By Sean Brophy, Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
In the upcoming budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to raise the minimum wage to £12.70 an hour: £26,416 annually for a full-time job. This means that the gap between salaries for minimum wage jobs and those for professional jobs that require a degree is shrinking fast.
Some smaller law firms are already paying newly qualified solicitors barely more than minimum wage. “Why would young people take on £45,000 of student debt if they can earn the same stacking shelves?” one executive…
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By Jodie Raybould, Lecturer in Psychology, Coventry University
Daniel Waldeck, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Coventry University
Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you’re apologising for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone like this ever truly change?
You could be talking about a narcissist.
When people high in narcissism feel slighted or criticised, it threatens their fragile or inflated self-esteem, prompting them to react with aggression to protect their self-image. Naturally, when confronted with…
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By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
The former US vice-president is widely regarded as the driving force behind George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the US War on Terror.
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges a prompt, independent, impartial and internationally supervised investigation into the deadliest police operation in the state’s history. Amnesty International strongly condemns the massacre that occurred during “Operation Containment” carried out on 28 October in the Alemão and Penha favelas in Rio de Janeiro – the deadliest in the state’s history – which […] The post Brazil: Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro is evidence yet again of systemic and racist violence appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
On the afternoon of October 25, Cheick Oumar Diallo chatted with companions on a street in Mali’s capital, Bamako. Suddenly, four gendarmes arrived in a pickup truck and motorbikes, arrested him, and drove off. Click to expand Image Cheick Oumar Diallo, Bamako, Mali, 2025. © Private A week later, Diallo—a 43-year-old former trade union member and prominent critic of Mali’s military junta—has not been seen and his whereabouts remain unknown.Witnesses said that the gendarmes told Diallo they had orders to arrest him. When he asked why he was being detained, they refused to explain.…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Cambodian military personnel and international observers inspect damage from shelling at Preah Vihear Temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, August 20, 2025. © 2025 AKP via AP Photo On October 25, 10-year-old Sern Sovann died from an explosion after reportedly bringing home an item from a nearby field in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province near the border with Thailand. The blast also seriously injured his father. The Cambodian Mine Action Centre found that the explosion was caused by an unexploded M-85 artillery-delivered submunition fired into Cambodia…
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By Gabriela Radulescu, Guggenheim Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
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By Huma Tariq Malik, Ph.D. Student in Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University
Thomas Borch, Professor of Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry, Colorado State University
Consumer choices about what to eat and how much of it can affect how much water farmers need to use.
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By Emery Petchauer, Visiting Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Oklahoma announced in October 2025 it would no longer assess out-of-state teachers with a controversial test developed by a conservative media company.
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By Jeff Kruth, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Miami University
Tammy Schwartz, Director of the Urban Cohort, Miami University
With teacher shortages mounting and housing costs soaring, school districts from California to Ohio are experimenting with a new solution: building homes for educators on school-owned land.
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