By and . Universities and their academic members benefit from significant sums of money from the UK taxpayer. It seems only right then, that academics should engage the public in what they do. More...
18 mars 2017
18 mars 2017
Business students willing to sacrifice future salary for good corporate social responsibility: study
By and . More than 90% of business students in a study on corporate social responsibility said they would be willing to sacrifice some percentage of their future salary to work for a responsible employer. A surprising number of 14% are willing to sacrifice more than 40% of their future income to do so. More...
18 mars 2017
How microfinance reduces gender inequality in developing countries
By and . An increase in the proportion of women accessing microfinance services by just 15% could potentially reduce gender inequality, as measured by the Gender Inequality Index, by half in the average developing nation. The finding comes from a recent study published in Applied Economics Letters that also found that cultural characteristics can influence this relationship. More...
18 mars 2017
Steering South Africa’s budget between excess patronage and prudence
By . After investigating the “massacre” (as termed by both the opposition Democratic Alliance and African National Congress Youth League) of more than 100 mental health patients under the guise of cutting costs, South Africa’s Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba advised that a “sufficient budget should be allocated for the implementation” of proper care. More...
18 mars 2017
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
By . Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this is the entire purpose of science. Before we make a judgment about what is true, there are facts that have to be examined and weighed against one another. More...
18 mars 2017
How the humble comic book could become the next classroom superhero
By . You might think comics are just packed full of superheroes, funny animals and silly jokes, and you wouldn’t be far wrong. More...
18 mars 2017
Grammar schools: why academic selection only benefits the very affluent
With the recent news that more than £500m has been set aside by the UK government for new free schools – many of which could well become grammar schools – the selective schooling debate is firmly back on the table. More...
18 mars 2017
We are losing sight of higher education’s true purpose
By . Approximately two years ago, I was appointed as the vice-chancellor’s fellow for the public benefit of higher education at the University of Sheffield. This means it’s my job to research the public purpose of universities and advise my vice-chancellor on matters relating to the public value of higher education. More...
18 mars 2017
The humanities: looking the past in the eye
By . Given the disconcerting present, how can we explain our wretched past and understand our increasingly threatening future? This question continued to drift to the surface as I listened recently to presentations about the history of individual departments in Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Science – the name for the humanities faculty at that university. More...
18 mars 2017
Lessons from Africa prove the incredible value of mother tongue learning
By . African research has made a valuable contribution to the framing of 2017’s International Mother Language Day theme: “Towards sustainable futures through multilingual education”. More...
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