Eswatini: how social pressures and poverty affect the ability of children to navigate school: A country as poor as Eswatini cannot afford to compromise the education of its children. Colin McPherson/Getty Images The population of Eswatini (previously called Swaziland) is slightly below 1.2 million people, and about 58.9% of the people live below the nationally …
How social media forces stand-up comedians like Trevor Noah and Basket Mouth to self-censor: Comedians Trevor Noah (L) and Dave Chappelle (R) Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The essence of stand-up comedy is that you have a comedian performing to a live audience with the goal of entertaining through eliciting humour. Comedians hold social, cultural, and political …
Social care: how Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children face discrimination across Europe and the UK: A Roma boy and his horse in Velykyi Bereznyi, a settlement in the Carpathian mountains, in Western Ukraine. Brum | Shutterstock Throughout Europe – from Italy to Hungary – Romani children are overrepresented in institutional care. This is particularly acute …
Nigeria needs more social science research: how to boost output: Shutterstock Sub-Saharan Africa faces some of the biggest challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For instance, Nigeria has at least 87 million people in extreme poverty. The country’s unemployment rate was over 33.3%, the second highest in the world, at the end of 2020. …
A cool Paternoster image: Image from page 282 of “The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and social, from the earliest period to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt” (1862) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: comprehensivehis12macf Title: The comprehensive history of England : civil and military, religious, intellectual, and …
Integrating health and social care: seven steps for success: Chinnapong/Shutterstock The widespread deaths of the elderly in care homes that occurred as a result of poor decisions by government at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the lack of knowledge about how the care sector works. COVID also highlighted the challenges of managing public …
Why social scientists still need data on sex – not only gender identity: shutterstock The collection of data on a person’s sex – that is, whether they are male or female – has become controversial in recent years, and a number of public bodies have moved away from collecting data on sex as a result. …
Reducing social contact: three health experts explain how to interpret new advice: Texturemaster/Shutterstock Omicron cases are rising fast, with fears that the UK could soon record a million new infections a day. In response, the chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, has asked the public to cut down on socialising to slow the spread. …
‘Merely tinkering’: expert analysis of the UK government’s new plan to reform social care in England: Even before the pandemic, there were over 124,000 care-worker vacancies in the UK. Art_Photo | Shutterstock The UK government has published details of how it plans to reform adult social care in England. On December 1, in the House …
Jack Dorsey’s decision to quit Twitter is not a vote of confidence in future of social media: When Jack Dorsey made the sudden public announcement that he had quit as CEO of Twitter, it was only ever going to have happened in one place – Twitter itself. It reminded me very much of Elon Musk’s …
Social care cap: how the new system will work and why it’s unfair – an expert explains: With means-tested support, those who are less well-off will end up losing more of their assets to pay for their care. pikselstock | Shutterstock Boris Johnson’s proposed new cap on social care has moved a step closer to …
Conspiracy theories about the pandemic are spreading offline as well as through social media: A consistent feature of the pandemic has been the presence of a relatively small but vocal number of conspiracy theorists who resist attempts to tackle COVID-19. Their views might seem marginal and extreme but recent research suggests that we should take …
Creative African Millennials Get a Vote in their Social Media Future as Snake Nation Goes Live with November Launch: SnakeNation logo Coinciding with election seasons in South Africa and the United States, South African Disruptive Social Media Platform Snake Nation launches today, giving African Creatives a vote in their own social media future. The official …
Social care reform: free online event on what isn’t working and how to fix it: Boris Johnson’s September announcement of a plan to fund social care reform and NHS recovery in England was long-awaited, if not applauded. Critics question the extent to which the new health and social care levy the government proposes will be …
South Africa in the news: The Presidential Climate Commission must find common ground in pioneering a social compact for a ‘just transition’: The Presidential Climate Commission is premised on pioneering a social compact for a ‘just transition’ in response to the climate crisis. It has much work to do to get some consensus.: “South Africa” …
Social media: teenage girls with perfectionist tendencies need to take extra care – here’s how: Likes and swipes don't always make us feel good. Shutterstock We all do it. Robot-like, we endlessly scroll through social media feeds. To an extent, we even go about our daily lives staring at screens while ignoring the world around …
How children are being targeted with hidden ads on social media: Stealth advertising is cropping up in children's social media feeds BearFotos Have you ever accidentally clicked on an advert while scrolling on social media because you didn’t realise that’s what it was? This is what advertisers call “content marketing”. Using funny memes, insider-driven stories …
WitchTok: the rise of the occult on social media has eerie parallels with the 16th century: www.shutterstock.com It’s 1.30am in the morning, and I’m about to watch a duel between magicians. One is a “demonolater”, a word I have never heard before, someone who claims they worship demons and can petition them in return for …