Climate change, long sidelined, is now central to politics, media, and popular discourse. This is well-justified; the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Natural disasters are exacerbated by ...

Recent technological advancements have brought forth numerous opportunities for both students and teachers. Technology enables the delivery of educational materials online and the swift sharing of ...

Academics worldwide shifted to online teaching due to COVID-19 in March 2020. This sudden change exposed stark inequalities in digital education. The transition highlighted issues like unequal access ...

Public outrage and media attention in response to child sexual abuse crimes are widespread and certainly justified. Yet, when it comes to teacher-student sexual relationships, public responses are ...

In Baltimore, Maryland, 19th-century cathedrals and churches once stood at the heart of community life, serving as centres for gatherings, rituals, and spiritual reflection. Today, as religious ...

Recent data indicates that global productivity levels are converging, despite past trends showing a widening gap between rich and poor countries. Not long ago, it still seemed that rich countries kept ...

Nuclear weapons have once again become a central component of international politics, with limitations on their development and stockpiling having weakened. Several states aim to expand their nuclear ...

Do you know what a microcredential is? Many don’t give the lack of a common definition for this newer type of education program. Research in developing and deploying microcredentials is scant, but a ...

If you've never heard an aggressive roar or cry of pain in your life, could you still voluntarily produce these emotional vocalisations? Our study suggests not. The Academic’s mission is simple: ...

International student mobility has been a growing phenomenon in recent decades. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the population of international students increased drastically from 800,000 in 1975 to ...

In modern workplaces, promoting the flow of information and knowledge is vital for both efficiency and innovation in organisations. However, colleagues will still deliberately withhold or conceal work ...

In The Man Who Awoke, the author employs the literary device of a “time traveller”, as previously done by H.G. Wells in his renowned 1895 novel The Time Machine. Manning utilizes this narrative ...