By Katie Green, Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Leadership Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
Everyone recognises the trope of the stressed-out senior manager who’s always close to breaking point. But, in fact, mid-career is one of the most vulnerable periods for burnout and stress in a worker’s life. At this stage, many people have extra responsibilities outside work at the same time as their employer increases expectations around performance, availability and leadership.
Mid-career is often where this double load increases the risk of burnout. Research…
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By Stephen Barber, Professor of Global Affairs, University of East London
Suggestions that Peter Mandelson may have shared government information with Jeffrey Epstein amid the fallout of the global financial crisis are being investigated by police.
Emails between Mandelson and the disgraced financier, released by the US Department of Justice, are said to include market-sensitive details. This was at a time when Mandelson was in government and ministers around him were scrambling to keep the UK economy afloat.
Now, the 2008 global financial crisis belongs…
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By Cassie Brummitt, Assistant Professor in Film and Television Studies, University of Nottingham
Have you heard of the writer Brandon Sanderson? If you’ve not, you’re sure to soon as a major deal with AppleTV signals that his writing could be a big new fantasy franchise that everyone will be talking about.
Sanderson is best known for his expansive literary universe, the Cosmere, with books set on various planets that manifest different but interconnected forms of magic. What’s so significant about this AppleTV deal is that Sanderson…
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By Paul Jones, Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience at Aston Business School, Aston University
It is tempting to treat the fallout between Brooklyn Beckham and his A-list parents as mere celebrity gossip. But this story has struck a chord with many families because it disrupts a comforting assumption: that strong bonds, shared history and success protect families from fracture.
The breakdown of even highly visible, seemingly close families raises an uncomfortable question. Why do family relationships, often our longest lasting and most emotionally charged connections, sometimes become so strained that…
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By Paul Hamilton, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
Tristan Sheppard, Juris Doctor Candidate, Faculty of Law, Western University
Both Canada and New Zealand experienced a post-Second World War reassessment of their ties to colonialism, evident in the Union Jack occupying the upper left quadrant of each nation’s flag.
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By Sonia S Anand, Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University
Cathy Risdon, Professor and Chair, Family Medicine, McMaster, McMaster University
Gina Ogilvie, Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV-Related Disease and Cancer, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Women affected by poverty, racism, trauma, caregiving stress or unstable housing often lack primary health care. They wind up in walk-in clinics or emergency with late-stage serious illnesses.
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By Erin Harper, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
The number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services – including long daycare – is increasing. According to a new Productivity Commission report, there were 160 such incidents per 100 services in 2024-25. This is up from 148 and 139 in the previous two years.
A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. This includes serious injury or illness requiring medical attention, any event where emergency services attended, a child going missing or being…
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By Karinna Saxby, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
Brendan Nolan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
Clue Coman, PhD Student, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Dennis Petrie, Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
Until now, we haven’t had research that tracks how accessing hormones or surgeries affects how much trans people use mental health services and medications.
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By Tony Jan, Professor of Information Technology and Director of Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimization (AIRO) Centre, Torrens University Australia
Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your wallet.
Just last week, Australian police warned more than 5,000 people they may have been targeted in a large-scale romance scam linked to overseas syndicates. The scammers used common dating apps to find victims and start online relationships,…
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By Luke Hartigan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer than previously expected, adding to cost-of-living concerns.
So, what is inflation, and what causes it? Do we have to worry about inflation? And if so, what are the options for getting it back under control?
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