The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migration Footnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have announced a new fiction award celebrating writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, offering a £15,000 prize and a publishing deal for the winner. The Footnote x Counterpoints prize for fiction, launching on Thursday, marks the second time the two organisations have collaborated on a prize. In 2023, writers were invited to submit narrative nonfiction, but now the prize will focus on fiction for the first time. Continue reading...

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This​ is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organise thought into shapes. I like...

A new monograph, Inner Light: The Portraiture of Chris Levine by Helen Chislett, celebrates the visionary artist behind the iconic image of Queen Elizabeth II with her eyes closed, revealing how he fu...

Half of teenagers find it hard to tell when AI results are inaccurate, a study by Oxford University Press has found

Survey findings show that many students struggle to spot AI misinformation despite a majority using AI for school work

Nearly a third (32%) of secondary school pupils say they cannot tell whether...

Half of teenagers find it hard to tell when AI results are inaccurate, a study by Oxford University Press has found

Oxford University Press has published a new study on AI and its impact on pupils.

One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers Pupils fear that using artificial intelligence is eroding their ability to study, with many complaining it makes schoolwork “too easy” and others saying it limits their creativity and stops them learning new skills, according to new research. The report on the use of AI in UK schools, commissioned by Oxford University Press (OUP), found that just 2% of students aged between 13 and 18 said they did not use AI for their schoolwork, while 80% said they regularly used it. Continue reading...

In this tour de force of auto-journalism, Anna Pazos explores the end of youth and the beginning of adulthood for the global nomad generation. We are taken on a journey from the ‘Mediterranean…

The majority of Gen Z people polled believe you can be religious and be a good scientist. Times are changing when it comes to science and God