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Placing education, research and innovation at the heart of Ireland
Dr. Ana Terrés, Director of Research Support at Dublin City University (DCU), looks at how DCU innovates for societal impact and contributes to Ireland’s economic recovery…
Dublin City University (DCU) is a young and dynamic university which aims to have an impact on Irish society, not only by placing...
More free childcare would threaten nursery schools
Government plans to offer 30 hours free childcare per week could threaten nursery schools throughout England, say teaching union NAHT
A teaching union has warned that government plans to increase free childcare provision to 30 hours a week could threaten nursery schools across England. The new funding formula, aimed at...
Gender balance in scientific careers
Professor Rosalind L Smyth, Director at the Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL) outlines the importance of gender equality within the science sector…
Many years ago, after I had been appointed as a research fellow in Cambridge, I bumped into a former senior colleague at a conference. She...
Digging into data for research
Canada is proud to co-lead efforts to internationalise social sciences and humanities research across the Atlantic – and back again. Here Ted Hewitt, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada explains why to Open Access Government
The social sciences and humanities research environment in Canada has...
Hampshire Council fined £100k for data breach
Hampshire County Council has been fined for a data breach after it failed to protect the personal information of more than 100 people…
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Hampshire County Council £100,000 for failing to dispose of personal data relating to more than 100 individuals.
The information was left at...
Poverty costs government services £78bn a year
A new report has warned it costs government services £78bn to tackle the impact of poverty across the UK, with the health service bearing the brunt of this…
Poverty in the UK is costing the government a whopping £78bn a year to tackle. This bill does not include money spent...
Mental health: A communication challenge
Paul Bomke, CEO of Pfalzklinikum outlines why mental health requires a social change…
In the field of mental health, the paradigmatic distinction between the treatment of diseases on the one hand and health promotion on the other becomes particularly evident. Although the necessity to prevent mental diseases is obvious because...
The Road to Reconciliation: How will Canada address its responsibilities to indigenous students
There are significant funding gaps between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students within Ontario. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is responsible for providing education to Indigenous students however, it is outside of federal jurisdiction to deliver education as under the Canadian Constitution education is within individual provincial and territorial...
Millions to benefit from new National Living Wage from today
From today full-time workers in the UK will get a £900 cash increase on the current National Minimum Wage.
This means that in some parts of the country, a fifth of the entire workforce will benefit from the new £7.20 per hour wage increase.
First announced in the Summer Budget last...
Pfalzklinikum and the Alliance against Depression Landau-Südliche Weinstraße e.V.: Challenges in 2016
The targets of the Alliance’s work are information on depression and its treatment possibilities, destigmatization as well as information on concrete contact points and help offers in the city of Landau and the district of Südliche Weinstraße. It is not our task to establish treatment offers although they seem...
Staking a Carbon Claim
Carbon sequestration is a concept that has been pervasive in discussions of climate change research and policy. The idea is simple enough. Any process, for example photosynthesis, that extracts CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it somewhere else will reduce the greenhouse effect and therefore should be encouraged. One...
The circular economy opportunity
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation sheds light on the circular economy and why it is an opportunity not to be missed…
Today’s linear economy – in which resources are extracted, made into products, sold and ultimately thrown away – arguably faces its biggest challenges, on a number of fronts. A range...
The Importance of Soils
Matt Aitkenhead, a Member at the British Society of Soil Science sheds light on soils and their role in society and economic development…
The importance of soil to people who work the land or study it is obvious, but this importance often remains hidden in political and economic debates. Partly...
The circular economy opportunity
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation sheds light on the circular economy and why it is an opportunity not to be missed
Today’s linear economy – in which resources are extracted, made into products, sold and ultimately thrown away – arguably faces its biggest challenges, on a number of fronts. A range...
Failing children’s services face tough measures
Children’s services that are failing could be taken over by high-performing councils and charities if they show no sign of improvement…
Local authority social services that fail children will face tough new measures, it has emerged.
Under the plans, any service judged as inadequate by education watchdog Ofsted will have six...
Ofsted warn of north-south divide in English schools
There is a growing divide between the results seen in northern schools and those in the south, it has emerged…
Education watchdog Ofsted has warned there is a significant divide between standards in the north and south of England.
According to the watchdog’s latest annual report on education standards around a...
Are we prepared for an ageing society?
Dr Mark Britnell, Chairman and Partner of the Global Health Practice at KPMG answers AG’s questions about the impact of an ageing society on the economy and NHS services…
As populations grow and get older and more complex, there is an ever growing pressure on healthcare budgets and services. In the...
Becoming a digital services hub
Richard Godfrey, Assistant Director of Digital Peterborough details how Peterborough City Council is addressing key challenges through better use of cloud technology solutions
As the UK’s local authorities continue to battle the ever-present financial, productivity, and modernisation challenges of governing today, many have turned to IT – and cloud computing in...
Direct support for EU farmers
The EU’s recent €500m aid package is good news for European farmers and agri-food markets, writes EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan
Market difficulties and price pressures in recent months have been a cause for real concern to farmers and agri-businesses across Europe.
The €500m aid package is a significant statement of...
Is climate change affecting our minds?
Emerging research indicates that climate change impacts on mental health an increasing global concern
Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st Century, with wide-ranging impacts on individuals, communities, and health systems globally. The latest synthesise evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
