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Canada: Cultural spaces, museums and creative professionals

Open Access Government charts the Government of Canada’s policy priorities concerning arts and culture, focussing on the examples of supporting cultural space, museums and creative professionals.

Three in five SMEs have experienced a cybersecurity breach

A Government survey conducted last year, as part of the National Cyber Security Programme, revealed 46% of UK businesses experienced at least one cybersecurity breach or attack in 2017

Jobs climate continues to slow down by perpetual Brexit disarray

It's a very challenging jobs climate due to Brexit, spectre of trade wars in multiple regions, paired with a political climate that rewards antagonism over collaboration and the promise of rising interest rates plus the IR35 rulings

NHS staff shortages set to worsen: Recruiter responds

Healthcare recruiter warns that a strategic approach to workforce planning is needed if the NHS wants to tackle staff shortages before unfilled vacancies grow to 350,000 by 2030

Increase in local government procurement in the North

The value of contracts by local government buyers in the North has increased dramatically since 2016, with £3.6bn-worth of contracts being awarded this year*, The Public Sector Solutions Expo has discovered

Research reveals kids worry about their parents not having enough money

To mark Talk Money week, Equifax reveals how children deal with family money worries

UK office workers are suffering from vocation frustration

A new report from Staples has discovered that office workers in UK are suffering from “Vocation Frustration”. 97% feel frustrated in their work environments, with many feeling the need to escape office life as a result

Brits are at risk if extreme weather hits the UK

New research revealed today, shows that across the UK people aren’t in a position to combat the effects of extreme weather this winter, and over a third (35%) of Brits admit to not being prepared at all

How will blockchain technology affect higher education in the future?

Tempson True, COO and PM at ICOHolder.com discusses the impact blockchain technology has on the future of higher education.

Primary school PE could be ‘transformed for a generation’ by new funding

Training for teachers, more varied activities, and new equipment to get classes moving are helping to usher in a ‘once in a generation’ transformation of primary school PE across schools in England

Common symptoms of diabetes that you might miss

Matthew Capehorn, medical director at LighterLife, goes into detail about the common symptoms of diabetes that you might not know about, on World Diabetes Day

UK energy prices expected to soar after Brexit

The UK's energy trade association has warned that uncertainty in the sector will lead to increased energy prices once the UK leaves the EU in March 2019.

Functional metagenomics: Keys to modern biotechnology and new drugs

Professor Wolfgang Streit from the University of Hamburg details how functional metagenomics applies to modern biotechnology, new drugs and much more.

Trees in the urban environment: ‘Seeing’ roots underground

Dr Nina Bassuk, Professor at the Urban Horticulture Institute, School of Integrative Plant Science explores roots underground and research into trees in the urban environment.

GDPR in biobanking for precision medicine research: The challenges

R.T. Lawlor, Z. Kozlakidis and M. Bledsoe from the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories note challenges in GDPR in biobanking for precision medicine.

Research reveals students are not getting enough exercise at school

More than a third of students (37%) worldwide don’t exercise at school, according to new research by Cambridge International What’s more, girls are less likely...

Genetics: Understanding the origins of our biological traits

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, Directeur de recherche at CNRS explains an aspect of genetics that concerns understanding the origins of our biological traits.

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