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‘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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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

Irish Mirror

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

Chronicle Live

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

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

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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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

Chronicle Live

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’.

Al Jazeera

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

ABC News

'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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

Bangkok Post

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The Hindu

Plea to NCERT to reinsert Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in textbooks

Mr. Murthy alleged that the Union government was trying to destroy academics with its hidden agenda.

The National (Scotland)

Was indyref1 the triumph of head over heart? Academics seek to answer the question

RECEIVED wisdom can, in truth, be urban legend. Common beliefs about politics especially so. In The Referendum that Changed a Nation, four eminent…

Bangkok Post

Senators urged to heed views of voters

A group of academics has launched a public campaign that is urging senators to support the political party that wins the majority of House seats in Sunday's poll to lead in forming a new government.

Bangkok Post

Shaking up conscription

Academics and human rights defenders have expressed mixed responses to calls to scrap compulsory military service, which is gaining national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls.

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Bangkok Post

Weighing in on the election

As election campaigning entered its final lap this week, the Bangkok Post asked academics to predict the number of lower House seats each party is expected to win on Sunday, as well as the most likely post-election coalitions, and who will become the new prime minister.

The Conversation

ChatGPT could have an upside for universities – helping bust ‘contract cheating’ by ghostwriters

Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, academics have expressed concern over the impact the artificial intelligence service could have on student work.

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners urge king to do more to acknowledge UK’s slavery role

Charles should adopt specific measures to build understanding of the legacy of enslavement, say activists and academics

The Conversation

Remote teaching in Nigeria and South Africa got a COVID wake-up call -- how to capitalise on it

Universities had to deal with many anxieties and uncertainties during the early days of the COVID pandemic. One of these was how to move all of their teaching online. For some, the process was fairly simple as they had already been offering blended online and in-person lessons.

The Guardian - UK

‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

Bangkok Post

Minority govt idea alarms

Politicians and academics strongly oppose any attempt to form a minority government after the May 14 election, warning that this could spark street demonstrations culminating in another coup.

Daily Mirror

Brits urged to take quiz and figure out if they're 'super-memorisers' to help with study

Academics from the University of Cambridge are trying to uncover why some people are much better at remembering than others and want the public's help with their study

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