Four emotions that can boost health and wellbeing in older couples Experiencing these emotions together can decrease levels of the stress hormone cortisol The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
Foreign spies are trying to steal Australian research. We should be doing more to stop them When we think of spies, we may go to images of people in trench coats and dark glasses, trying to steal government papers. Or someone trying to tap the phone of a senior official. The Conversation · Oct 26, 2025
Help guide the future of The Conversation Have you ever wondered how our Daily newsletter comes into being? It lands in your inbox every day as a neat package: a short editorial followed by a dozen or so articles written by academics on everything from health and science to politics to the environment or arts. For you… The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025
Millions exploited by ‘menopause gold rush’ amid lack of reliable information, say UK experts Women’s health academics at UCL call for national education programme to combat misinformation and unregulated advice The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025
Women are being exploited by menopause ‘gold rush’ – experts Academics have said there is a need for a national education programme for women. Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2025
Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency's ability to keep pollution out of air and water Two academics look at the stakes involved with air and water pollution if the EPA's budget is cut. Space · Oct 17, 2025
Academic freedom: how to defend ‘the very condition of a living democracy’ in France and worldwide Director of the CERI at SciencesPo, Stéphanie Balme conducted a study for France Universités, an organisation whose members are presidents of universities, titled “Defending and promoting academic freedom. A global issue, an urgent matter for France and Europe. Findings and proposals for action.” She shares some of her insights here. The Conversation · Oct 17, 2025
OPINION - Steven Pinker: Civilisation has been built on the exploration of cancellable ideas Why are we so horrified by difficult topics, asks Steven Pinker Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025
Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2025
University of Sydney argues academic’s article not racist against Jewish people as ‘Zionism is a political concept’ Case taken by academics against two colleagues and the university is considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025
How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too) The lack of intellectual pluralism undermines the truth-seeking function of the university. Reason · Oct 12, 2025
OPINION - The real, sinister reason academics keep cancelling each other Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why? Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025
US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2025
Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'm now a Senior Fellow, has long offered up-to-5-year paid in-residence positions (with… The post Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Oct 7, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Oct 7, 2025 Jewish staff at Scottish universities condemn 'weaponisation' of Manchester attack A GROUP of Jewish academics working at universities across Scotland have condemned "unfounded, irresponsible and dangerous" attempts by…
Reason · Sep 30, 2025 Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.
Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025 Struggling pupils most likely to have negative phone experiences – study Research by UWE Bristol academics also found a disconnect between parental concerns over phone use and actual negative experiences pupils reported.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025 Rachel Cooper obituary Other lives: One of the UK’s leading design management academics
Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2025 Eating fruit could slash effects of air pollution on the lungs, study finds Researchers from the University of Leicester compared diets, including intake of fruits, vegetables and wholegrains, with lung function.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025 UK considers visa fee cuts for highly skilled as Trump hikes US charges Starmer’s ‘global talent taskforce’ examines plans to make it easier for foreign academics and digital experts to relocate to UK
The Conversation · Sep 22, 2025 Economic sanctions need a rethink: evidence shows they raise food prices and hurt the poor most Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: instead of using weapons, squeeze the ruling elite economically until they change their behaviour.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025 Israel boycott aims are misunderstood Letters: The boycott targets institutions, not academics or the flow of ideas, writes Jonathan Rosenhead
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025 Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action
The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025 Takeaways from our collaboration on schools recovering from wildfires The Camp Fire in Paradise, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, has deeply affected students' learning
The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025 This California town was ravaged by a wildfire. Seven years later, schools are still recovering Paradise, California, is slowly recovering from the devastating 2018 Camp Fire