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Tens of thousands of Australians are expected to attend Anzac Day marches and services over the weekend. Many children will also be there with their families or school groups. Anzac events are often very sombre and can provoke serious…

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Ghana’s parliament ratified the country’s first lithium mining agreement in March 2026. This came three years after lithium mining was confirmed as commercially viable in September 2023. The Ewoyaa Lithium Project, in the Central Region of…

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HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally. Young people continue to account for a large share of…

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Vanessa Garcia/ Pexels Australia needs more teachers. It ranks among the worst-performing countries in the OECD for teacher shortages. This is particularly so for public schools . As of December 2025 , there was a reported shortfall of…

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Hampshire College's campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Hampshire College, a private college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced…

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should not be an arbiter of discussions about which other multilateral financial institutions should qualify for preferred creditor status. This is because the IMF is a direct beneficiary of the…

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DavideAngelini/Shutterstock Awkwardness and acne are the first things that spring to mind when thinking of adolescence, but they’re not always the full picture. We asked eight of our experts to tell us which book they feel best represents…

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In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of palaeontologists and geologists has discovered new remains of a very unusual dinosaur. It belonged to the group called ankylosaurs , plant eaters whose bodies…

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The Canadian government launched the Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative in December 2025 designed to entice international researchers to come to Canada. The initiative, which the government says will “invest up to $1.7 billion over…

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The gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2025 has had catastrophic consequences , including in South Sudan where amid ongoing war, an estimated 33 million people require humanitarian assistance. The…

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Pope Leo XIV’s first official trip to Africa started with a fascinating stop in Algeria. Here the pontiff’s visit to the Grand Mosque of Algiers was an attempt to strengthen Christian-Muslim relations. The stop was also to pay homage to…

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Over the last several decades, the oceans have become more crowded. Aquaculture, wind and wave energy, and oil and gas exploration are taking up more space. This growth threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and coastal communities’…

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Africa has a challenge to retain the health workers it needs. The World Health Organization estimates a global shortfall of 11 million health workers by 2030, with Africa predicted to face shortages ranging from five million to six million…

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Smallroombigdream/Shutterstock Around 1% of the global population has a PhD. It’s the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But – and this is a question that many PhD students will have faced, at…

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Algonquin College in Ottawa recently announced that it’s suspended its Music Industry Arts (MIA) diploma program. Despite MIA having a robust graduate employment rate , the program was cut as of March 2026 amid broader institutional…

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VaLiza/Shutterstock Almost 1 million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training . These so-called Neets – aged 16 to 24 – face a significantly higher risk of long-term unemployment, poor health and involvement in…

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PeopleImages/Shutterstock In business, nature often gets reduced to numbers: emissions targets, sustainability metrics, biodiversity data. But when professionals rely too heavily on what’s measurable, they can risk missing what’s…

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The mental health effects of climate change are receiving growing attention , including how children and young people are uniquely affected. Supporting young people to build and sustain good mental health and wellbeing, and to feel…

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Dmitrij Galacewicz/Shutterstock Countries around the world, including France, Spain and Malaysia, are planning to follow Australia in enacting a ban on young people using social media. And now the UK is considering moving in the same…

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Students play with toys in a basin of soapy water at a child care center in New Britain, Conn., in March 2025. Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public via Getty Images I live in the small city of Rolla, Missouri, where half the child care centers…

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Student refectory at the School of Pharmacy in the 1960s UCL School of Pharmacy Library , CC BY-NC-ND Student finance in England is up for debate once again, with extensive discussion on the perceived unfairness of the Plan 2 student loan…

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Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Student loans now sit at the centre of how higher education is funded in England, shaping how millions of graduates finance their studies. Many students leave university with debts of £50,000 or more and may spend…

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Zoriana Zaitseva/Shutterstock The higher education sector is more aware of disability than it was a few years ago. Universities are more willing to provide support, and attitudes have improved. What students describe day to day, however,…

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Prostock-studio/Shutterstock If you are a student in the UK, news of an outbreak of meningitis affecting university students in Kent may be causing you alarm. The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 13 cases of invasive meningococcal…

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If you aren't working at it, you're not learning it − something college students need to understand as AI makes producing work easier. Sam Edwards via Getty Images I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the…

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Columbia University, seen in June 2025, is one of the schools that made a deal with the Trump administration last year in order to avoid losing funding. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Several prominent universities, including Columbia…

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For students outside cities, participation in distance learning can be a lonely struggle. Tobi Oshinnaike via Unsplash Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning.…

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Graduates aren't guaranteed a job. Nqobile Vundla/Unsplash Study hard, get your degree, and then step confidently into a stable, well-paid job. That’s long been the assumption about how to secure a livelihood: in neat, predictable stages.…