By Douglas A. Stuart, Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
Irene Marie Herremans, Professor, Haskayne School of Business and School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Many firms now report how they are doing along economic, environmental and social lines in what is called a sustainability report. But how effective are they, really?
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By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
US vice president Kamala Harris is in the political spotlight as calls on Biden to drop out of the presidential race intensify.
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By Daniel Newman, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Durham University
In a recent Amazon poll among its employees in European countries to mark the European football championships, the kebab appears as their favourite food, with the English beans on toast coming a distant second.
More than half of the 75,000 respondents said they partake at least once a week. And while even kebab aficionados will admit it’s hardly haute cuisine, its fan base cuts across all classes. It was reported, for instance, that one of the first things…
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By James Weldon, PhD Candidate in Geography, Cardiff University
Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands. Glance at the landscape paintings of John Constable for a vague idea of what has been lost. Elm timber made ships, chairs and even water pipes until the 19th century.
These trees, and the world they held up, came crashing down when Dutch elm disease caused what is arguably the worst change to the UK’s countryside in living memory. The fungal disease…
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By Alper Kara, Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University London
The impact of higher mortgage costs is now biting hard. Three million UK households face the prospect of having to renew their mortgage within the next two years as their fixed-rate periods come to an end. While nearly two-thirds of all borrowers have already remortgaged at more expensive rates, a large number are still waiting to do the same.
The Bank of England’s recent financial stability report highlighted how vulnerable household budgets are to increased mortgage costs. Many…
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By Josephine Metcalf, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
Ben V. Olguín, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara
In the same year the poet and activist Luis J. Rodríguez prepares to celebrate his 70th birthday (on July 9), his bestselling memoir Always Running celebrates its 30th anniversary.
In Always Running, Rodríguez reflects on his involvement with Mexican-American gangs in east Los Angeles (LA) during the 1960s and 1970s. Released in 1993, the memoir is memorable for its violent tales of barrio life balanced with an articulate, politicised vision of the structural conditions shaping these underclass realities.
As the authors of a groundbreaking new…
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By Ursula Kania, Senior Lecturer in English Language/Linguistics, University of Liverpool
Over 50,000 years ago, humans started speaking and we’ve not shut up since. Sometimes, though, we struggle to remember the name of an object, a place, or a person we want to talk about. The technical term for this phenomenon is “lethologica”.
While severe word-finding difficulties can be due to serious neurological issues, such as a stroke or dementia, drawing the occasional, temporary blank is very common. Unsurprisingly, stress…
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By James Vaughan, Lecturer in International History, Aberystwyth University
When it comes to Israel and Palestine, the Labour party has a complex historical legacy. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is acutely aware of the lessons of the past, particularly from when Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader, about the ability of this conflict to pitch the party into a state of antagonistic self-destruction.
Since 2020, Labour’s consistent line has been that it has fundamentally changed when it comes to antisemitism:…
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By Giovanni Sala, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Liverpool
Fernand Gobet, Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
Most adults never have to take an IQ test. But tests for assessing students’ cognitive abilities, such as the cognitive ability test (Cat), are used in schools around the world. These tests are very similar to IQ tests. Taking them may be a pain for kids. Possibly, it’s an even bigger pain for parents.
Just for a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a parent whose child’s overall Cat score turns out to be below average. A flock of unpleasant questions may pop into your mind. Does that mean they won’t…
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By Charlotte Codina, Lecturer, Orthoptics, University of Sheffield
Paul McCartney recently told The Times that he does eye yoga to avoid needing glasses. In the interview, he revealed that he was introduced to the eye exercises in India some years ago and has practised them ever since.
He believes that by exercising your eye muscles, you can reduce the need for glasses. Macca has demonstrated some of these techniques on YouTube.
So what…
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