Major change at work can trigger loss and grief. Organisations must accept this

Jun 09, 2017 18:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

There is hardly an organisation in the world big or small that doesnt have to adapt to changing circumstances. The pace of development in technology, the quick pace at which new rivals come on the scene, even the rapid...

A brief history of video games -- in the classroom

Jun 09, 2017 18:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Play has always been central to growing up, whether its in the street or on a playing field or in the structured formality of teachers quizzes. These days tablet computers are in nearly every pupils hands and children...

Retelling the biblical Book of Exodus through the eyes of children

Jun 02, 2017 11:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The biblical Book of Exodus tells story of the children of Israel and their liberation from slavery in Egypt. Moses, who as a child is nearly killed, tries to convince the Pharoah to free the Israelites. God sends ten...

It will take critical, thorough scrutiny to truly decolonise knowledge

Jun 01, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

It has become unfashionable to admit that one doesnt really understand what phrases like decolonising knowledge or a decolonised curriculum mean. This is unfortunate. The process of coming to understand what decolonisation...

Study: US cities have worse inequality than Mexico, with rich and poor living side by side

Jun 01, 2017 13:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

The cities of the Americas are unequal places. US census data and recent American Community Surveys show that in most modern American metropolises, resources are unevenly distributed across the city think New York...

Spending cuts may have contributed to falling teenage pregnancy rates

May 30, 2017 10:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Austerity cuts may have contributed to lower rates of teenage pregnancy in England. It may seem a surprising result, but that is what our analysis of cuts by local authorities to teenage pregnancy programmes has...

Why you're almost certainly wasting time rinsing your recycling

May 29, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Once a fortnight we diligently wheel our recycling bin to the kerb, and then probably give ourselves a pat on the back while thinking of all the useful products we have helped to create, and the resources and energy we...