The Latest Breaking News from Academics

Starmer’s ‘global talent taskforce’ examines plans to make it easier for foreign academics and digital experts to relocate to UK

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 International Association of Genocide Scholars, the world’s largest body of genocide scholars with 500 academics including Holocaust experts, has voted overwhelmingly to recognise Israel’s war on Gaza as genocide. 

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?

Changes to readers for young children have sparked criticism from academics, authors and teachers, who have called it ‘an assault’ on Māori identity

Mixed sessions could help male pupils understand menstruation better and support the females in their lives, a study suggests.

New, extreme, and often bizarre social movements and communities are popping up around the world. As each one arises, journalists and academics are pumping out books that do “deep dives” into these communities.

The freeze comes as the university pursues $100m in cost cuts and after it announced in April it could axe 400 jobs

Academics said that the finding is concerning given the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare