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It’s not ‘wokery’ or snowflakes strangling free expression in universities – it’s the Conservative party

Students and academics know cancelling speakers is trivial compared with the structural collapse in tertiary education, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK

Scotland should better connect to London’s ‘financial muscle’

Report recommends innovation forums bringing together academics and businesses to come up with productivity plans

Insider UK

Scottish Government using ‘placebo policies’ over drugs deaths, say academics

THE Scottish Government opted for “placebo policies” in its multimillion-pound response to the drug deaths crisis rather than tackling the…

The National (Scotland)

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York Biotech Campus welcomes university research project on mosquito disease control

Research institutions united as academics welcome opportunity to use specialist facilities

Birmingham Post

ChatGPT to force university education to evolve

The world seems entranced by artificial intelligence. The recent controversy over ChatGPT and other apps such as Bearly.ai has prompted some academics to rethink teaching and testing. It is time to confront the question of whether our way of life will be at risk in future because of AI.

Bangkok Post

Is debt cancellation the way forward for Sri Lanka?

As 182 economists from around the world issued a call to cancel Sri Lanka’s debt, not all experts agree.

Al Jazeera

Academics sue Oxford University over ‘Uberisation’ of teaching contracts

Case brought by two creative writing lecturers will draw on landmark 2021 supreme court gig economy ruling

The Guardian - UK

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When universal health care falls short, French people with disabilities move to Belgium

Like other European countries, France boasts a strong welfare state, which academics in migration studies tend to view as a “pull factor” for potential residents. However, we often pay less attention to the system’s limits. In fact, in recent years, holes in the French care system have led some citizens…

The Conversation

Researcher discovers unknown history behind the Voynich manuscript, the world’s most mysterious text

For centuries, the origins and purpose of the Voynich manuscript has confounded academics and researchers

The Independent UK

Centre for Robert Burns studies reveals two new co-directors

Scottish Literature academics have been announced as the new co-directors for the centre of Robert Burns studies at the University of Glasgow, the…

The National (Scotland)

Govt urged to raise pension for elderly

Senior citizens should receive a universal pension of 3,000 baht per month to ease their financial burden, activists and academics said at a forum.

Bangkok Post

New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it's more than a job perk

Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to cut costs. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found AUT’s approach breached its collective employment agreement with staff and their union and ordered it to withdraw the termination notices.

The Conversation

What's a 'gig' job? How it's legally defined affects workers' rights and protections

The “gig” economy has captured the attention of technology futurists, journalists, academics and policymakers.

The Conversation

Social media may threaten the Welsh language, study reveals

Academics at Swansea University compared minority and majority language speakers’ social media responses.

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Walter Scott descendent wades into 'racism' row with UK university

A DESCENDENT of legendary Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott has blasted academics at a UK university for warning students against…

Financial Times

How professors’ children are shaping the world

Zelenskyy, Macron and Sam Bankman-Fried are all academics’ kids on a global stage

Newcastle Herald

All hands on deck sees volunteers win top gong for classic wooden boat

Dietitians, doctors, academics and lawyers who've turned their attention to restoring wooden boats in their sunset years have been rewarded for their labour of love.

Daily Record

Ex-health secretaries call for ban on zero hour contracts for Scots carers

Alex Neil and Malcolm Chisholm have backed a campaign by relatives of patients, academics and politicians calling for an end to the exploitative regime in social care jobs

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NSW Police questioned researchers' independence in gay hate crime review, inquiry hears

NSW Police were worried academics engaged to help review suspected gay-hate murders could be bias if they were "connected to the gay community", an inquiry hears.

The Guardian - UK

Socioeconomic rights deserve legal protection

Letter: Academics and lawyers on the new protected social rights proposed by Gordon Brown’s Commission on the UK’s Future

Reason

Court Upholds Discipline Imposed on Professors Who Called Fellow Professor "Racist" in Anonymous Flyer

From Gruber v. Bruce, decided last week by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.): An internecine difference of opinion among academics at Tennessee Tech University ("TTU" or "Tech") led to this action … asserting First Amendment retaliation … claims. The case arose after two faculty members were disciplined by the Provost…

The Independent UK

Internet ‘increasingly prominent’ in radicalisation of extremists – research

Academics examined the role the internet played in the radicalisation of 437 convicted extremist offenders in England and Wales.

Daily Mirror

Super League clubs sent fresh warning as court prepares to rule on UEFA claim

Independent academics say fans should expect to pay more to attend games if a Super League is established as they urge European Court of Justice to rule in favour of UEFA

The Conversation

Why we need open-source science innovation — not patents and paywalls

As we prepare to invest money to prevent the next global pandemic and find solutions to many other problems, science funders have a large opportunity to move towards open science and more research collaboration by offering open-source endowed chairs.

The Guardian - UK

AI bot ChatGPT stuns academics with essay-writing skills and usability

Latest chatbot from Elon Musk-founded OpenAI can identify incorrect premises and refuse to answer inappropriate requests

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