Monday, May 26, 2025
Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic collapse – has left civilians caught in the crossfire of an increasingly brutal conflict, according to a new report by the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
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By Jennifer Tatebe, Senior Lecturer Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Derek Shafer, Lecturer, Te Kura Toi Tangata – School of Education, University of Waikato
Marta Estellés, Senior Lecturer, Te Kura Toi Tangata – School of Education, University of Waikato
Money and budgeting skills are undeniably important. But financial literacy education can’t ignore the broader economic structures that influence students’ lives.
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By Paul Dawson, Professor of Food Science, Clemson University
The majority of children’s diets in the US consist of ultraprocessed foods, which a growing body of research suggests can lead to metabolic diseases and other conditions.
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By Ashlynne McGhee, Digital Storytelling Editor
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Monday 26 May
Tax the trucks?
“Why have you purposely left off the extra mass carried by electric…
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Monday, May 26, 2025
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the daily killings and destruction in Ukraine, following a weekend of deadly attacks that left at least 14 civilians – including three children – dead and dozens more injured across the country.
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By Petra Molnar, Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
Visa revocations are becoming an increasingly weaponized part of the U.S. immigration system, and in education, international students are already vulnerable to uncertain futures.
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By Izabella Nantsou, Academic in Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
Four decades ago, amid a cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment and stagnant wages, a unique partnership between artists and trade unions thrived.
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By Ruth Morgan, Associate Professor of History, Australian National University
Paul Hawken’s Carbon is about a decade in the making. Perhaps the book’s long gestation is why it feels so familiar,
Other recent carbon-centred works include ecologist Dag Olev Hessen’s The Many Lives of Carbon, astrobiologist Robert Hazen’s Symphony…
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By Jai Whelan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Otago
The benefits of providing safe smoking kits include fewer people injecting and stronger connections with harm-reduction services and community groups.
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By Andrew Macintosh, Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University
Australia’s largest carbon market player, GreenCollar, has quit the federal government’s voluntary carbon neutral program, Climate Active. More than 100 companies have left the program in the past two years.
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