By Huw Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Aberystwyth University
Gwennan Higham, Senior Lecturer in Welsh, Swansea University
Leigh Oakes, Professor of French and Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London
The UK government’s proposed immigration reforms emphasise the need for migrants to learn English in order to integrate successfully.
Some of the new measures announced include raising the level of English language skills required from migrants that wish to work in the UK.
Those who wish to settle permanently will also need to demonstrate a stronger grasp of English. In the future they may also be asked to demonstrate…
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By Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Research fellow in Ecology and Conservation, University of Oxford
Biodiversity, the rich variety of life found on Earth, is vanishing. I’m a conservation scientist keen to monitor this loss to better understand where efforts to reverse it will be most effective. And I might have hit on a novel solution.
I study European hedgehogs, the popular spiky mammals that inhabit our gardens. Hedgehog populations are declining massively, with an estimated loss of up to 75% in the rural…
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By Thomas York, Postgraduate Researcher in Human Geography, University of Leicester
The UK government’s strategy for tackling climate change received a major blow in May when Danish developer Ørsted announced that adverse economic developments had halted its 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Hornsea 4 wind farm in the North Sea.
The government aims to generate at least 43GW…
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By Hugh Stevens, Senior Lecturer Department of English Language & Literature, UCL
Ed was never afraid to speak or to write about his own queer life, and the queer lives of others.
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By Sinead McEneaney, Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
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By Sophie Davies, Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Bloating, abdominal pain, constipation? You might have diverticular disease — a condition that affects nearly 7 in 10 people over 80. Here’s what you need to know.
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By Tina Moffat, Professor, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University
Parents and teachers in a southern Ontario survey conducted in the city of Hamilton and Peel Region spoke about their desires for an equitable and inclusive school food program.
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By Faye Skelton, Associate Professor in Forensic Cognition and Miscarriages of Justice, Edinburgh Napier University
Paddy Hill spent more than 16 years in prison for murders he did not commit. One of the so-called Birmingham Six who were wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, he was proof that exoneration and financial compensation do not fix a miscarriage of justice.
When I met him in July 2023, more than 30 years after his release from prison, his ordeal continued…
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By Victoria Mapplebeck, Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London
Ten years ago I was at a preview screening at the British Film Institute (BFI) of short films shot and set in London. My smartphone-filmed short, 160 Characters, was part of the programme and told the story of me raising my son Jim alone.
I was excited to have my film included, but by the end of the night I was a little less euphoric. I was one of only a handful of women directors screening work that night and almost every film in the programme was set on a council estate, featuring one-dimensional characters who were either…
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By Kate Lewis, Researcher in Animal Welfare, University of Portsmouth
The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.
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