Apprenticeships aren’t designed for young people any more: BigPixel Photo/Shutterstock The number of people in England choosing to enrol in an apprenticeship has declined markedly over the past decade. Apprenticeship participation has fallen overall from 908,700 in 2016-17 to 736,500 in 2023-24. Particularly notable has been a shift away from apprenticeships providing introductory skills for …
Opt-out laws designed to make organ donation easier may have actually made it harder, says research: In 2020, England introduced an opt-out system for organ donation with the aim of making it easier for organs to be donated after a person’s death. The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 assumed that unless someone explicitly opted …
LG Unveils Energy Efficient Heating Solutions Designed To Meet Diverse Customer Needs At ISH 2023: LG Electronics (LG) is showcasing the new Therma V R290 Monobloc and Therma V R32 Split 4 & 6 kilowatt (kW) air source heat pumps (ASHP) at ISH 2023, the world’s leading trade fair for heating, ventilation and air conditioning …
Five ways drones will change the way buildings are designed: elwynn/Shutterstock Drones are already shaping the face of our cities – used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK’s Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited understanding of how drones might be practically …
Public order bill: new law is designed to stop climate protests – but it could actually give activists a legal tool: The UK’s environmental movement has a long history of using protest as a strategy. Disruption is often at the heart of this, either disrupting infrastructure projects themselves in an attempt to stop them going …
Britain’s energy price cap was never designed to keep your gas and electricity affordable: Jon Mould / flickr, CC BY-NC-SA The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an “energy price cap”. Perhaps weirdly to …
Subsidies for African farmers: we’ve designed a tool to guide spending decisions: Algorithm can help farmers and governments make smart farming decisions. Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images. from www,gettyimages.com One of the hardest decisions a government must make is who to support with the limited public funds at its disposal. In recent years …
Nigerian property crime could be reduced if neighbourhoods were better designed: Some physical developments contribute to crime in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Nigeria has a very high crime rate. The Global Peace Index ranked it the world’s 17th least peaceful state. Discussion of crime in Nigeria tends to focus on insurgency, terrorism …
Ghana’s electronic transaction tax: not a bad idea, but must be properly designed: Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The government of Ghana’s revenue collection has performed poorly for some years now. The average growth rate of total government revenue and grants has fallen sharply from 32.6% (2009-2012) to 19.9% (2013-2016) and 14.6% (2017-2020). The …
Dental workers face particular risks: we designed a device to protect them: Oral healthcare workers are exposed to disease-causing organisms during dental procedures. Shutterstock Dentistry faces a relatively high risk of exposure to a wide variety of infectious diseases originating from viruses and bacteria present in people’s mouths. The COVID-19 pandemic (SARS-CoV-2) brought to the …
South Africa in the news: Booster shots could be designed to target delta variant: Also known as B.1.351, the beta variant is thought to be 50% more infectious than the original strain, and earlier in the year, it was the predominant strain in South Africa. Novavax said in a recent …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates: Lunatictm/Shutterstock Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their time indoors. Climate change is fundamentally altering …
A portal designed specially for informal businesses could be a game-changer: Informal businesses face numerous challenges which hinder their growth Shutterstock Africa has the highest proportion of informal sector workers anywhere in the world. They account for more than 85% of the continent’s workers. This compares with 68.2% in Asia and the Pacific, 68.6% in …
South Africa in the news: Made-in-Calgary robot designed to bolster bird safety at power lines: A made-in-Calgary solution from a group of ex-oilpatch workers to curb power line bird deaths has attracted international attention. Patrick Arnell, CEO of FulcrumAir, a local robotics and unmanned …: “South Africa” – BingNews Tortoise in South Africa spotted squirting …
Forget the Large Hadron Collider – our team has designed a particle accelerator the size of a large room: A prototype of our novel plasma-based particle accelerator EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report In 2010, when scientists were preparing to smash the first particles together within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), sections of the media fantasised that …
Happy the elephant was denied rights designed for humans – but the legal definition of ‘person’ is still evolving: Bronx Zoo elephant 'Happy' strolls inside the zoo's Asia Habitat in New York. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Nobody knows how old Happy is. Sometime in the 1970s, she and six other youngsters were taken from their family …
Traditional healing in South Africa needs spaces designed for the purpose: Mona Market in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa operates on the third week of every month when traders set up temporary dwellings for the four days. Gary Stafford African traditional medicine and its practices were prohibited under the pretext of witchcraft in South Africa by the …
A new laser technique designed to authenticate rare whisky could also detect disease: Shutterstock Whisky is big business in Scotland. In 2019, the golden liquid accounted for 75% of the nation’s food and drink exports, with a value of almost £5 billion to the Scottish economy. Iconic bottles have sold at auction for over £1 …