University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 1, 2025.
MIL-OSI Submissions: Labour is divided over disability cuts – here’s what the public thinks
Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research Keir Starmer’s MPs are rebelling en masse against cuts to the benefits system. Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-ND Keir Starmer has been dealing with his most serious parliamentary challenge since he became […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: 1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania rewrite the history of human evolution
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Jackson K. Njau, Associate professor, Indiana University The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence of bone tool making was from […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How huge migrating animal puppets captivate in ways that climate news can’t
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matt Smith, Reader in Applied Theatre and Puppetry, University of Portsmouth A herd of puppet animals is migrating north from Africa. This 12,000 mile journey represents wildlife’s response to the climate crisis as species are forced to move north due to rising temperatures. As The Herds travels through […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Scientists in Antarctica: why they’re there and what they’ve found
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By David William Hedding, Professor in Geography, University of South Africa A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent. The Conversation Africa asked geomorphologist David William […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Five ways you can use mantra meditation every day to boost your wellbeing
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Donnelly, Doctoral Researcher, Meditation-based Interventions in Clinical Settings, Centre of Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Andrii Iemelianenko/Shutterstock Meditation has become a popular subject on self-improvement podcasts, corporate strategy days and health campaigns. But beyond the buzz, there’s a growing scientific and clinical […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Kids should be encouraged to talk back – 5 tips for teaching them critical thinking skills
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Heidi Matisonn, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, The EthicsLab, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town Teaching kids to think critically sets them up well for life. eli_asenova Whenever school holidays loom, many parents find themselves caught in an emotional tug-of-war: on the one hand, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nada Saadaoui, PhD Candidate in English Literature, University of Cumbria In Pride and Prejudice (1813), when heroine Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with “her petticoat six inches deep in mud”, she walks not only through the fields of Hertfordshire, but into one of literature’s most memorable images […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Funding terror: how west Africa’s deadly jihadists get the money they need to survive
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Egodi Uchendu, Professor (of History and International Studies), University of Nigeria The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s. One of the most vicious groups operating in the region is Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (Support Group for Islam and Muslims). […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Colonial-era borders create conflict in Africa’s oceans – how to resolve them
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Lecturer in Sustainable Futures, University of St Andrews Africa has 38 coastal and island nations. Their maritime industries – including energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing – play a crucial role in developing these nations. Key to harnessing these resources are Africa’s maritime boundaries – […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Terrorists use food as a weapon: how Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab exploit hunger
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Simone Papale, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Parma Women receive food aid in Somalia. Terrorism creates food disruptions, undermining production systems and supply routes. Tobin Jones/Wikimedia Commons Over the last decade, there has been growing international focus on the role of food in conflict, particularly in Africa. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Universities – Can reading the news make you richer? – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Researchers have uncovered a novel way to forecast stock market volatility using daily business news. Business news can do more than report on financial markets; it can predict where they’re headed. That’s the finding from a new study by University of Auckland finance lecturer Dr Justin J. Case and Queensland […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission starts today
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority The next stage of tertiary education reforms begins today with the establishment of the interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC). A recommendation of the Australian Universities Accord, the ATEC will drive long-term reform across Australia’s tertiary education system, helping us to build the skills Australia needs now and into the […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Paid prac starts today
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority Commonwealth Prac Payments start today for nursing, midwifery, teaching and social work students. Eligible students will receive $331.65 per week while doing the mandatory prac placements as part of their degree, which has been benchmarked to the single Austudy per week rate. This new payment will provide cost-of-living relief for […]
MIL-OSI Russia: A student of the State University of Management became the author of the best startup in Russia: the results of the All-Russian competition “Startup as a Diploma” have been announced
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On June 27, 2025, the final of the All-Russian competition of final qualification works in the format “Startup as a Diploma” was held at the National Center “Russia”, the winner of which was a student of the State University […]
MIL-OSI Russia: HSE and JSC Nanotronika launch strategic partnership in electronic engineering
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics – Photo: JSC “MNTs MIET” At the industry conference “Electronic Engineering – 2025” held in early June MIEM HSE University and JSC Nanotronika (part of the Element Group of Companies) signed a strategic partnership agreement. The conference […]
MIL-OSI Russia: New cooperation in logistics: GUU and TransContainer signed an agreement
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On June 30, the State University of Management and the leading Russian container operator TransContainer signed a cooperation agreement. Representatives of the company, represented by HR Director Oleg Novikov and Deputy HR Director Ekaterina Balykina, who are graduates of […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Technologies of the Future: Demo Day of the Accelerator “City Energy. Wednesday 2.0” was held at the State University of Management
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – The State University of Management hosted the Demo Day of the Acceleration Interuniversity Program “City Energy. Environment 2.0”, which was held at the State University of Management from February to June 2025. Over 1,000 students from the State University […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Admission priorities: how to choose and how to arrange
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics – In 2025, the system of admission by priorities for admission to bachelor’s, specialist’s and master’s degree programs will continue to operate. We tell you how it works and how to rank them correctly. What are priorities? […]
MIL-OSI USA: Kumar Venkitanarayanan Named Interim Dean of UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Source: US State of Connecticut Kumar Venkitanarayanan, professor of animal science, has been named interim dean for the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR). “Dr. Venkitanarayanan is deeply committed to the success of CAHNR, its people, and the communities it serves,” said UConn Provost Anne D’Alleva in a message to the College announcing […]
MIL-OSI Russia: “Talents and Leaders”: the Academic Council discussed the Polytechnic University’s personnel policy
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – At the next meeting, members of the SPbPU Academic Council considered issues of forming personnel policy, the results of the work of the selection committee of the faculty, held elections of heads of departments […]