By Iryna Khovrenkov, Associate Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
Many politicians cite economic indicators as a measure of success. But what about well-being? Here’s the scene from Saskatchewan following Scott Moe’s win.
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By Andy Lymer, Professor of Taxation and Personal Finance, Aston University
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget was full of a dizzying array of measures to raise over £40 billion to fund public services and boost investment.
The headlines suggest most of the extra taxes to be paid will fall on businesses, not directly on “working people”. If you are recently out of university or early in your career, here are a few measures most likely to affect your life.
Inheritance tax
This 40% tax is paid by the estates of those who pass away, before the remaining amount is distributed…
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By Julie Posetti, Global Director of Research, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Professor of Journalism, City St George's, University of London
Waqas Ejaz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Oxford Climate Journalism Network, University of Oxford
Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed did not regard political attacks on journalists or news organisations as a threat to press freedom.
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By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
In November 2020, when Americans last went to the polls to elect a president, it took four days after voting closed for Joe Biden to be declared the winner.
This was largely due to razor-thin margins in the crucial battleground states, which resulted in some recounts, as well as large numbers of mail-in…
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By Mark Sujan, Chair in Safety Science, University of York
One in five UK doctors use a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool – such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini – to assist with clinical practice. This is according to a recent survey of around 1,000 GPs.
Doctors reported using GenAI to generate documentation after appointments, help make clinical decisions and provide information to patients – such as comprehensible discharge summaries and treatment plans.
Considering the hype around artificial intelligence coupled with the challenges…
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By Ed Hutchinson, Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm in Oregon on October 29 – change anything?
It might seem odd that we care about it at…
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By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
The US president is elected by a complicated system where each state has a specific number of votes to cast.
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By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
A few minutes after I took my seat at an advanced screening of Amazon Prime’s Brian Epstein biopic, Midas Man, I found myself engaged in Beatles chat with the chap next to me. I wasn’t surprised to find a fellow Fab Four fanatic at such an event. But I was surprised when I realised I was speaking with the legendary presenter Paul Gambaccini, a man who, I was soon to discover, met not only John, Paul, George and Ringo, but also original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s sister. Or “five and…
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor
I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I had to travel to Dublin to see it for myself.
And so it is that this week I found myself booking tickets to London to visit Medieval Women:…
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By Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University
On a train or bus, or just standing in a queue, the most common sight these days is the muted glow of a screen, and the flickering thumbs of people lost in the endless scroll on their smartphones.
Across the world, about 62% of people are active social media users. In some countries, that figure is over 90%. That adds up to a lot of usage: the average UK adult spends 3…
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