Opinion: Speaking in tongues: the many benefits of bilingualism
04 Nov 2015Dr Teresa Parodi (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the linguistic, social and cognitive advantages of speaking more than one language.
Opinion: Girls can have it all: how to stop the damaging gender stereotyping in schools
03 Nov 2015Professor Dame Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses actions that schools can take to eradicate unnecessary gender stereotyping.
Opinion: ‘Difficult’ Latin risks remaining a qualification for elite pupils
02 Nov 2015Francesca Middleton (Faculty of Classics) discusses the reform of GCSEs and Latin's reputation as an academically demanding subject.
Opinion: How free are we really?
30 Oct 2015Priyamvada Gopal (Faculty of English) discusses freedom as a practice rather than a value to be worshipped.
Can the EU keep the peace in Europe? Not a chance
28 Oct 2015Chris Bickerton (Department of Politics and International Relations) discusses the role of the European Union.
Earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan – an area prone to magnitude 7 quakes
27 Oct 2015Professor Simon Redfern (Department of Earth Sciences) discusses the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan on October 26 and the geological triggers that caused it.
A glimpse of India
26 Oct 2015Kevin Greenbank, archivist at the Centre of South Asian Studies, explores the ways in which the home movie offers fascinating insights into the lives of those in front of, and behind, the camera – as rare footage of a 1935 Raj picnic shows.
Flashmobs and flamenco: how Spain’s greatest artform became a tool for political protest
23 Oct 2015Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (Faculty of Music) discusses flamenco and its use as a tool of social activism.
Your Questions Answered on open access
23 Oct 2015Virginia Barbour, Executive Officer, Australasian Open Access Support Group, Australian National University; Danny Kingsley, Executive Officer for the Australian Open Access Support Group, University of Cambridge; James Bradley, Lecturer in History of Medicine/Life Science, University of Melbourne; Keyan Tomaselli, Distinguished Professor, University of Johannesburg; Lucy Montgomery, Director, Centre for Culture and Technology, Curtin University, and Tom Cochrane, Adjunct Professor Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology answer questions about open access.
Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas
22 Oct 2015Rebecca Merkelbach (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) discusses the monstrous heroes of Scandinavian mythology and literature.