The UK’s research strengths are world-class, but too often they operate in isolation rather than as part of a connected national system. A new HEPI report argues that better transport and infrastructure links could…

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Middle East Eye·policy

War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess

War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess Submitted by Andreas Krieg on Tue, 06/16/2026 - 18:18 As Trump waged a war he could not end, Gulf states closed ranks, revived diplomacy with Tehran and…

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FSU News·higher-ed

FSU researcher receives NASA grant to map extreme heat and protect public health

A collaborative, interdisciplinary team with researchers from Florida State University’s College of Social Sciences and Public Policy has received an $840,000 grant from NASA’s Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences…

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Middle East Eye·higher-ed

How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf

How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf US President Donald Trump threatened to attack just one Arab Gulf country during the war on Iran : Oman. Now, it is emerging as the biggest winner from a new Middle East…

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Middle East Eye·higher-ed

'From outlier to trailblazer': How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf

'From outlier to trailblazer': How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 06/16/2026 - 13:11 Despite Trump's threats, Oman has reaped financial gains from the US-Israeli war on…

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The Conversation UK Education·higher-ed

Eco-literate children can be stewards of nature – here’s how to boost environmental education

Thx4Stock team/Shutterstock Most of my ecology and evolution undergraduates have never held a pair of binoculars or looked at a bug through a magnifying glass. They don’t know how to use a key to identify a plant or…

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Gulf Times Education·higher-ed

Tamim bin Hamad Chair at University of Granada

The University of Granada in Spain Monday inaugurated the Tamim bin Hamad Chair for Arabic Language and Andalusian Culture, a Qatar-backed academic initiative aimed at reviving the intellectual legacy of Andalusia as a…

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Gulf Times Education·policy

Open letter calls for Nobel Peace Prize for HH the Amir in recognition of global peace efforts

Authored by Faisal Al-Mudahka, a Qatari Arab citizen who believes in universal peace, this open letter is addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, nominating His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Amir of the…

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FSU News·higher-ed

FSU art historian wins Berlin Prize for research on images, printing and power

Florida State University art historian Stephanie Leitch has been named a 2026-2027 Berlin Prize Fellow by the American Academy in Berlin for research that examines how copied images shaped early modern knowledge of the…

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NI Department of Education·policy

Subject Frameworks and Key Stage Documents

Subject Frameworks and Key Stage Documents Date published: 15 June 2026 catherwoodd Mon, 15/06/2026 - 10:18 Please find below the subject frameworks and Key Stage documents relating to the Northern Ireland Curriculum…

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Dawn Pakistan·policy

SMOKERS’ CORNER: LAHORE VS KARACHI

Illustration by Abro The tiresome and perpetually ill-informed debate regarding the supposed superiority of Lahore over Karachi manifests with regularity across social media. It is contested as if it were a zero-sum…

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LSE Business Review·higher-ed

Made in Britain, or designed in Britain? What Port Talbot teaches us about the green economy

Ahead of an event at the LSE Festival on 16 June Oliver Harman and Riccardo Crescenzi use the regeneration of Port Talbot, a steelworks in Wales, to illustrate Britain’s place in the steel global value chain and explain…

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Dawn Pakistan·higher-ed

Pakistan’s AI checklist

OLD science fiction had a simple trick. When something had to sound impossibly advanced, writers added the word ‘quantum’ to it. Quantum engine. Quantum lock. Quantum field. Nobody knew exactly what it meant, but…

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Chalkbeat·policy

No more scrolling at lunch: Officials from 3 Colorado school districts discuss their cellphone bans

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Before a ban on cellphones, Jill Haffley said her…

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Gulf Times Qatar·policy

Live from Rio: Profit halves, demand holds

I’m writing this week from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the global airline industry met for its 82nd IATA AGM. A great deal has changed in those twenty-seven years. What had not changed, until this week, was the…

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Dawn Pakistan

Saudi Arabia launches new national carrier Riyadh Air despite Middle East conflict, delays

Saudi Arabia launched its second national carrier Riyadh Air after more than a year of delays on Wednesday, defying the economic turmoil triggered by the Middle East war and strong competition from established Gulf…

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Gulf Times Education

Saudi's new national carrier gets off ground despite war, delays

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Daily News Egypt·higher-ed

Ancient Euphrates once flowed into the Mediterranean, new study suggests

Millions of years before the first cities emerged in Mesopotamia, the Euphrates River followed a very different path from the one known today. Rather than flowing southeast through present-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq…

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Middle East Eye·policy

Kushner's island land grab: Albanians are revolting against a system, not a resort

Kushner's island land grab: Albanians are revolting against a system, not a resort Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Tue, 06/09/2026 - 12:30 The protests are against an American political operative with deep ties to…

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Reason·policy

The World Cup Isn't the Best Soccer Has To Offer, but the World Loves It Anyway

Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent ! There's no need to leave early and beat the traffic this week, so take your time reading today's newsletter. We've got four quick hits on four very different topics…

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Geography Teacher

Education news for this role

New HEPI Report ‘Interconnected Innovation: Physical connectivity as the missing ingredient in UK research and innovation policy’

War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess

FSU researcher receives NASA grant to map extreme heat and protect public health

How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf

'From outlier to trailblazer': How Oman offers a glimpse into the post-war Gulf

Eco-literate children can be stewards of nature – here’s how to boost environmental education

Tamim bin Hamad Chair at University of Granada

Open letter calls for Nobel Peace Prize for HH the Amir in recognition of global peace efforts

FSU art historian wins Berlin Prize for research on images, printing and power

Subject Frameworks and Key Stage Documents

SMOKERS’ CORNER: LAHORE VS KARACHI

Made in Britain, or designed in Britain? What Port Talbot teaches us about the green economy

Pakistan’s AI checklist

No more scrolling at lunch: Officials from 3 Colorado school districts discuss their cellphone bans

Live from Rio: Profit halves, demand holds

Saudi Arabia launches new national carrier Riyadh Air despite Middle East conflict, delays

Saudi's new national carrier gets off ground despite war, delays

Ancient Euphrates once flowed into the Mediterranean, new study suggests

Kushner's island land grab: Albanians are revolting against a system, not a resort

The World Cup Isn't the Best Soccer Has To Offer, but the World Loves It Anyway

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