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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

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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.

The Conversation

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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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

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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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

‘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’

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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?

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps

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

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‘I’ve lost my work and been ostracised’: Oxford University accused of failing to act after ruling on ‘sham’ contracts

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

The Guardian - AU

Australian universities’ new antisemitism definition has some academics worried. Here’s why

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

The Guardian - UK

‘People’s commission’ to examine future of water industry in England and Wales

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

The Guardian - AU

‘Teaching to an empty hall’: is the changing face of universities eroding standards of learning?

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

The Guardian - AU

Tony Burke says he called Creative Australia chief executive before board meeting when Biennale selection rescinded

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

The Guardian - US

‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics

The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of color

The Guardian - UK

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Other lives: Microbiologist at Liverpool University who helped refugee academics find new homes and jobs

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