By Adrian York, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Music Performance, University of Westminster
The festival sold out in 35 minutes this year even before the artists had been announced, begging the question: has Glastonbury become a victim of its own success?
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Around half of UK adults currently take a food supplement – but vitamins and minerals are usually only needed in small amounts and too much of a good thing can be bad for you.
Here’s what you need to know about the benefits and risks of some of the most common vitamins and minerals.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A aids the immune system in fighting off infections,…
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By Massimo D'Angelo, Research Associate in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs, Loughborough University
The Turkish judiciary has finally succeeded in sidelining Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, at the fourth attempt. On the morning of March 19, the 53-year-old posted a video on social media announcing that police had arrived at his home to arrest him on charges of corruption, aiding a terrorist organisation and organised crime.
“Hundreds of police are at my door”, he said in a voice message. “This immoral and tyrannical approach will undoubtedly be overturned by the will and resilience of…
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By Mark Boylan, Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
The report proposes sticking with the curriculum approach brought in through reforms over the last decade or so, but focusing on inclusion.
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By Peter Urwin, Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster
Keir Starmer says the current benefits system is unsustainable, unfair and needs changing to avoid a wasted generation of young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet).
The government is concerned about the rising number of young people aged 16 to 24 who are Neet, which in the quarter to December 2024 was estimated at…
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By Andrew Sweetman, Professor of Seafloor Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Scottish Association for Marine Science
Children are always asking “Why?” As they experience things for the first time, it’s natural to want to find out more. But as children grow into adults, they often dismiss something new that challenges their experience and understanding.
This is what happened to me when I discovered a source of oxygen production in the deep sea – but ignored it for nine years.
In 2013, I was conducting experiments to measure seafloor carbon cycling in the Clarion-Clipperton zone of the Pacific Ocean in 2013. I deployed a lander system (a remote-operated platform used to carry scientific…
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By Audrey Jamal, Assistant Dean, Strategic Partnerships and Societal Impact, University of Guelph
Heather M Hachigian, Assistant Professor of Business, Royal Roads University
Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, Canada now faces a new challenge — unprecedented economic pressure from its closest trading partner, the United States.
Canadians are once again being forced to confront the country’s economic vulnerabilities. While the pandemic underscored the economic importance of place…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor
Donald Trump likes to use the phone. In his (ghostwritten) bestseller, The Art of the Deal, he talks of making between 50 and 100 calls during the average working day and then going home and picking up where he left off. He found his predecessors in the White House puzzling because, apparently, they didn’t tend to use the telephone: “If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate,” he told reporters in 2017.
So it is that the US president has engaged in two phone calls this week…
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By Barbara Leckie, Professor, English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture; Academic Director, Re.Climate: Centre for Climate Communication and Public Engagement, Carleton University
Rhetoric around ‘common sense’ tends to focus attention away from climate action, but it has not always been aligned with a free-market economy.
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By Juliet Chevalier-Watts, Associate Professor, Law School, University of Waikato
Frank Scrimgeour, Professor, Management School, University of Waikato
Donations alone are not enough for many charities to meet the needs of struggling New Zealanders. The cost of ending tax exemptions could be worse than the benefits.
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