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Organizations need workplace standards to promote safety and quality, so they establish margins of error where some deviation from the ideal is acceptable. For example, it may be fine to be off by an ounce […]

From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in.This post was originally published on this site

Nearly 16,000 children in England learn in state-funded alternative provision (AP). These are educational settings for school-aged pupils who are unable to attend mainstream school. These pupils may have been excluded from their previous school, […]

When you think of co-working spaces—where workers from different industries come together to share a convenient workplace—you might picture a group of young freelancers hunched over laptops. But today’s co-working spaces have evolved into something […]

When refugees flee their home country due to war, violence, conflict or persecution, they are often forced to leave behind their families.This post was originally published on this site

People with disabilities experience high levels of harassment online, including microaggressions and slurs. However, social media platforms frequently fail to address reports of disability-based harassment and offer only limited tools that simply hide hateful content.This […]

The Netflix hit “Adolescence” has sparked widespread conversations about teaching school-age children about sexism. However, new research led by the University of Surrey has revealed why teachers often shy away from discussing this sensitive topic.This […]

A major new research study has found the number of people dying in prison surged to a record number of 64 in 2024, a 60% increase on the previous year, making Scotland’s mortality rate among […]

Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from a University of California, Davis, anthropologist […]

As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of misinformation: false ideas spread because of ignorance, […]