The Latest Breaking News from Academics

The government wants to regulate some of the territory's biggest water users. But academics and water policy experts say there are problems with the proposed changes that can't be sugar coated.

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The White House has announced a star-studded slate of members for the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a panel of artists, museum professionals, academics and philanthropists that serves as an advisory board to President Joe Biden on culture issues

Academics said children should be informed before they start school.

Exclusive: Cost-cutting, casualisation and ‘ridiculous’ teaching loads are taking a toll on tertiary institutions – and some academics are fighting back

IMF suggests invasion spending is pushing up GDP but academics argue non-military economy is foundering

"The Institute will make a place for up to 15 Fellows who are law students, clerks, or lawyers and legal academics only a few years out of law school."

The party-list system, which is designed to allow professionals from various fields to become MPs, has been exploited by parties to return favours to loyal supporters or financiers, academics say.

Over many years of writing, reporting, editing and researching stories about urban crime, some of the most eye-opening conversations I’ve had about drug abuse, drugndealing and violent crime weren’t with police officers, elected officials or academics.

Academics said that limiting sugar intake can have significant health benefits.

Academics claim 'harmful associations' between sugar consumption and conditions including diabetes, depression, heart attacks and stroke