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A severe risk of growing inequality between universities
Giorgio Marinoni and Hans de Wit COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as no other recent phenomenon has. Higher education did not escape the storm. According…
Analysis
Lockdowns and research: what we lost and what we stand to gain
Stephanie G Burton and Michael Sean Pepper The COVID-19 pandemic – and the resulting lockdowns – have had a major impact on research at institutions across…
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An American Spring of Reckoning
In death, George Floyd’s name has become a metaphor for the stacked inequities of the society that produced them. Consider for a moment how the events…
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Lives not worth saving
ALARMINGLY, Covid-19 cases have crossed the 125,000 mark, with deaths over a couple of thousands, and R0 (the infection reproduction rate) racing to two. But this…
Analysis
Seven aspects of budget for FY2021
The finance minister of Bangladesh deserves thanks for presenting the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021 at a time when the implications of Covid-19 (C19)…
Analysis
Coronavirus a Mixed Blessing for Russia’s Underworld
The more serious the economic slowdown, the more likely that this will lead to a redistribution of underworld power. Mark Galeotti Yesterday, erstwhile prime minister Dmitry…
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Why we organised Melbourne’s Black Lives Matter rally
Tarneen Onus-Williams, Crystal McKinnon and Meriki Onus As Black, Brown, Indigenous people and allies in the United States and across the world collectively rise up to…
Analysis
If Trump Loses in November, He Will Thrust the U.S. Into a Legitimacy Crisis
The president is already setting the stage to challenge the election results One month ago, the polling aggregator at Real Clear Politics showed Joe Biden with…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 14 June 2020
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 13 June , 2020
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Implementation of budget key challenge, says Razzaque
The implementation of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-21 is a major challenge, said a senior minister of the incumbent government on Sunday. "I must…