AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar7 hours agoGenerative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use itThe Conversation UK - Craig SmithGenerative AI – technology such as ChatGPT that creates content when prompted – is affecting how solicitors, judges and barristers work. It’s also …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarSchool’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s educationThe Conversation UK - Caitlin M Prentice and Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry and Kelton MinorSchools across South Sudan have been ordered to close as a heat wave of 45°C sweeps across the country. In recent years, severe flooding has already …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarThe Turing scheme was supposed to help more disadvantaged UK students study abroad – but they may still be losing outThe Conversation UK - Johanna L. WatersThe loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarWhy schools need to take sun safety more seriously – expert explainsThe Conversation UK - Julie PeconiDespite the UK’s rainy climate, there is a one in six risk of developing skin cancer. Children, especially, should take extra care as severe sunburn …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarBeing excluded or truant from school leads to mental health problems – and vice versaThe Conversation UK - Aase VilladsenIn the aftermath of the pandemic there has been a substantial increase in the number of students who are absent from school in the UK, and children …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarUnderstanding how the brain works can transform how school students learn mathsThe Conversation UK - Colin FosterSchool mathematics teaching is stuck in the past. An adult revisiting the school that they attended as a child would see only superficial changes …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarFuture graduates will pay more in student loan repayments – and the poorest will be worst affectedThe Conversation UK - Charlotte BoothLots of people are hoping to see a tax cut in their payslips after the British government announces its annual budget in March. The prime minister, …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarLearning music the informal way some popular musicians do could inspire more school studentsThe Conversation UK - Anna MariguddiMusic is a school subject facing difficult times. In England, fewer students are taking the subject at GCSE, not enough people are training to become …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarGen Z boys’ attitudes to feminism are more nuanced than negativeThe Conversation UK - Emily Setty and Jonny HuntYoung men are more likely than older men to think that feminism has done more harm than good, according to a new survey, suggesting a backward step …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarTeacher apprenticeships may encourage more people into the profession – but greater change is needed to get them to stayThe Conversation UK - Stephen CorbettThe latest figures show yet another failure to meet teacher recruitment targets in England. In eight of the past nine years there have been too few …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarSchool absence rates have rocketed – the whole educational experience needs to changeThe Conversation UK - Sue RoffeyMore than 140,000 pupils in the UK are absent from from school more than 50% of the time: more than double the number from before the pandemic. Not …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatarHow to help children and the family dog stay safe when they play togetherThe Conversation UK - Anna BaatzIt’s no wonder owning a family dog is popular in the UK – research shows that our wellbeing can increase with dog ownership, and there’s even …