By Paul Jones, Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience at Aston Business School, Aston University
Generative AI can explain a difficult concept, solve a problem, correct a sentence or produce an answer in seconds. That creates enormous opportunities for learning.
People have more access than ever before to information about different learning strategies. But the strategies that feel easy or familiar are not necessarily those that produce the most durable learning.
You are in charge when you use an AI so it’s a good idea…
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By Marina Yusupova-Ryder, Visiting Lecturer in Sociology, Edinburgh Napier University
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed more than Russia’s relations with the west – it changed the meaning of being Russian.
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By Justin Levitt, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Mayhem at the polls on Election Day 2026? Americans are worried. But a scholar of election law who has also run a nationwide election protection program says he doesn’t believe it will happen.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
By directly acknowledging the seriousness of One Nation’s support, Chalmers is underscoring that the party is a threat to Labor, not just to the Coalition.
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By Aditya Sengupta, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
Josephine Brown, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
Mandy Freund, Lecturer, Climate Science Geography, The University of Melbourne
Nicola Maher, DECRA/Research Fellow, Climate Science, Australian National University
The world is on the cusp of an historic El Niño, a climate pattern centred in the Pacific that could reshape weather across the planet.
El Niño is hardly a new phenomenon, but forecasts indicate the coming one could be the…
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By Katie Edwards, Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
The Strange Health podcast is back for season two, investigating cottage cheese, sunscreen scares, pimple popping and the health questions you want answered.
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By Marija Jovanovic, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
As the 100th anniversary of the Slavery Convention is marked, it’s time to assess the UK’s role in helping survivors.
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By Rebekah Gear, Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education, Nottingham Trent University
There is growing evidence that children today have fewer opportunities for independent, adventurous outdoor play and fewer chances to make decisions and shape their own experiences than previous generations.
Just 43% of children and young people aged from eight to 15 in England report spending time outdoors every day or most days. Research suggests that outdoor…
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By Justin Roberts, Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
The supplement industry has a new favourite molecule: NAD+. Scientists are interested too, but evidence of its anti-ageing benefits in humans remains limited.
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By Julie Laursen, Associate professor in Criminology, University of Copenhagen
It has been said that a society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats people who break the law.
I research prisons and am interested in what incarceration reveals about the relationship between the state and the people in its care.
By this standard, the UK and Denmark tell very different stories. In 2025, Denmark’s prison population stood at around 69…
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