By Susie Kilshaw, Professor in Medical Anthropology, UCL
Victoria Browne, Reader in Political Philosophy, Loughborough University
As of April 2027, the entitlement will be extended to ‘all types of pregnancy loss’ that occur before 24 weeks.
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Monday, September 28, 2026
World leaders gather in the General Assembly at the top of the hour to measure how far the world has come in combating racism and how far it still has to go. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the most comprehensive framework of its kind, seeks to acknowledge historical injustices, dismantle inequalities and build societies grounded in dignity, equality and justice for all.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Greens leader Senator Larissa Waters has quit the party leadership in a surprise move due to ill health. Waters, who has been leader since former leader Adam Bandt was defeated at the 2025 election, is managing a “pre-existing kidney disease” that has “declined significantly” in recent months.
A Monday night statement said the prognosis for her recovery was “positive”, but she had decided the demands of the leadership, including extra travel, were incompatible with prioritising her health.
The Greens will determine “the next steps for the leadership this week”, the statement…
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By David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
Felicia Fai, Professor of Innovation & Regional Growth, Co-director of Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
Phil Tomlinson, Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
Andy Burnham says he wants to change how Britain works. Part of his plan involves shifting power out of London to the regions, in the belief that economic growth for the whole country will follow.
The prime minister refers to this as “rewiring the state”. He has long argued that the UK’s economic challenges cannot be separated from its political centralisation.
And there is plenty of evidence to support this…
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By Stephanie Decker, Professor of Strategy, University of Birmingham
An AI model built by US tech company OpenAI has hacked into the Australian government healthcare portal, Medicare. The news, which emerged on September 23, follows a string of similar incidents reported over the summer by OpenAI and its main rival, Anthropic.
These reports have underscored fears that AI labs may be losing control of their creations. They also helped feed the most recent spate of doomsday…
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By Jason M. Blazakis, Professor of the Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
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By Canan Karakoç, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bacteria make a survival gamble when they devote all their energy to forming spores. Evolution is quick to get rid of this function, and researchers did the accounting to understand why.
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By Bo Wang, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi
All the training data in the world can’t account for every possibility when AI systems interact with people and the environment.
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
College rankings can be consequential for less prestigious and less wealthy schools, giving them visibility they might not otherwise have.
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By Mark J. P. Wolf, Professor of Communication, Concordia University Wisconsin
The games created a new way of experiencing video games by building a 3D world in which events could unfold beyond the player’s line of sight.
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