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Morning Digest | Gujarat grapples with destruction caused by cyclone Biparjoy; 73 academics defend efforts to ‘update’ NCERT textbooks, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu

Trump's Lawyers Cite, And Disagree with Blackman & Tillman On Whether The President Is Or Is Not An "Officer of the United States"

"To be clear, we mean no disrespect to either of these fine academics but their views on this matter are idiosyncratic."

Reason

Fostering compassion in polarised times: lessons from psychologists, criminologists, and educationalists

When the world seems increasingly divided, what skills can help us dial down the hostile vibes and become a more compassionate society?

The Guardian - UK

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Group recommends reforms for scandal-plagued Los Angeles city council

Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting commissions and better enforce ethics rules, a panel of academics tasked with proposing reforms for the scandal-plagued city government said Thursday

The Independent UK

Greggs vs Pret study aims to pinpoint exact spot of North-South divide

Academics have used lunch chains to plot where the south of England becomes the north

Birmingham Post

Geothermal energy could create jobs in deprived areas, MP says

Kieran Mullan has worked with academics from Durham University on the research

Birmingham Post

University unions at war with each other over industrial dispute

One of the unions involved in the messy dispute has criticised academics for going on strike and withdrawn from negotiations.

Newcastle Herald

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No campaign accused of misrepresenting First Nations commentators in youth-targeted advertisements

Quotes from prominent First Nations activists, writers, academics and politicians who have critiqued the notion of a Voice to Parliament have appeared in new No campaign social media ads. But some are not willing participants.

ABC News

Greedflation: the claim that businesses are making inflation worse

MPs, academics and trade unionists have accused supermarkets of deliberately “profiteering” from inflation, alleging that they are increasing food prices beyond the pace of inflation and their own rising costs.

The Week

Academics union fears Newcastle Uni will use new IR laws to 'gut' conditions

The union is worried the university will seek Fair Work Commission arbitration, sidelining staff.

Newcastle Herald

DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all

This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and…

The Conversation

‘It would be a betrayal to back down now’: university pay row reaches new level of acrimony

As the stalemate continues, union infighting has added a new dimension while universities are threatening to dock pay

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s universities are failing academics like me – and they’re failing the country

Prepare for long hours that far exceed your contracted workload. Leaving aside whether such a situation is even fair, it is bad for everyone

The Guardian - AU

Academics have ‘more generous’ benefits than other professionals – report

It comes as a marking boycott is being carried out at universities in an ongoing dispute over staff’s pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

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Irish Mirror

Almost half of world's species 'declining towards extinction' - alarming new report from Irish academics

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast looked at population trends in over 71,000 species

Chronicle Live

Durham academics continue marking boycott amid pay dispute and urge bosses to back them 'for sake of students'

Students 'won't have all of their marks' is the warning from academics in Durham who want more done to resolve a long-running industrial dispute

The Conversation

We solve problems in 30 days through 'research sprints': other academics can do this too

The Conversation

International Booker Prize 2023: our experts review the six shortlisted books

From a longlist of 12, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on May 23.

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Chronicle Live

Weight loss jab should be offered to obese teenagers, scientists say

Following a clinical trial, academics said the weight loss injection semaglutide could help adolescents with obesity to shed pounds

Al Jazeera

More than 100 academics call for Ghannouchi’s release in Tunisia

Some 150 signatories call for the release of opposition leader Ghannouchi, saying his arrest is part of a ‘witch hunt’.

The Guardian - UK

European leaders urged to help Tunisians resist assault on democracy

International academics join effort to highlight crackdown on freedom after jailing of opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi

The Guardian - UK

Academics condemn ‘threats’ against Oxford Union in Kathleen Stock row

Letter claims student union trying to force debating society to disinvite former university professor over transgender views

ABC News

Senior academics write to the NSW attorney-general, calling for early release of Kathleen Folbigg

A group of senior legal academics from New South Wales and Victoria write to the NSW attorney-general, urging him to use his power to immediately release Kathleen Folbigg from prison.

The National (Scotland)

'The Vow' did not win 2014 independence vote for the Union, academics argue

A BOOK by a team of political academics aims to dispel “myths” about the 2014 independence referendum, including the importance of “The…

Bangkok Post

New generation tires of old guard

Academics believe the Move Forward Party (MFP) will join hands with the Pheu Thai Party and small parties to form a government coalition.

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