Fracking boom could mean up to 12% more carbon emissions
By Erik Bichard, University of Salford
The consistent message from those who would seek to exploit shale gas is that it has three distinct advantages...
Sexist student chant raises wider concern about appraisals of female lecturers
By Julia O'Connell Davidson, University of Nottingham
The way that newcomers are initiated into a group can reveal a lot about that group’s values. So...
Europe needs gas and Russia needs cash, so expect an energy-fuelled reconciliation
By Catalina Spataru, University College London and Raimund Bleischwitz, University College London
The Ukraine crisis caused relations between Russia and the EU to fall to...
Turkey bombs Kurdish forces as new wave of violence threatens to spill across borders
By Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University
The ongoing humanitarian tragedy of Kobanê has raised serious questions about the future of the Kurds. The unstoppable advance of...
How your brain decides who to make friends with when you start university
By Kira Shaw, University of Sheffield
Over the next few weeks there will be many nervous people across the country ready to embark upon a...
Australian writer Richard Flanagan wins the Man Booker prize
By Preti Taneja, University of Cambridge
Richard Flanagan has won the 2014 Man Booker Prize with his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North....
How Muslim faith schools are teaching tolerance and respect through ‘Islamicised’ curriculum
By Sadaf Rizvi, The Open University
The Trojan Horse extremism affair that hit a group of Birmingham schools this summer and the ongoing inquiries into...
How are nurses becoming infected with Ebola?
By C Raina MacIntyre
American nurse Nina Pham is the second health worker to contract Ebola outside of West Africa while caring for patients with...
