By Theresa Dicke, Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
The OECD reports schools worldwide are under growing strain from teacher shortages. “It is getting harder to recruit, retain and deploy qualified teachers where they are most needed,” it has found.
Australia faces a similar picture. At least one third of Australian teachers say they intend to leave the profession…
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By Nina Hillenberg, Senior Lecturer, Design, Torrens University Australia
Scandinavian design is rooted in a philosophy that seems to make life easier. But it’s been turned into a bland colour palette.
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By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Catherine Chidgey’s novel The Starving Bride is a disturbing and bleakly funny portrait of a society attempting to distract itself from mounting disasters.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The remains of fighting in the abandoned village of Bakri, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from El Fasher, Sudan, where homes and fields were left deserted after residents fled escalating violence across the region, February 24, 2026. © 2026 Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images A record number of countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council this week voted to support a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. For the first time, the Gambia, Mauritius, and Malawi joined South Africa and countries from other regions voting…
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By Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
In 2024 the African Commission itself adopted a resolution on internet shutdowns during elections. The resolution treats a shutdown as a harm to expression and access to information...
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to an announcement today by France’s Interior Minister that the use of stun grenades in the policing of high school student protests will be temporarily suspended, Anne Savinel-Barras, President of Amnesty International France, said: “While the suspension of the use of these grenades in the policing of the current high school student protests is […] The post France: Permanently ban the use of all stun grenades in policing of protests appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence issued against a migrant worker on charges of “blasphemy”, said Amnesty International today. The organization is calling on Saudi authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally given his charges stem entirely from his exercise of his right to freedom of expression. Anojan Sivarasa, a 24-year-old Sri […] The post Saudi Arabia: Overturn death sentence against Sri Lankan migrant worker over social media post appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Elisenda Ballesté, Profesora agregada en Microbiologia, Universitat de Barcelona
After heavy rain, Spanish cities often awaken to refreshed air and clean streets, while the rainwater itself vanishes into storm drains along with everything it swept away. Under the ground, however, a very different story unfolds.
Once rainwater enters the sewerage network, it mixes with domestic waste water: everything that goes down shower, kitchen and bathroom drains, and toilets. This water carries fecal matter and bacteria, along with toilet paper, cleaning products, and many, other things.
If everything works as it should, these waters flow through sewerage pipes…
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By Giray Gozgor, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford
Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
This autumn, the cost of gas and electricity for a typical UK household is expected to rise from £1,663 to £1,723 a year.
The change, due to higher wholesale gas prices, will be easy enough to spot on a household bill. But those rising costs can also affect people in less obvious ways, through the price of a coffee, for example, or a pub lunch or haircut.
That’s because the energy price cap – which limits the unit rates suppliers can charge – applies only to households…
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By Jennifer M.T. Magel, PhD candidate, Conservation Decisions Lab, University of British Columbia
Tara Martin, Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
Shorebirds undertake some of the world’s most impressive migrations — but as sea levels rise, the habitats that they depend on are expected to shrink.
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