By Paul Snelgrove, Professor, Ocean Sciences and Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
While Below may have some things wrong — giant squid probably aren’t vindictive, for example — a Newfoundland ocean sciences expert praises the Netflix show for stoking an interest in the deep sea.
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By Dale Kirby, Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Atlantic Canada’s experiences show that reducing international student numbers is not enough to judge whether a policy works. Its impacts on universities, students and communities matter too.
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By Ana Parejo Vadillo, Professor of English Literature and the Arts, Birkbeck, University of London
The London tube rumbles to rhythm of the best poetry in the world, and it’s all thanks to Orlando in As You Like It
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By Olumayokun Ogunde, PhD Candidate in English, City St George's, University of London
The film follows Clarissa (Sophie Okonedo) as she prepares to host a party and finds herself revisiting the choices that have shaped her life.
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By Mark Ferguson, Research Fellow, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter
Children who were taken to the park at least once a week throughout childhood scored 16.5% better on their mental health assessments compared to those who did not.
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By Daniel Hanigan, Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge
The way a continent appears on the map can shape perceptions of its place in the world – so much is at stake in the depiction of its size and scale.
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By José Santana Pereira, associate professor, researcher, Universidade de Lisboa
The presidential election will test party loyalties and voters’ expectations of the presidency, as well as its role in the political system.
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By Girmachew Adugna, Advisory Board Member, Research Center for Forced Displacement and Migration Studies, Addis Ababa University
Migration from east Africa and the Horn of Africa is often portrayed as a journey towards Europe. International news reporting typifies it as the mass movement of people from Ethiopia, Eritrea or Somalia, transiting through Sudan, Libya and the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
But the truth is that people would rather move closer to home: within the region, Gulf states and southern Africa. Around 87%…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Graffiti on a wooden fence in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany reads "Freedom," on May 19, 2025. © 2025 JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images A leaked draft of the Interior Ministry’s proposed Law on the Adjustment of Transparency, Disclosure, and Information Duties to Ensure Adequate Protection of Critical Infrastructure was made public on November 5, reigniting concerns about a renewed attack on freedom of information in Germany. The government’s previous attempt in June to introduce a law that would essentially gut the Freedom of Information…
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By Víctor Climent Sanjuán, Profesor Titular de Sociología, Universitat de Barcelona
The end of the Franco dictatorship profoundly changed labour relations in Spain. Under Franco, trade unions were wholly authoritarian, and there was only one permitted union, the Spanish Syndical Organisation or “Sindicato Vertical”. But after Franco’s death in 1975 and the subsequent transition to democracy, trade unions and employers’ organisations received full constitutional recognition as the main players in collective bargaining.
During the transition to democracy, which lasted from 1977 to 1982, employers and unions engaged in social dialogue with the aim of consolidating…
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