Low-wage essential workers get less protection against coronavirus – and less information about how it spreads

Jun 04, 2020 11:30 am UTC| Economy Life

Low-wage essential workers are more likely to face dangerous working conditions and food insecurity than high-wage workers, even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research provides some of the first data on the...

Coronavirus: what Nigeria can do post lockdown

Jun 03, 2020 13:20 pm UTC| Life

The World Health Organisation has warned that COVID-19 infection rates are likely to remain for a long time. There is therefore a need for countries to plan one step ahead of the epidemic curve. Nigeria is no exception....

Lockdown and tech overload – how to escape your screens

May 29, 2020 14:16 pm UTC| Life

From churchgoers to nursery school children, video calls, conferences and quizzes have become a lifeline at this time. But this has also meant the boundary between work and family life has become blurred and unbalanced ...

Five ways online university learning can be better than face-to-face teaching

May 29, 2020 14:16 pm UTC| Life

The University of Cambridge has announced that all lectures will be offered online for the academic year beginning in October 2020. Other UK universities are expected to adopt similar policies, adopting a format which...

Mexico's other epidemic: Murdered women

May 29, 2020 13:31 pm UTC| Life

Domestic violence has spiked in Mexico during its coronavirus-related lockdown. According to a national network of womens shelters, calls for help were up 60% in April. Even before the pandemic, however, women in Mexico...

Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes

May 26, 2020 08:41 am UTC| Life

The coronavirus pandemic has affected our cities in profound ways. People adapted by teleworking, shopping locally and making only necessary trips. One of the many challenges of recovery will be to build on the momentum of...

Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19

May 20, 2020 15:39 pm UTC| Life

It wasnt the usual end to our staff meeting. This time, the head of our university department wrapped up the video conference by inviting her nine-year-old son to come and say hello to about a hundred colleagues. It...