By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Victorian Liberal rebel Moira Deeming on Friday delayed a move to de-select her, with her court action leading to the Liberal Party agreeing to stay its hand until after further legal proceedings.
Meanwhile Pauline Hanson has ruled out any path to One Nation for the controversial upper house member.
The Victorian Liberal Party executive seemingly had its ducks in a row to revoke Deeming’s endorsement, at a meeting scheduled for Friday evening.
But the plan was derailed when Deeming launched proceedings in the Supreme Court against party president Brian Loughnane.…
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By Sam Edwards, Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
The plans for the 250th anniversary of the American revolution, which kicks off in earnest on July 4, have drawn media scrutiny in the US. One issue has been the subject of recurrent discussion: the role of President Donald Trump.
Behind this scrutiny is the claim that Trump is co-opting the anniversary for his own agenda. His administration’s alleged sidelining of the non-partisan “America250” commission, which was established by Congress in 2016, in favour of his rival “Freedom 250” organisation has drawn…
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By Matthew Hinton, Senior Lecturer in Information Management, The Open University
Jacqueline Baxter, Professor in Public Policy and Management, The Open University
Up to 19 million people in the UK face digital poverty — and digital access is now a human right universities can’t afford to ignore.
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By Li Zhang, Associate Professor in Communications, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds
Wifi on the go is often unreliable – on buses, trains and, increasingly, planes. Whether via cellular or satellite systems, connectivity at speed suffers from highly variable signal coverage and strength. This leads to delays, degraded data speeds and service interruptions.
To address these issues, the UK government has announced a major upgrade to wifi…
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By Clare Nattress, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, York St John University
Daniel Bryant, Research Fellow, Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York
Researchers have transformed air quality data into maps, visualisations and exhibitions to connect people to the issues in tangible ways.
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By Elly Anastasiades, PhD Researcher, Anglia Ruskin University
Psychologists have spent years studying how we feel about our bodies. Now research is turning to a part of us most people obsess over daily, but rarely examine – our hair.
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By Alexandra Verini, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University
Nuns as teachers are historically associated with anything but progress. Often stereotyped as exactors of cruel discipline, nuns in the classroomv are thought of as wielding rulers – and worse – ready to rap disobedient children’s knuckles. And yet, during the 19th century, Catholic sisters were, in their own way, radicals as they engaged in work that challenged the norms of their time: the education of girls.
At that time, the education of women was still controversial. Some even argued that academic…
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By Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
Giray Gozgor, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford
The UK’s borrowing costs are higher than the government would like them to be. Economic growth remains weak, and public finances are under constant pressure.
All of this make things difficult for pretty much everybody. But one particularly vulnerable group are the small businesses which survive mainly through continued borrowing.
Known as “zombie” firms, these are companies with persistently weak profitability which…
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By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Economic interests have shaped society’s response to pollution. Now, policy needs to align with the scientific evidence to clean up our air.
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By Michael Lucy, Science Editor, The Conversation
Another apparent case of H5 avian influenza in a wild bird is a cause for concern – but it’s not the same as an outbreak.
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