Kenyan universities are very short of professors: why it matters and what to do about it
Jan 23, 2024 06:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
A Kenyan vice-chancellor recently went public about the scarcity of university professors. There are fewer than 1,000 professors for the countrys 68 universities and 562,925 students. That is an average of around 563...
Think wine is a virtue, not a vice? Nutrition label information surprised many US consumers
Jan 23, 2024 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Life
When you reach for that bottle of wine this Valentines Day, do you know how healthy it is? Many people have a too-rosy view of the beverage and are surprised when confronted with the facts about it on a nutrition label,...
Simulations with actors prepare journalism students to interview trauma survivors
Jan 23, 2024 04:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its a phone call most journalists dread to make. A woman in her 20s has died after she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle. What is your favourite memory of Eleanor? a journalist asks the womans father in an...
Young Black men in Canada face racism, ageism and classism when looking for work
Jan 23, 2024 04:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Youth employment in Canada continues to be a concern. Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 are less likely to find and sustain employment compared to an older population of Canadians. According to Statistics...
Embracing 'virtual dark tourism' could help heritage sites at risk of degradation – expert explains
Jan 16, 2024 08:14 am UTC| Life
Do you believe in ghosts? If so, there is a whole genre of digital storytelling to explore on YouTube. My recent research (which identified more than 60 dedicated channels) has shown that there is a fast-growing audience...
What's it worth to work from home? For some, it's as much as one-third of their wage
Jan 16, 2024 07:57 am UTC| Life
A significant proportion of Australian workers about one-fifth would be prepared to sacrifice between 16% and 33% of their salaries for the right to work from home, which works out at A$12,000 to $24,000 of those workers...
What One Life gets wrong about Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport story
Jan 15, 2024 03:10 am UTC| Life
Barbara Winton self-published a biography of her father, Nicholas Winton, in 2014, which has now become a new major biopic, One Life. Already dubbed the British Schindler for his role in the rescue of 669, mainly Jewish,...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India