Nepo babies: why nepotism is such a problem for British film and TV – and how to fix it

Mar 28, 2023 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Nepo babies (or nepotism babies) have been the talk of the entertainment industry since New York Magazines December/January issue, which featured a definitive guide to the: actors, singers [and] directors who just happen...

Lie detectors: body language tells us surprisingly little about whether someone is being honest

Mar 28, 2023 14:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Do you ever wonder if you could pass a lie detection test or imagine what it would be like to read peoples body language? Reading body language may be great for adding tension to action movie interrogation scenes, however,...

Pupils protest over toilet rules: why school responses should consider children's rights

Mar 28, 2023 14:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Many people across the UK have been protesting in 2023. Teachers on strike over pay and working conditions marched through London with placards and listened to speeches on March 15. Protests against the governments illegal...

Global Geopolitics Series

Ukraine war: tensions rise in Crimea as Russia prepares for a likely spring offensive

Mar 28, 2023 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

To paraphrase the words of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, everything began with Crimea, and everything will end there as well. When Russia first occupied Crimea in 2014, it was a major win for Putin, who...

Students' mental health is a big issue for schools – but teachers should only be part of the solution

Mar 28, 2023 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Schools are an obvious place to do mental health work with young people. This is important, as about one in seven young Australians are diagnosed with a mental illness. This includes issues like psychological distress,...

Global Geopolitics Series

'The media normalises war-mongering': how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstream media

Mar 28, 2023 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Early this month, the Daily Mail published a story online implying three Chinese men taking photos at the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were spies. After complaints and an open letter condemning the paper for racially...

Climate Change Series

At chocolate time, we've discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment and have in common

Mar 28, 2023 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

What distinguishes a company that makes good chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate? Our annual Chocolate...