Doliu în lumea literară din Iaşi: S-a stins din viaţă criticul şi istoricul literar, Florin Faifer
S-a stins din viaţă criticul şi istoricul literar ieşean, Florin Faifer. Anunţul a fost făcut în această seară de profesorul Bogdan Creţu, pe pagina personală de Facebook.
“S-a stins Florin Faifer... Un istoric literar erudit si rafinat.
Pentru cercetatorii de la Institutul de Filologie Română din Iași e o pierdere dureroasă. A fost un cercetător exemplar și un coleg special & mereu pus pe șotii inteligente.
Pentru noi, criticii de la Iasi care aveam caș la gură în anii 90, Florin Faifer a însemnat foarte mult. Am învățat enorm din carțile lui savante și ne-am cizelat încercând să-i imităm stilul inimitabil.
O figură extraordinară, un om care amesteca splendid discreția cu o fină cozerie, timiditatea cu ironia. Îmi va lipsi tare mult!
Dumnezeu să-l odihnească!”, a scris profesorul ieşean pe pagina de Facebook.
Publicație : Ziarul de Iași și Bună Ziua Iași
Centru de cercetări avansate la Iaşi, pentru studiul bolilor provenite de la animale. „Proiectul este important în contextul pandemiei de COVID-19“
Specialiştii USAMV Iaşi spun că vor putea fi diagnosticate şi cercetate unele dintre cele mai periculoase boli care afectează animalele, dar şi cele transmisibile la oameni, în special cele produse de virusuri.
La Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agricole şi Medicină Veterinară „Ion Ionescu de la Brad” din Iaşi va fi înfiinţat un centru regional de cercetări avansate pentru boli emergente, zoonoze şi siguranţă alimentară (ROVETEMERG).
Specialiştii spun că centrul va avea o utilitate deosebită pentru regiunea de Nord-Est şi nu numai, deoarece vor putea fi diagnosticate şi cercetate unele dintre cele mai periculoase boli care afectează animalele, dar şi cele transmisibile la oameni, în special cele produse de virusuri.
„Misiunea noastră va fi de a răspunde la problemele globale de sănătate care apar la interfaţa om-animal-mediu-alimente, prin colaborare cu parteneri regionali şi internaţionali (companii, instituţii de învăţământ, institute de cercetare, spitale).
Proiectul este foarte important, mai ales acum, în contextul pandemiei de COVID-19, dar şi fiindcă regiunea noastră a fost şi este afectată de boli transmisibile care au cauzat pierderi mari în rândul păsărilor şi animalelor (ex: pesta porcină africană), unele periculoase şi pentru om (ex: gripa aviară).
Estimăm că acest centru va putea fi pregătit să funcţioneze până la sfârşitul anului 2021”, a declarat prof. univ. dr. Gheorghe Savuţa, managerul proiectului.
Proiectul de la USAMV Iaşi este cofinanţat din Fondul European de Dezvoltare Regională prin Programul Operaţional Competitivitate 2014-2020. Valoarea totală a proiectului este de 39.700.698 lei, din care asistenţa financiară nerambursabilă este de 35.721.700 lei.
Publicație : Adevărul și Bună Ziua Iași
City University changes business school name over slavery links
Cass name dropped amid concerns over 18th-century merchant’s involvement in slave trade
City University is ditching the name Cass from its business school amid concerns about the fortune Sir John Cass, the 18th-century merchant it is named after, made from the slave trade.
The university announced on Monday that its oversight body, the City council, had unanimously decided to remove the Cass name.
City University renamed its business school in honour of Cass in 2002 after a £5m donation from the Sir John Cass’s Foundation. The foundation was established in 1748 and is named after the trader, whose vast wealth was used posthumously to create the educational charity.
Julia Palca, the chair of the City council, said: “We acknowledge the great pain and hurt caused to members of our City and Business School community and to many black people by the association of the school’s name with the slave trade. Any continued use of Sir John Cass’s name would be seen as condoning someone whose wealth in part derived from the exploitation of slavery. This is incompatible with our values of diversity and inclusivity. We have therefore taken the decision to remove the name.”
The school will be referred to as City’s Business School while consultations about a new name take place.
It is the latest in a line of institutions, including the Bank of England, the University of Liverpool and the insurance broker Lloyd’s of London, to acknowledge their roles in the slave trade and attempt to make amends, after the death of George Floyd in the US in late May gave renewed impetus and urgency to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Prof Sir Paul Curran, the president of City, University of London, added: “The announcement of our decision to change the name of City’s business school by no means marks the end of the issue. The work we are doing to address racial inequality and to ensure City is an inclusive place to work and study will continue. We have listened to the concerns of the City community about the naming of the business school and we have also heard about their individual experiences of racism and inequality in today’s world.”
City University last month began a review of all historical sources of funding to determine if there are any other links with slavery. The review is expected to report in August.
Publicație : The Guardian
Universities criticised for 'tokenistic' support for Black Lives Matter
Institutions have failed to address systemic racism, say academics and students
More than 300 academics and students have criticised universities for their “tokenistic and superficial” support for the Black Lives Matter movement given their poor record on tackling institutional racism.
In an open letter to the education secretary, Gavin Williamson, and higher education funding councils, regulators and representative bodies, the scholars said the sector had underestimated the prevalence of racism and failed to address its “systemic and structural nature”.
The letter called out universities for publicly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd while racial inequalities, such as the attainment gap between white and black and minority ethnic (BAME) students, persist.
It states: “While these and other racial inequalities remain, statements that Black lives matter can at best be regarded as tokenistic and superficial.
“The sector has, to date, been overly optimistic in its assessment of the extent of the problem, it has been slow to act and, where action has been taken, it has failed to seriously engage with the systemic and structural nature of racism.”
The letter, signed by leading BAME and white academics, urges the government and higher education bodies to take urgent action to ensure universities improve their efforts.
The three authors of the letter – Richard Itaman, a lecturer in comparative political economy and development at King’s College London, Keston Perry, a lecturer in economics at the University of the West of England, and Angelique Golding, a business manager at Goldsmiths, University of London, – told the Guardian in a statement: “There is no clear incentive for universities to take racial justice seriously or consequences if they do not. However, there are disadvantages to us: black and minority ethnic staff leave, are not promoted and experience racism but these facts do not lead to the institution radically improving its practice.”
They propose universities provide training that substantially addresses institutional racism, white privilege and racial micro-aggressions, such as dismissive and stereotyping comments. Research by the Guardian last year found most did not.
The ethnicity of applicants and shortlisted and successful candidates for senior university jobs should be published, as well as a detailed breakdown of the pay gap between white and BAME staff. Universities should also introduce positive action schemes to train, hire and promote BAME staff to address their under-representation in the workforce.
Another proposal is that funding bodies should make grants dependent on universities demonstrating how they are tackling racism. The seven UK research councils recently revealed that white researchers are almost 59% more likely to receive research funding than their BAME peers.
The letter also recommends that the government provides dedicated funding for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which published a report on racism in higher education last year, to ensure that universities implement these proposals.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: “Racism is abhorrent and should not be tolerated anywhere in society, including in higher education. The secretary of state has received the letter and we will respond in due course.”
A spokeswoman for Universities UK, which represents 137 higher education institutions, said: “We have called upon senior university leaders to redouble their efforts to address racial harassment. This must be a strategic priority.” She added that its advisory group to tackle racial harassment would publish recommendations in the autumn.
Publicație : The Guardian
Des taux de réussite exceptionnels lors des partiels dans les universités
Une large majorité d’étudiants ont passé avec succès leurs examens, ce qui n’empêche pas les universités d’anticiper de probables remises à niveau à la rentrée.
Une participation aux épreuves qui frise les 100 %, des taux de réussite qui bondissent d’une dizaine de points : dans bon nombre d’universités, la session des partiels en temps de Covid-19 s’avère excellente. Un contraste avec les craintes exprimées pendant le confinement, lorsque des enseignants s’inquiétaient du devenir de leurs étudiants.
« Le confinement n’a pas entraîné de décrochage massif », se félicite Thierry Pénard, doyen de la faculté de sciences économiques à l’université Rennes-I. En licence économie-gestion, 61,1 % des première année ont validé leur semestre contre 49,5 % l’an passé. En deuxième et troisième années, les taux de réussite grimpent respectivement à 67,3 % et à 88,3 %, en hausse de plus de dix points. « C’est comme si le confinement avait incité certains à reprendre les cours à distance et à passer leurs épreuves. Paradoxalement, on a réussi à récupérer quelques étudiants qui ne venaient plus en cours », souligne le doyen. Par ailleurs, seuls six étudiants sur 500 en première année ont déclaré des problèmes d’équipement et/ou de connexion durant les examens à distance et ont pu bénéficier à ce titre d’épreuves de substitution.
Encouragée par le ministère de l’enseignement supérieur, la bienveillance a été pour certains « une occasion de donner des sujets pas trop difficiles », reconnaît Thierry Pénard, notamment sous la forme de QCM. Même si les universitaires ont veillé à paramétrer les tests en changeant l’ordre des questions et celui des propositions de réponses, ils savent que des étudiants se sont concertés pour échanger les bonnes réponses. « Naïvement, certains ont écrit à leur enseignant au moment de l’épreuve pour savoir pourquoi ils étaient soumis à un QCM différent de celui d’autres étudiants », rapporte ainsi Samuel Maveyraud, directeur du collège de droit, science politique, économie et gestion à l’université de Bordeaux.
« Ça n’a pas été l’école des fans »
D’apparence aisés, les QCM ont parfois déstabilisé des étudiants, relève Pascal Lecroart, directeur du collège sciences et technologies à l’université de Bordeaux. « 20 % des étudiants nous ont dit avoir eu plus de difficultés que si les examens avaient eu lieu à la fac, notamment à cause de la gestion du temps, détaille-t-il. Il est vrai que nous avons augmenté volontairement le nombre de questions dans un temps restreint afin d’éviter les échanges et la fraude. » Une source de stress, que les enseignants avaient anticipée dans la notation mais sans en prévenir leurs élèves.
Publicație : Le Monde
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