The Latest Breaking News from Academics

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 · Jan 23, 2023

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 · Jan 23, 2023

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 · Jan 17, 2023

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 · Jan 9, 2023

Social media may threaten the Welsh language, study reveals

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

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022

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…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 30, 2022

How professors’ children are shaping the world

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

Financial Times · Dec 22, 2022

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

Daily Record · Dec 11, 2022

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.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022