Gender equality in the workplace can prevent violence against women
Mar 01, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Workplaces can be a key setting to prevent violence against women but prevention programs are often thwarted by some leaders who dont see it as a workplace issue, our research shows. Our report focused on 15 workplaces...
Police drones: can we trust the eyes in the skies?
Feb 29, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Law Life Technology
In Australia, unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are now being used by the police in most states as a tool to help fight crime or to assist in rescue missions. For example, drones are being used to locate people on...
Why CCTV in care homes could cause more harm than good
Feb 26, 2016 05:07 am UTC| Life
The UK may well be the most watched nation on the planet, but when it comes to our countrys care homes many believe more still needs to be done in terms of safety and surveillance. A recent campaign has called for CCTV...
People in their nineties reveal the secrets to ageing well
Feb 26, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Life Health
There are many reasons why some people live long healthy lives while others dont, but one of them is undoubtedly genes. That doesnt mean we should be negative about our chances of ageing in good health. Although our genes...
Is it even possible to have a work-life balance?
Feb 25, 2016 13:50 pm UTC| Life
Back in the early 1980s, when I started researching the field of careers, the notion of work-life balance was decidedly embryonic. It certainly had almost no resonance among women, who were still expected to work both at...
Branded for life? Sending the wrong message to young perpetrators of family violence
Feb 24, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
As part of a strategy to eliminate violence against women, an advertising campaign on digital channels, in cinemas and in high foot-traffic areas for young people uses a series of photographs depicting young men who have...
A history of English ... in five words
Feb 23, 2016 11:07 am UTC| Life
Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford Whats in a word? Caleb Roenigk/flickr, CC BY In 1582, Richard Mulcaster, headmaster of the Merchant Tailors school, wrote that our...
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