Five years after Westgate, Al-Shabaab is weakened but not yet defeated

Oct 04, 2018 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Its been five years since four attackers made their way into Westgate, a popular shopping mall in the rich Westlands area of Nairobi, and unleashed a coordinated attack that left 71 people dead. Some of those deaths...

How the humanities can equip students for the fourth industrial revolution

Oct 04, 2018 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The term fourth industrial revolution is understood in various ways. Some people are excited about it. Others are cautious. Some assume it means that technology and robots will take over every human activity. And still...

Five reasons to end the conspicuous silence of music in classrooms

Oct 04, 2018 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

One of the main challenges that we educators face is getting our students to actively interact with course content, and perhaps explore its application to real life. One of the solutions to this age-old problem seems to be...

How the special migration rules in free trade deals work

Oct 04, 2018 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

EU migrants will be treated the same for immigration purposes after Brexit as migrants from elsewhere in the world, according to a new UK immigration strategy outlined by the prime minister, Theresa May. But she has...

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation, four months on

Oct 04, 2018 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Politics

On May 25, 2018, a new law regulating the collection and use of the personal data of European citizens came into force in all 28 EU member states, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Compared to the...

Boris Johnson's 'leadership speech': how to understand what he was really up to at party conference

Oct 04, 2018 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After months spent criticising the government and even launching personal attacks, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson appeared to confirm his leadership intentions with a wide ranging, party-leadership style speech at...

Wildfires in Mediterranean Europe will increase by 40% at 1.5°C warming, say scientists

Oct 04, 2018 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Europes Mediterranean regions have strong sunshine, bright blue seas, beautiful beaches, and pretty holiday houses immersed in pine forests that provide welcome shade. It sounds very inviting, but such a scenario is also...