By Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
The government has proposed dropping the cap on faith admissions for new and existing free faith schools in England. This would mean that oversubscribed faith schools in this category – those established as new academies, rather than converted from existing council-maintained schools – would no longer have to offer 50% of their places to children from outside their religion.
In practice, this would lead to an increase in the number of faith-based schools in England,…
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By Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition
Your home was probably designed for a climate that no longer exists.
As long as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping blanket of gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the weather will become more volatile. Without an urgent transformation, our built environment will buckle under the mounting strain of heatwaves, floods and storms.
It’s estimated that close to 7 billion people will live in urban…
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By Yushu Zhu, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
Hanan Ali, Assistant Researcher, Housing Policy, Simon Fraser University
Meg Holden, Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
Natasha Mhuriro, Assistant Researcher, Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
Community housing is not a silver bullet to Canada’s housing crisis. But a strong community housing sector can play a significant role in providing all Canadians with the right to adequate housing.
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By F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The new strategy sees gas as crucial to the new Future Made in Australia policy, which includes support for manufacturing and refining critical minerals.
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By Matthew Wynn Sivils, Professor of American Literature, Iowa State University
Board games are booming: In 2023 alone, the industry topped US$16.8 billion and is projected to reach $40.1 billion by 2032.
Classics like “Scrabble” are being refreshed and transformed, while newer inventions such as “Pandemic”…
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By Lindsay DiCuirci, Associate Professor of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on Earth create a more just world.
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By Paul Lushenko, Assistant Professor and Director of Special Operations, US Army War College
Keith L. Carter, Associate Professor of Political Science, US Naval War College
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
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By Dakotah Tyler, Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research on one exoplanet that’s rapidly losing its atmosphere is hinting to scientists why exoplanets tend to look a certain way.
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By Cara Wall-Scheffler, Professor and Chair of Biology at Seattle Pacific University and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington
Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at daily activities like carrying water or firewood.
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