4 h. ago University lecturers suspend strike action after compulsory job cuts ruled out

University of Edinburgh staff have already walked out for nine days in 2025 in a dispute over the institution’s plans to make £140 million of cuts.

Events

12 h. ago Sydney university sacks lecturer for outburst at students celebrating Jewish holiday on campus

University, which had earlier suspended the lecturer, terminated her employment after an investigation

Culture

29 h. ago Reeves’s rejection of North Sea job cuts claim a ‘new low’, say Flynn

The Chancellor said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost every month in the oil and gas sector.

Politics

55 h. ago What creature is the Grinch? Scientist imagines DISSECTING the Christmas villain

Lucy Hyde, a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Bristol has turned her attention to the Christmas villain, in a bid to unmask him once and for all.

Science

6 d. ago Publicans ‘petrified’ over closures and job cuts after Budget tax increases

Industry bosses are calling for urgent tax relief after holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday.

Economics

7 d. ago Man Utd confirm new financial results in first quarter statement after job cuts

Manchester United have released their first quarter financial results, showing an operating profit of £13.3m compared to a £6.9m loss from the same period last year, as a result of reduced costs

Economics

8 d. ago Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again

Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again Elon Musk has said the aggressive federal job-cutting program he headed early in Donald Trump’s second term, known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), was only “a little bit successful” and he would not lead the project again.Musk said he wouldn’t want to repeat the exercise, talking on the podcast hosted by Katie Miller, a rightwing personality with a rising profile who was a Doge adviser and who is married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration deputy chief of staff. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Young people to have 'benefits cut' if they refuse job offers in DWP crackdown

Up to 55,000 young people will be offered government-backed jobs in six UK areas from April 2026, but could face benefit cuts if they refuse without good reason

Politics

1 week ago Young people to have benefits cut if they refuse job offer in new DWP crackdown

Jobs will be provided for up to 55,000 young people from April 2026 in six part of the UK, based on areas with the highest need

Politics

2 w. ago Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter | Jonathan Swarbrick

From income to home ownership and public services, everybody is disgruntled – but for different reasonsThe British economy has endured a series of setbacks in recent years: austerity, Brexit, the global pandemic, soaring energy prices and an increasingly fractured and uncertain world. The early optimism that accompanied Labour’s election victory faded quickly, with a recent poll ranking Rachel Reeves as the worst chancellor in modern history.But is this fair? Is the economy really in as bad a shape as people feel?Jonathan Swarbrick is a lecturer in economics at the University of St Andrews Business School Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Fast food chain admit stores could close as part of overhaul

Leon has over 70 restaurants and over 1,000 staff

Politics

2 w. ago Yankee Candle maker Newell Brands announces plans to close stores and cut 900 jobs

The store closures and job cuts are a part of Newell Brands’ new global productivity plan to ‘strengthen the company’s competitiveness’

Politics

2 w. ago Harbour Energy job cuts: Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy to axe around 100 offshore jobs

100 offshore jobs out of around 700 are at risk.

Society

2 w. ago North Sea job cuts: Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy to axe around 100 offshore jobs

100 offshore jobs out of around 700 are at risk amid pressure from UK windfall taxes.

Society

3 w. ago Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain low

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced job cuts

Politics

4 w. ago University principal vows no compulsory job cuts before July amid strike action

Lecturers and staff with the University and College Union Edinburgh walked out earlier this week.

Politics

last month Home Depot cites US job and affordability fears as it cuts outlook

Home improvement retailer blames sales slowdown on sluggish housing market and less destructive hurricane season

Society

last month The Congo basin may be the world’s most important rainforest – why is it the least researched?

It is the second-largest tropical forest on Earth, and one of the most vital carbon sinks, but is losing out when it comes to climate policy and fundingIn October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. They were there to discuss one urgent question: how to save the planet’s last great tropical forests from accelerating destruction.For those present, the question was existential. But to their dismay, almost no one noticed. “There was very little acknowledgment that this was happening, outside of the Congo basin region,” says Prof Simon Lewis, a lecturer at the University of Leeds and University College London, and co-chair of the Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI). Continue reading...

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last month The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?

It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and fundingIn October 2023, leaders, scientists and policymakers from three of the world’s great rainforest regions – the Amazon, the Congo, and the Borneo-Mekong basins – assembled in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. They were there to discuss one urgent question: how to save the planet’s last great tropical forests from accelerating destruction.For those present, the question was existential. But to their dismay, almost no one noticed. “There was very little acknowledgment that this was happening, outside of the Congo basin region,” says Prof Simon Lewis, a lecturer at the University of Leeds and University College London, and co-chair of the Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI). Continue reading...

Politics