By Jessica Mary Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, University of Sheffield
Louise Atkinson, Artist Researcher, University of Leeds
Home is often imagined as a physical structure or a fixed point on a map, something stable that we can locate and return to. Yet our earliest experiences of home are rarely so concrete. They are shaped by memory, sensation and emotion, held in fragments of sound, smell, language and feeling.
One Song, a socially engaged arts project by London-based artist Kadir Karababa, is currently on show at The Art House, a creative hub of artist studios, galleries and community workshop…
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By Mine Karatas-Ozkan, Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (University of Southampton) and Vice-President for Talent Development (EURAM), European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Compassion is an underrated leadership strength among both men and women, and research shows it is an asset that is key to efficient team management, particularly in challenging times.
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By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
The UK is in the grip of a severe drought. England and Wales received only 9-10% of their normal rainfall in July, and for England it was the driest July since records began in 1836. A fifth heatwave has just been forecast. This is the shape of things to come and is what climate scientists have long predicted.
The drought’s length and severity are affecting UK agriculture and food production. This follows other…
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By Malizgani Paul Chavula, Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Zambia
Cosmas Zyambo, Lecturer & Researcher in Public Healths, University of Zambia
In 2019 Zambia introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme to help more people access healthcare and move the country closer to universal health coverage.
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By Nicole Beardsworth, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Zambia’s election, scheduled for 13 August, has shaped up into a battle between two alliances. The ruling United Party for National Development alliance is backed by 15 smaller parties. The Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance is headed by presidential newcomer Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu.
The Tonse-Pamodzi alliance includes a group of smaller political parties without parliamentary representation, and many of the remaining structures of the
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By Alix Violet Freckelton, Research Fellow - Sun, Stars, and Exoplanets, University of Birmingham
A solar eclipse is a rare, visually striking phenomenon. The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, temporarily hiding our star – a geometrical alignment spanning millions of miles.
A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon doesn’t fully block the Sun, resulting in a gentle dimming of the sky. A total solar eclipse, however, dramatically plunges a daytime sky into blackness.
Everything has to be perfect for this to happen. An astonishing cosmic coincidence means that solar eclipses as viewed from Earth are spectacular – and unlike those anywhere else in the solar system.
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By Boróka Bó, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University College Dublin
Parents are told to treasure every moment: “It goes by in the blink of an eye!” Yet for many, the early months of parenthood do not feel fast so much as relentless: a blur of feedings, worries and appointments in which time seems to belong to everyone but the parents themselves.
How do we find balance when every minute is already spoken for? This is the question at the heart of my research. Over years of fieldwork in Toronto’s wealthiest and most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, I interviewed more than 200 people…
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By Dipa Kamdar, Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Almost 305,000 doses of the morning-after pill were provided free of charge in England’s high street pharmacies in the first five months of the new contraception service, according to new NHS data (October 2025 to March 2026). This figure marks one of the biggest changes in access to emergency contraception in decades, putting a free morning-after pill within easier reach of millions of women.
The change is straightforward:…
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By Adam Behr, Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
It seems hopeful at least that the new prime minister does not have to be persuaded of the value of the arts and culture.
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By Laura MacDiarmid, Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
Mavis Morton, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph
Noah Ramsammy, M.A. Student in Criminal Justice and Public Policy, University of Guelph
Restorative justice isn’t appropriate in every case of intimate partner violence. But it could bring justice to some survivors if it adheres to six important principles.
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