Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sally Pearse, Strategic Lead for Early Years and Director of the Early Years Community Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The government has announced its strategy for “giving every child the best start in life”, laying out proposals covering early years care, education and support in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought, Royal Holloway University of London Raynor Winn, author of the award-winning memoir The Salt Path, which was recently adapted into a film, has been accused of “lies, deceit and desperation”. Writing in The Observer, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou claims…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Md Sarwar Hossain, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science & Sustainability, University of Glasgow The Ganges delta in Bangladesh. Emre Akkoyun/Shutterstock Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory. The fact that 80% of rivers…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Dobraszczyk, Lecturer in Architecture, UCL Belgian architect Luc Schuiten’s vision of ‘the Vegetal City’. Luc Schuiten Buildings adorned with plants are an increasingly familiar sight in cities worldwide. These “green walls” are generally created using metal frames that support plastic plates, onto which pre-grown plants…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yasin Rofcanin, Professor of Management Strategy & Organisation, University of Bath Maria Svetlychnaja/Shuttersotck In a world of hybrid working and four-day weeks, most workers are asked to be agile, creative and strategic – not just at work but also at home. But what if the energy…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Feng Li, Chair of Information Management, Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London The Wimbledon tennis tournament in 2025 has brought us familiar doses of scorching sunshine and pouring rain, British hopes and despair, and the usual queues,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Caro, Principal Lecturer, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth Superman was the very first superhero. He debuted in Action Comics issue #1 which was released in June 1938. Over time, the character has been assigned multiple nicknames: “The Man of Steel”, “The Man of Tomorrow”…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport & Exercise Physiology , University of Westminster Recovery starts for England’s Lionesses as soon as the match ends. Romain Biard/ Shutterstock As with many competitions, competitors in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament face a gruelling match schedule. There are typically only…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ruth Patrick, Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow New government statistics released today show the reach of the two-child limit. There are 1,665,540 children in England, Scotland and Wales living in households affected by the two-child limit, an increase of over 35,000 from the same…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow, University of Oxford Tom…foto/Shutterstock.com Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year. The patient, a five-year-old boy from Kampot province, is currently in intensive care with severe respiratory symptoms. The…