7 h. ago New calls for ‘universal pension’ to ensure every person in work saves for retirement

More than a million ‘invisible’ workers cannot afford to save for their retirement.

Economics

31 h. ago Ant no stopping us now: insect with potent bite continues march across US

Experts say Asian needle ant ‘not especially dangerous’ but warn some people have gone into anaphylaxisLast year, Dan Suiter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Georgia, received at least three calls from people who had been stung by an Asian needle ant – or knew someone who had been – and went into anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction that can be life-threatening.While there is no new evidence on the continued spread of the ants in the US – detected now in 20 US states – Suiter and his colleagues are determined to raise public awareness of the risks the species poses. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Alex Cooper’s alma mater responds after she accused college soccer coach of sexual harassment

‘Call Her Daddy’ podcaster alleged former Boston University head soccer coach sexually harassed her

Sport

5 d. ago Cuba’s students call for resignations and strikes after brutal internet price hike

Students say rise in prices was trigger but underlying anger was communist government’s increasing reliance on USDHaving endured electricity blackouts, water shortages, transport failures and the spiralling cost of food, Cuba’s students appear to have finally lost patience with their government over a ferocious price hike for the country’s faltering internet.Local chapters of Cuba’s Federation of University Students (FEU) have been calling for a slew of measures, including attendance strikes, explanations from ministers and even the resignation of their own organisation’s president. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Eddie Jones calls in university student to Japan squad ahead of Wales tour

The 21-year-old recently featured for Japan U23s on their tour of Australia in April

Society

7 d. ago Alex Cooper’s documentary details fallouts and teenage years – here’s how to watch

The ‘Call Her Daddy’ host reveals a shocking revelation about her university years

Culture

7 d. ago Scottish Handball launches ‘Handball Scholarship’ programme in Edinburgh

The Scottish Handball Association (SHA) is teaming up with Oriam, Scotland's Sports Performance Centre at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, to start an exciting new program called the ‘Heriot-Watt University Handball Scholarship Programme’

Politics

8 d. ago Can I donate blood and how do I do it? Urgent call for donors amid low stocks

There is also a ‘critical’ need for more donors who have the so-called universal blood type – O negative blood

Events

1 week ago New research challenges everything we know about the Big Bang

A new theory has emerged, called the black hole universe, that offers a radically different view of cosmic origins

Politics

2 w. ago Renewed call for Edinburgh University bosses to be grilled by MSPs over £140m cuts plan

A trade union letter cited the potentially ‘devastating’ impact of the cuts

Economics

3 w. ago ‘Whatever it takes,’ Fed chair defends universities, calls on Princeton students to save democracy in Trump swipe

President Donald Trump has been insulting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for weeks because the national banking head won’t lower interest rates

Politics

3 w. ago Hong Kong targets ‘top talent’ as Harvard faces international student ban

Hong Kong has called on the city’s universities to open their doors to those affected by Donald Trump’s attempted ban on foreign studentsHong Kong’s education bureau has called on the city’s universities to “attract top talent” by opening their doors to those affected by the Trump administration’s attempt to ban Harvard from enrolling international students.Last week the Trump administration revoked Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, effectively banning the university from accepting foreign students. A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing the ban, which would have reportedly forced students currently enrolled and not graduating this year to transfer to another institution or lose their legal status and visa. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago White House doubles down on stance on Harvard and calls university’s lawsuit ‘frivolous’ – live

Harvard’s president says school’s ‘refusal to surrender’ behind Trump administration’s ‘unlawful’ and ‘unwarranted’ latest actionFresh attack on Harvard intensifies chaos for international students in USHarvard University has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the Ivy League school’s ability to enrol international students, a move the school called unconstitutional and retaliatory.Reuters reports that in a complaint filed in Boston federal court, Harvard called the revocation a “blatant violation” of the US constitution’s first amendment and other federal laws.HHS alleged that Columbia violated Title VI, which prohibits those receiving federal financial assistance from discriminating in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, or national origin -- including discrimination against individuals based on their actual or perceived Israeli or Jewish identity or ancestry.The notice, both from HHS and the Department of Education, “articulates extensiv...

Society

3 w. ago Armed police called to Glasgow hospital after man enters with crossbow

Firearms officers among those dispatched to Queen Elizabeth university hospital and 29-year-old man arrestedArmed police have been called to a hospital in Glasgow after a man entered the building carrying a crossbow.Police were alerted to the incident in the atrium of Queen Elizabeth university hospital at about 6.30am on Friday. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago ‘We’re zombies. We’ve lost all connection to one another’: Astropical, the Latin supergroup healing our broken brains

After his band Rawayana were driven out of Venezuela by their own president, Beto Montenegro joined with Li Saumet of Bomba Estéreo to make music that battles political strife with pure joyThe coming together of two of Latin America’s most successful and inventive pop acts might seem like a market-savvy partnership dreamed up by their record labels, but for Li Saumet, frontwoman of Colombia’s Bomba Estéreo, it’s a cosmic calling.“One day I received a message from the universe: it’s time to make a song with Rawayana,” she says, sitting next to Beto Montenegro, frontman with that Venezuelan band and now Saumet’s partner in the supergroup Astropical. In a Bogotá hotel ahead of a performance at Estéreo Picnic festival, the duo regularly finish each other’s sentences, and Saumet rests her head on Montenegro’s shoulder with the ease of a sibling. On Astropical’s self-titled debut album, Saumet’s vibrant calls to dance and appreciate natural beauty bounce harmoniously off Montenegro’s soft...

Politics

4 w. ago Village 'cursed' with extraordinary rates of dementia... and why it holds the key to a cure

For centuries, a small Colombian village has been plagued with a disease that has left them crippled with little to no memory but one person may save them all

Politics