Sexual and domestic violence: the hidden reasons why Mexican women flee their homes

Sep 27, 2016 14:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In the past few years, thousands of Mexicans have been forced to flee to the United States seeking international legal protection. Reports by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 2007 to mid-2015...

Group work gets kids more engaged in STEM

Sep 27, 2016 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Shortage of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals has been an important concern in the United States. It is estimated that over the next 10 years, the nation could face a shortage of one million...

No wonder prisons are getting more violent, they're full to the brim

Sep 27, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Overcrowding, staff cuts and a growing drugs problem have all created a toxic mix in English and Welsh prisons. So its hardly surprising theres been a surge of violence on an unprecedented scale. In 2015, there was a...

What's behind America's insistence on instilling grit in kids?

Sep 26, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Life

In the same way that actual grit accumulates in the cracks and crevices of the landscape, our cultural insistence on possessing grit has gradually come to the forefront of child-rearing and education reform. In 2012,...

To produce artisans for the future South Africa should study its past

Sep 26, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

South Africas government knows that artisans are essential to future growth and job creation. Thats what prompted the countrys Minister of Higher Education and Training to declare a decade of the artisan. The campaigns...

The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study

Sep 26, 2016 00:04 am UTC| Life

Workers in countries where shorter working hours are the norm are more likely to complain of poor work-life balance, according to our research recently published in the journal Social Forces. David Maume and I explored...

Gonzo: we need to talk about young men and porn

Sep 25, 2016 16:35 pm UTC| Life Health

Young mens use of pornography has been the focus of considerable debate, if not anxiety and moral panic, in recent years. Recent incidents such as the high school porn ring have in many respects fuelled these anxieties...