Schools and teachers are “buckling under the strain” of supporting the fast-growing number of schoolchildren developing mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, experts say. Read more

The University of North Texas has not responded to a petition signed by nearly 4,900 people demanding online class options for all students due to COVID health and safety concerns. Read more

The report acknowledges that experimentation with remote and hybrid learning can be opportunities for innovation. Read. more

The owner of Facebook and Instagram will allow users in some countries to call for violence against Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers. Read more

As the pandemic wanes, many institutions are re-evaluating their campus footprints and looking for ways to create liquidity, experts say. Land remains one of their hottest commodities. Read more

Sprawling 5.5 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the largest of its kind and home to about one in ten of all known species. To date, at least 40,000 plants, 2,200 fish, 1,200 birds, 400 mammals, 400 amphibians, and 375 reptiles have been scientifically classified in the region, not to mention nearly 2.5 million insect species. Read more

A pair of Harvard University professors have received $7.5 million from the Hewlett Foundation for a “Reimagining the Economy Project.” Read more

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine raises the question to the globally interconnected world of academe. Read more

Two non-executive directors of Huawei UK have resigned over the company's stance on the conflict in Ukraine. Read more

There was an English exam under way when news began to circulate that the Taliban had reached Kabul. Panic spread and Yamna was among the students who never finished that exam paper – and never returned to school. Read more