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Dubai event invites researchers from across world to tackle global challenges – apply to attend

Are you a researcher with an idea that could help solve one of today’s most pressing problems? A conference in Dubai this November will showcase research addressing a wide range of global social and environmental issues. And you can now apply to be involved – and present your work.

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Cambodia Genocide Denial Law Open To Abuse, Say Critics

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime welcome a beefed-up Cambodian law that forbids denying the movement's atrocities, but rights advocates and academics warn it could also stifle legitimate dissent.

International Business Times

Concerns over unprecedented PNG Facebook block

Opposition politicians, academics and the media council have voiced alarm over the Papua New Guinea government's move to block Facebook.

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Morning Mail: academics cancel US travel plans, what’s behind Gina Rinehart’s wealth, Oscar Piastri wins in Bahrain

Fears grow of US border control; outrage over Russian missile attack in Ukraine; Australian F1 driver takes grand prix honours

The Guardian - AU

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

The Guardian - AU

University of Sussex’s record fine sparks confusion over freedom of speech rules

Vice-chancellors urge Office for Students to provide more clarity to protect students and academics from abuse

The Guardian - UK

Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence

Many American universities, widely seen globally as beacons of academic integrity and free speech, are giving in to demands from the Trump administration, which has been targeting academia since it took office.

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Trump is targeting US universities as never before. Here are four ways to help them

Supporters in Europe can offer new opportunities and minimise the isolation. Certainly they can avoid making things worse, says political scientist Cas Mudde

The Guardian - UK

Older people less likely to be given antibiotics, despite higher risk – study

Academics called on GPs to ‘better target’ antibiotics for those at highest need after analysing data on millions of prescriptions.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling stickers on campus ‘not a transphobic dog whistle’, tribunal told

Academics Dr Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne are suing the University and College Union (UCU) over criticism of their film about trans issues.

Evening Standard

JK Rowling stickers ‘not a transphobic dog whistle’, tribunal told

Academics Dr Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne are suing the University and College Union

The Independent UK

Pink slime and ‘truthpapers’: why more local news publications is not necessarily better

Securing the future of local journalism is attracting attention from industry, policymakers and academics across the globe, at a time when the landscape is radically shifting. “News deserts” are emerging and, to fill them, community Facebook pages, local government newsletters and digital startups are springing up.

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Letter: Donald Gordon obituary

Rosemary Burton writes: We also learn that complaints by academics about journalism garbling their work are nothing new

The Guardian - UK

"On Not Signing Most Open Group Letters by My Fellow Legal Academics"

An excerpt from yesterday's post by my UCLA colleague Stephen Bainbridge: Last week, I signed an open letter to the… The post "On Not Signing Most Open Group Letters by My Fellow Legal Academics" appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Guardian - UK

UK academics accuse their union of discrimination over gender-critical film

Documents before tribunal say UCU branch asked Edinburgh University to cancel screening of Adult Human Female

The Guardian - UK

When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed

US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary

The Independent UK

Smartphone bans alone do not give children healthy tech relationship – academics

A group of experts has warned that blanket phone bans fail to prepare children for modern life in a digital world.

The Guardian - US

‘A warning for students of color’: Ice agents are targeting certain protesters, say experts

Despite the diversity of pro-Palestine demonstrators, officials go after people of color with visas and scholarships ‘to create a wedge in solidarity’

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University professor lawsuit claims Trump administration deporting pro-Palestine activists creates ‘climate of repression and fear’

Lawsuit comes after multiple U.S. permanent residents and visa-holding academics have faced deportation in recent weeks

Evening Standard

Cambridge University in row over claims Stephen Hawking benefited from slavery-linked funds

Cambridge is in a dispute with academics after an exhibition linked Stephan Hawking with the slave trade

The Guardian - UK

After America: can Europe learn to go it alone without the US?

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?

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Killers with severe mental health issues are perceived as monsters – a terrible failure of academics like me

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.

The Guardian - UK

Non-violent protesters should not have to disavow motives at trial, study says

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

The Independent UK

Exposure to nature reduces brain activity linked to pain – study

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

The Independent UK

Boys in England significantly outperforming girls in maths for first time in decades

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

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