By Sheri Adekola, Sessional Instructor, Migration and Labour Markets, University of Guelph
Canada is recruiting internationally educated health professionals to help address health-care workforce shortages, while governments are also trying to make it faster and easier for newcomers to have their qualifications recognized.
The 2025 federal budget proposed $97 million over five years, beginning in 2026–27, for the Foreign Credential Recognition Action Fund focused…
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By Robi Morder, Chercheur Associé au Laboratoire Printemps, UVSQ/Paris-Saclay, co-président du Groupe d'études et de recherches sur les mouvements étudiants (Germe), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
Student outcry against the limited means of France’s education system is nothing new, but the global context and the nature of the movement which began in the suburbs are, and so is the government’s initial, confrontational reaction.
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By Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift.
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By Josephine Bourner, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
While reports of suspected plague have been circulating in the media, Russia’s consumer health watchdog has described the illness as pneumonia of unknown cause. The World Health Organization also stated the official…
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By Seth T. Kannarr, Visiting Honors Lecturer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
Katrina Stack, Assistant Professor of U.S. Public History, University of South Florida
Articles published in The Conversation go well beyond academics writing for a general audience – they can also serve as great content for educators to use in the classroom.
Our recent article in the academic journal The Professional Geographer explores how articles from The Conversation provide opportunities for public storytelling and authentic learning in university classrooms.
As geographers and experienced writers for The Conversation – having written or co-written 26 articles…
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By David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick
The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented. Indeed, commentators have been quick to point to comparisons with the events of May and June 1968, where, at their peak, more than 10 million students and workers took to the streets.
In 1968, as now, there were legitimate reasons for protest. The unrest began at the Nanterre campus of the University…
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By Shannon D. M. Moore, Associate professor of social studies education, Department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Jennifer Watt, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, University of Manitoba
Allegations of sexual assault at Cornell University, and the public response to them, reveal persistent misunderstandings about consent, bystander responsibility and sexual violence.
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By Andrew S. Roe-Crines, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication, University of Liverpool
Kemi Badenoch’s closing conference speech to the Conservative party conference sought to galvanise the membership by framing the coming years as “a battle of ideas” over how Britain is governed.
The Conservative leader employed a combination of emotions, evidence and narrative in the speech. As a way of setting out the tone, these are effective ways of capturing the audience’s attention so that they remain attentive to the core policies and overarching messages. For Badenoch, these were about doing…
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By Lesley Palmer, Professor, Ageing and Dementia Design, University of Stirling
Vikki McCall, Professor of Social Policy, University of Stirling
With Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans for adult social care reform in England, including a move towards a national care service, much of the focus has been on who receives care and who provides it.
A missing piece of the jigsaw, however, is where that care is provided. Any care revolution is going to fail without the right homes to conduct the care in.
At a time when a health and social care services are under intense…
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By Birte Julia Gippert, Reader in International Relations, University of Liverpool
Theresa Squatrito, Associate Professor in International Organisations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
It took 27 years after the end of hostilities in Kosovo to bring the leader of the KLA to book for his war crimes.
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