Cooking as a career?
About 39 per cent of adults would like to be better cooks or bakers in the U.K., according to a survey by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE).
Also, 23 per cent of them said they would like to learn an instrument. Some participants told researchers that they would be willing to take up a course to boost their skills. The top 10 skills that were popular among the respondents included learning a language, singing and photography.
Charlie Hebdo conferenceQueen’s University in Belfast is now having to reconsider its decision to cancel a Charlie Hebdo conference, on the massacre, after writers and intellectuals went to the streets accusing the university of curbing freedom.
The conference on the implications of the attack on the French satirical magazine had been scheduled forJune. It was cancelled last month.
Conflicting causeAcademics Stand Against Poverty (Asap), a global group of researchers who look at poverty and development are urging universities to follow the lead of those at Stanford, Syracuse and Glasgow to divest from fossil fuel holdings. They wrote: “At this moment in history, it is paradoxical for universities to remain invested in fossil fuel companies.
What does it mean for universities to seek to educate youth and produce leading research in order to better the future, while simultaneously investing in and profiting from the destruction of said future? This position is neither tenable nor ethical.”
