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Addressing the mental health crisis amongst emergency response workers

Fast-paced environments, demanding schedules, and high-stakes decision-making all contribute to the stressful environment emergency response workers endure daily.
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Trial finds four-day work week boosts employee wellbeing and productivity

After testing a four-day work week across 61 companies in the UK, researchers found the trial was successful both economically and productivity-wise.
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Workers at risk: How do traumatic jobs affect essential workers?

R. Nicholas Carleton and Gregory S Anderson analyse the workplace stressors and risks of public safety personnel and front-line healthcare workers.
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Managing occupational stress and staying motivated

Occupational stress can affect anyone at any time, so it is important to understand how to manage it for the sake of yourself and your wider company.
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Can companies regulate employees’ messaging apps for safety?

The use of messaging apps has become a part of daily life in many workplaces – but sharing sensitive data poses a major compliance risk for organisations.
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National Sickie Day: How to improve self-care

The ONS estimates that there were 17 million working days lost to stress, depression or anxiety in the UK between 2021 to 2022; how can we avoid this?
Young businesspeople sitting together at workplace and using digital devices

How can digital transformation help you revise remote work culture?

The digital transformation occurring in workspaces is a surging movement reinventing business as we know it – redefining offices, business strategy, and work culture To prevail, you must think of technology as indispensable and a strategic competency that will take your company/organization to the next level revolutionizing how you perceive...
Crowd of workers going to work in a business district.

Collaborate to innovate: Empowering the public sector with a modern workforce

Organisations need to embrace the right IT solutions to meet the whole spectrum of evolving modern workforce needs in the public sector.
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Five industries to see reduction in employer pension contributions

Amid a cost of living crisis and the retirement age increasing, employees are worried about cuts in employer pension contributions - who will be the worst hit?
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Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership support matters

A year in review: An overview of the Swindon and Wiltshire Economy in 2021.
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‘Discrimination towards men’ cited in UK menopause leave rejection

The proposal to make menopause leave a ‘protected characteristic’ under the Equality Act has been blocked by ministers in an effort to prevent discrimination towards men.

The electric mobility transition to net-zero with EV charging

Mer Charging UK Ltd demonstrates how the future of the electric mobility transition promises greater strides toward net zero.
Save Our NHS protest demonstration - London.

Reforming the UK’s health and care system through design

The UK’s health and care system is long overdue reform, as needs have shifted and technology has advanced since the NHS was founded in 1948.
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Data-driven Government from Unit4 ERP

Sally Murdoch, Public Sector Director from Unit4 discusses breaking down silos to create a data-driven culture in government and public administration.
Open Access Government January 2023

Open Access Government January 2023

It's time to welcome our January 2023 digital publication. Here we bring you substantial policy analysis, including health & social care, research & innovation, digital transformation, government, transport, energy, environment, agriculture and much more.
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Digital forensics in policing: Making modern practices a priority

Jon Cook, International Training Instructor, Exterro, discusses how and why digital forensics must become a part of modern policing.
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Future talent: why graduates, apprentices and interns are so important to the public sector

Andy Lethbridge, Head of Consulting, central government, at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, discusses why graduates, apprentices and interns are critical for the public sector.

AI for mammography performance and quality enhancement

Lisa Johnston, PhD, Product Expert at Volpara Health, explains the use of AI for mammography performance and quality enhancement.
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Materials for fusion reactors: Containing a star on Earth

Experimental metallurgy research: Structural materials to withstand the extreme temperatures inside nuclear fusion reactors.
The functional utility of intellectual humanity in a polarized world

The functional utility of intellectual humanity in a polarized world

Only in the past decade or so have social scientists seriously studied intellectual humility as a virtue that might counter problems with this alarming social trend toward division Colonel Jessup—you may not remember the name, but some of you will know whom we are talking about. He is the fictional...

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