The Latest Breaking News from Academics

In Germany, tariff-hit car factories are being repurposed for defence. In Britain, American academics are queueing up for jobs. The west will be different as a result of Trump – but will it be worse?

According to an investigation by Hundred Families, a charity that supports and advocates for families affected by mental health homicides, each year an average of 65 mentally ill people carry out killings. Between 2018-2023, 390 mental health patients in England committed, or were suspected of, murder or manslaughter.

Academics say UK defendants should be able to explain reasons for their actions and not have to express remorse

Academics from the universities of Exeter and Vienna monitored the brains of 49 people as they received small electric shocks.

Girls’ lack of confidence studying maths and science could be impacting their results, academics warn

Users may have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates, without their phone to help them, say academics

Despite winning a landmark legal battle, academic Alice Jolly believes it won’t benefit others

Warnings decision could have ‘chilling’ effect and limit scope of education on Middle East

Inquiry set up by academics and campaigners to rival ‘too limited’ government-established commission

Voluntary attendance. Online classes. Student numbers swelling. Australian campuses look very different today – and many academics don’t like it

Arts minister – who has denied political interference – says chief executive told him the board would meet to discuss Khaled Sabsabi’s selection