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Sedan 1990-talet skärs varje år 1 procent av landets högskolors och universitets budgetar bort till följd av det så kallade produktivitetsavdraget, med den bakomliggande tanken att man ska effektivisera. Samma sak gäller för alla statliga myndigheter, men för just högskolor och universitet är konsekvenserna förödande … För mig som universitetslärare är de bristande undervisningsresurserna påtagliga […]
We need more than genealogies to know who we are, and who we ought to become.
Thousands of items categorised as "munitions of war" continued to be sent to Israel after Keir Starmer's Government suspended a series of arms licenses to the country
Check out an early behind-the-scenes image gallery for Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E05: "The Story and The Engine."
“The Darién Gap, a stretch of nearly impenetrable rainforest along the border with Colombia, was transformed into a migratory highway in recent years as more than 1.2 million people from around the world traveled north toward the United States [seeking humanitarian aid].” — AP
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It’s me: a woman who crawled through the most dangerous terrain on earth with my entire family for the sole purpose of stabbing a pen-like object into a series of perforated holes at a school gymnasium, YMCA, or struggling retail location. I’m not a deeply sympathetic figure seeking asylum from an unstable government, poverty, or persecution, but a specter-like being whose entire motivation is canceling your vote out with mine and, god willing, forcing you to circle the parking lot at your community center one extra time after snagging the choice spot the Founding Fathers would have wanted you to have.
Trump’s proposal cuts SpaceX competitors out of the NASA budget and could add billions to the company’s defense contracts.
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When someone insults you or people you care about, this advice can help you figure out whether to speak up and what to say
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Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity's struggle to accept germs' threats
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A new glimpse into their ancient history
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Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds
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An internal NHS Confederation email acknowledged that 'many colleagues will have concerns' about Palantir's inclusion
On 16 April, the UK Supreme Court judged that ‘sex’, in the Equality Act (2010), refers to ‘biological sex’, which they define as ‘the sex of a person at birth’. This has been welcomed by many journalists and politicians as clarifying, as providing necessary clarity: despite it being a highly specific and vexed judgment, it […]