By Mark Bray, Emeritus professor, University of Newcastle
Australian unions, representing around 1.6 million workers, are about to get two new leaders. Here’s what changed in the past decade and the challenges ahead.
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By Alice Bradbury, Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL
Eleanor Fagan, PhD candidate and Postgraduate Teaching Assistant, UCL Institute of Education, UCL
As another academic year ends, some schools will be closing their doors permanently due to falling numbers of children. In England, declining birth rates over the last decade have led to over 100 schools, predominantly in urban areas, permanently closing.
This relatively recent phenomenon is unprecedented in modern times. The last drop in pupil numbers, in the 2000s, was addressed through increased funding and smaller class sizes, not school closures.
The effect that school closures have on children, teachers and families is not well understood. Beyond the Department for…
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By Global Movement Against Statelessness
If even a few stateless children were pulled into Epstein’s trafficking network, that fact matters. It matters legally. It matters morally. And it matters for every stateless child.
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By Zareh Ghazarian, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
If the new premier cannot unify his party and present a clear path forward, Labor will struggle to convince voters it deserves a fourth term.
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By John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Let’s unpack how interest rates actually work. Then try the RBA’s quiz to see how well you understand the economy.
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By Ben White, Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Eliana Close, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology
Katrine Del Villar, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Some aspects of the voluntary assisted dying process, such as eligibility assessments, can’t be discussed by phone or video conference.
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By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University
Last summer, Australia’s electricity grid underwent a quiet but consequential shift.
Across the east coast, gas-fired power stations – long viewed as the only way to keep the grid functioning on our hottest or coldest days – barely ran.
The amount of energy generated by fossil gas this year dropped to its lowest point…
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By Kathleen Mikkelsen, Lecturer in Biomedicine, Victoria University
Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.
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By Eloise Stevens, Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast, The Conversation
Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
Listen to palaeobiologist Neil Gostling on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast talk about how scientists work out what dinosaurs looked like.
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By Amit Nigam, Professor of Management, City St George's, University of London
Danielle Logue, Professor in Innovation and Impact, UNSW
John Amis, Professor of Strategic Management and Organisation, University of Edinburgh
Taylor Swift getting married to Travis Kelce in New York this summer could easily be described as the ultimate celebrity event. There was hype, intrigue, tight media control and plenty of global attention.
Some described it as being the US’s version of a royal wedding. But there is a key difference.
A royal wedding is a celebration of a monarchy, a long-established institution in many countries. By contrast, the marriage of Swift and Kelce in Madison Square Gardens on July 3 2026 was the…
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