The recent apartment building collapse in Miami, Florida, is a tragic reminder of the huge impacts engineering can have on our lives. Disasters such as this force engineers to reflect on their practice and perhaps fundamentally change their approach. Specifically, we should give much greater weight to ethics when training engineers. Engineers work in a vast range of […] … learn more→

La Samaritaine has just reopened its doors in Paris. Founded in 1860, it is one of the city’s historic brands, along with the Bon Marché (1838), the oldest department store in the capital. These commercial temples became, from the middle of the XIX th  century, the freedom oasis for women, who have found a place where they could finally […] … learn more→

Child care insecurity is a term we’ve come up with to describe limited or uncertain access to adequate child care. It factors into many Americans’ decisions whether to even have a child. Parents – mothers especially – often weigh the cost of child care in their decision to return to work. And when a kid has a disability, there […] … learn more→

Web designing tools help you with testing, mockup, frameworks, and various other things. But the web design online tools can boost creativity and streamline your workflow as well. There are so many different designing tools that are currently available these days. Most web design online tools are completely free, but some come with monthly, quarterly […] … learn more→

Perhaps no topic has dominated education news in 2021 like the debate over whether or not critical race theory should be taught – or whether it is even being taught – in America’s schools. Critical race theory is an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in American society and its institutions. The debate about whether K-12 students […] … learn more→

Social distancing and lockdowns have disrupted university study for the past 18 months. Students are understandably stressed as shown by a dramatic drop in student satisfaction across Australia reported in the annual Student Experience Survey. Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has drawn attention to this in calling for a “return” to on-campus study. But the world is increasingly […] … learn more→

We love sharing good stuff. It’s something we’ve tried to do consistently. Most often, we share and talk about topics relevant to researcher life, funding culture, and academic track-record building. We know how much work it is to create and provide a quality resource that’s supportive and generates a positive community dynamic. We know we […] … learn more→

Communication is easily the most important skill for anyone looking to get into business. If you cannot put your thoughts into words that others can understand and act upon, you won’t find success at any level of an organization because you won’t be able to work with fellow employees successfully or effectively give direction to […] … learn more→

Teenagers who stick to maths beyond the age of 16 have greater levels of certain brain chemicals that are critical for cognitive development, according to new research from the University of Oxford. The researchers, led by cognitive neuroscientist Roi Cohen Kadosh , found that students who dropped maths at 16 produced less gamma-aminobutyric acid than those who soldiered on. […] … learn more→

Ten of what, I hear you ask? Well – ten years of blogging. And 894 posts, counting this one. Not quite two posts a week for all of the ten years, but twice weekly for most of them. And given that most posts are about 1200-1400 words, then we are talking something close to a […] … learn more→