By Johanna L. Waters, Professor of Human Geography, UCL
The loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and funding to study or work abroad for up to a year – was a widely mourned consequence of Brexit. The UK government announced a replacement, the Turing scheme, in December 2020. This scheme funds education or training placements outside the UK – in theory, anywhere in the world.…
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By Amnesty International
Mass abductions in Nigeria this week of more than 400 displaced people in Borno state and 287 students and teachers in Kuriga Kaduna state are a shocking indictment of the authorities’ persistent failure to protect people from attacks by armed groups that have killed thousands of Nigerians in the last five years, Amnesty International said […] The post Nigeria: Authorities must ensure safe release and return of over 680 people abducted this week appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns in early February poses serious risks to the coordination of emergency assistance and humanitarian services to millions of people caught up in the conflict, Amnesty International said today. The continued shutdown has limited millions of people’s ability to communicate with their families, […] The post Sudan: Internet shutdown threatens delivery of humanitarian and emergency services appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Friday, March 8, 2024
Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have sought shelter following mass displacement, will hugely increase the risk of atrocity crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human rights warned on Friday.
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By Mong Palatino
"Why was the most beautiful corner of the world, with the most beautiful and peaceful people, chosen for these horrific acts without our informed consent?"
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By Karl von Holdt, Senior Researcher, Society Work and Politics Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Eddie Webster inspired generations of scholars with his vision and practice of critically engaged scholarship, in South Africa and worldwide.
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By Aditi Upmanyu, PhD candidate in English Literature, University of Oxford
The onset of the French Revolution, at the end of the 18th century, had a seismic impact on British thinking. Ideas of the nation were being hardened through xenophobia, an unquestioned reverence for institutional authority and a vocabulary of English “manliness” and “chivalry”. The publication of philosopher Edmund Burke’s Reflections…
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By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in International Security, University of Portsmouth
Biden outlined a plan to build a temporary port to deliver aid to Gaza, and called on Israel to protect innocent victims in Gaza.
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By Alex Farnsworth, Senior Research Associate in Meteorology, University of Bristol Michael Farnsworth, Research Lead Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, University of Sheffield Sebastian Steinig, Research Associate in Paleoclimate Modelling, University of Bristol
Frank Herbert’s Dune is epic sci-fi storytelling with an environmental message at its heart. The novels and movies are set on the desert planet of Arrakis, which various characters dream of transforming into a greener world – much like some envision for Mars today. We investigated Arrakis using a climate model, a computer program similar to those used to give weather forecasts. We found the world that Herbert had created, well before climate…
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By Alex Heffron, PhD Candidate in Geography, Lancaster University
Across Europe, farmers are protesting against changes to regulations and subsidy schemes. Smaller protests have spread through the UK – particularly in Wales, where thousands have turned out to air their grievances with the recent update to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). This is the Welsh government’s proposed scheme to replace the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP), which dedicated the majority of its budget to payments for every hectare of land managed. The new scheme aims to give farmers public money for public goods – in other words, pay farmers from the public purse…
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