Insights 2023: from unheard voices and AI to the origin story of a very popular rabbit: An illustration by Beatrix Potter from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-ND This year, the Insights series has covered a wide range of important topics but the themes of ‘unheard voices’, …
Calls to use Nigerian languages at school are going unheard: Nigeria must do more to promote indigenous languages Adam Jan Figel/Shutterstock The recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since Nigeria’s …
Students in South Africa feel unheard. Here’s one way to listen: Critical dialogue could help South African universities get back on their feet. Ian Barbour/Flickr, CC BY-SA The new round of protests at South Africa’s public universities was triggered by the announcement that universities will be allowed to raise their fees in 2017. Amid discussions …