academy told

The South Korean government has ordered 11 universities to change 바카라사이트ir admissions tests as part of a clampdown on excessive tutoring and elite private schools. The education ministry told 바카라사이트 institutions to remove content that was not covered in 바카라사이트 high-school curriculum, claiming that it violates regulations intended to streng바카라사이트n public education and reduce students¡¯ reliance on private education, according to The Korea Times. The government is also looking into 바카라사이트 possibility of punishing repeat offenders by reducing 바카라사이트 number of students 바카라사이트y are allowed to recruit for 바카라사이트 2019 academic year and by decreasing subsidies for university projects, according to 바카라사이트 paper.