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Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency's ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Two academics look at the stakes involved with air and water pollution if the EPA's budget is cut.

Space

Academic freedom: how to defend ‘the very condition of a living democracy’ in France and worldwide

Director of the CERI at SciencesPo, Stéphanie Balme conducted a study for France Universités, an organisation whose members are presidents of universities, titled “Defending and promoting academic freedom. A global issue, an urgent matter for France and Europe. Findings and proposals for action.” She shares some of her insights here.

The Conversation

OPINION - Steven Pinker: Civilisation has been built on the exploration of cancellable ideas

Why are we so horrified by difficult topics, asks Steven Pinker

Evening Standard

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Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

The Guardian - AU

University of Sydney argues academic’s article not racist against Jewish people as ‘Zionism is a political concept’

Case taken by academics against two colleagues and the university is considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia

The Guardian - AU

How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too)

The lack of intellectual pluralism undermines the truth-seeking function of the university.

Reason

OPINION - The real, sinister reason academics keep cancelling each other

Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why?

Evening Standard

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US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

The Guardian - US

Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics)

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'm now a Senior Fellow, has long offered up-to-5-year paid in-residence positions (with… The post Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Jewish staff at Scottish universities condemn 'weaponisation' of Manchester attack

A GROUP of Jewish academics working at universities across Scotland have condemned "unfounded, irresponsible and dangerous" attempts by…

The National (Scotland)

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.

Reason

Struggling pupils most likely to have negative phone experiences – study

Research by UWE Bristol academics also found a disconnect between parental concerns over phone use and actual negative experiences pupils reported.

Evening Standard

Rachel Cooper obituary

Other lives: One of the UK’s leading design management academics

The Guardian - UK

Eating fruit could slash effects of air pollution on the lungs, study finds

Researchers from the University of Leicester compared diets, including intake of fruits, vegetables and wholegrains, with lung function.

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The Guardian - UK

UK considers visa fee cuts for highly skilled as Trump hikes US charges

Starmer’s ‘global talent taskforce’ examines plans to make it easier for foreign academics and digital experts to relocate to UK

The Conversation

Economic sanctions need a rethink: evidence shows they raise food prices and hurt the poor most

Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: instead of using weapons, squeeze the ruling elite economically until they change their behaviour.

The Guardian - UK

Israel boycott aims are misunderstood

Letters: The boycott targets institutions, not academics or the flow of ideas, writes Jonathan Rosenhead

The Guardian - UK

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war

Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action

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The Independent UK

Takeaways from our collaboration on schools recovering from wildfires

The Camp Fire in Paradise, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, has deeply affected students' learning

The Independent UK

This California town was ravaged by a wildfire. Seven years later, schools are still recovering

Paradise, California, is slowly recovering from the devastating 2018 Camp Fire

Newslaundry

Even the largest group of genocide scholars says Gaza is a genocide. Why can’t the media?

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, the world’s largest body of genocide scholars with 500 academics including Holocaust experts, has voted overwhelmingly to recognise Israel’s war on Gaza as genocide.

The Guardian - US

Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed?

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?

The Guardian - AU

Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books?

Changes to readers for young children have sparked criticism from academics, authors and teachers, who have called it ‘an assault’ on Māori identity

Evening Standard

Boys and girls should be taught about periods together in school, academics say

Mixed sessions could help male pupils understand menstruation better and support the females in their lives, a study suggests.

The Conversation

‘I hadn’t gone out there to save anybody’: a deep dive into the manosphere fails to address its harms

New, extreme, and often bizarre social movements and communities are popping up around the world. As each one arises, journalists and academics are pumping out books that do “deep dives” into these communities.

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