By Cate Carroll, Professor of Education and Pedagogy and Executive Dean of Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Liverpool Hope University
Jonathan Glazzard, Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull
Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Kingston University
Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
The government has published its proposals for education reform in England, which have been delayed since autumn 2025 and include significant changes to how the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system operates. Further measures are aimed at improving teacher recruitment, student achievement and belonging at school. Our panel of education experts are scrutinising the plans, which have been anxiously anticipated by many teachers and parents.
A fundamental shift in SEND support
Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education,…
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By Fabio G. Santeramo, Associate Professor, Università di Foggia
Policy frameworks shaping farming in the EU and beyond are suffering from funding misalignment and fragmented priorities, resulting in ineffective global climate efforts.
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By John Noone, Assistant Professor & Course Director BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick
While humans lose muscle within weeks of inactivity, brown bears preserve muscle during hibernation, offering clues for maintaining our muscle health.
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By Hugh Roberts, Professor of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies, University of Exeter
Not since the first world war has there been anything approaching the quality and quantity of work by poets who are also combatants.
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By Michel Dugon, Head of the Venom System Lab, University of Galway
At least 1.2 million scorpion stings are recorded each year – and around 3,000 people, mainly children, die from them.
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By Bethan Davies, Professor of Glaciology, Newcastle University
In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, penguins and even scientists.
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By Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowa
In Portland, Oregon, people wearing inflatable frog costumes – The Portland Frog Brigade – danced outside immigration offices. In Chicago, parents and neighbors walked children to and from school, forming “magic schoolbuses” for families who feared detention.
Thousands of Americans have taken to the…
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By Christopher Schelin, Assistant Professor of Practical and Political Theologies, Starr King School for the Ministry
Louisiana can proceed with a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, according to a federal court decision on Feb. 20, 2026. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted that it is too early to determine whether the requirement violates the First Amendment of the Constitution, which protects religious liberty and prohibits the government…
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By Jonathan Appelbaum, Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, Florida State University
Scaling back Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program could mean a resurgence of HIV/AIDS and increased health care costs throughout the state.
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By Human Rights Watch
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) for the Sudan has released a damning report on atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur, in late October 2025.It concludes that the RSF, which is fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, committed war crimes and crimes against humanity and that its “conduct, and inferred intent, present indications pointing to genocide.” The report warns that without decisive measures to advance accountability and protection of civilians, “the risk of further genocidal…
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