The Conversation UKflipped into Conversation UK9 hours agoHong Kong's handover 25 years on: why human rights eroded so dramatically in the past two yearsThe Conversation UK - Eric Yan-ho LaiJuly 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British colonial rule to the People’s Republic of China. The restrictions on how the …
The Conversation UKflipped into Conversation UK9 hours agoHope from despair: how young people are taking action to make things betterThe Conversation UK - Caron GentryAll too often, hope is equated to a desire for something fleeting: good results on an exam, the win of a favourite team, the wanted present. Quite …
The Conversation UKflipped into BUSINESS & ECONOMY11 hours agoWomen are still less likely to aspire to leadership in business, despite decades of gender initiatives – we need to find out whyThe Conversation UK - Ekaterina NetchaevaThe gender gap in pay, positions and even pensions for working women is well-established, but research shows that a gender aspiration gap has also …
The Conversation UKflipped into Conversation UK11 hours agoThe tide of the COVID pandemic is going out – but that doesn't mean big waves still can't catch usThe Conversation UK - Colin AngusIn February, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the public would have to get used to “living with COVID”, and announced the phasing out of all …
The Conversation UKflipped into Conversation UK12 hours agoClimate crisis: even temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth's speciesThe Conversation UK - Joanne Bentley and Alex Pigot and Andreas L. S. Meyer and Christopher TrisosThe history of climate change is one of people slowly coming to terms with the truth. None but a small minority still question whether it’s real and …
The Conversation UKflipped into Conversation UK12 hours agoScottish independence: what has changed since the last referendumThe Conversation UK - Murray LeithIf the SNP Scottish government and Nicola Sturgeon, first minister, get their way, then in October 2023 voters in Scotland will again be asked …