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Jason Heyes, Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Sheffield, explains why work doesn't always offer a safe escape route from poverty.

Tennis players with a "me against the world" attitude are hampering their own success, says a University of Queensland sports coaching expert.

Sussex support for researchers recognised by European Commission award The University of Sussex has successfully retained the European Commission HR Excellence in Research Award for its work in enhancing institution-wide career development support for research staff.

Social work has evolved from a profession focusing on people living in poverty to one associated with governmental programming to one offering counseling and health-related services in nonprofit and private-practice settings.

Dr Craig Berry, Deputy Director of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) George Osborne's budget speech was, as usual, a masterclass in combining the rhetoric of change with reality of continuity.

Onyx Motion is partnering with NBA shooting guard Ben Gordon in a bid to raise the calibre of digital basketball coaching offered by the company's first-of-its-kind-tech, a smartwatch app that offers on-court skills guidance.

The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced today that it is investing $100,000 in Reliefwatch , a startup currently incubating at the Chicago Innovation Exchange.

Lonnie Golden (right), professor of economics at Penn State Abington, thinks the new regulations expanding eligibility for overtime pay will benefit employers as well as employees and the economy as a whole.

Lonnie Golden (right), professor of economics at Penn State Abington, thinks the new regulations expanding eligibility for overtime pay will benefit employers as well as employees and the economy as a whole.

The days of wasting condiments - and other products - that stick stubbornly to the sides of their bottles may be gone, thanks to MIT spinout LiquiGlide, which has licensed its nonstick coating to a major consumer-goods company.

University of Queensland student and international cricketer Holly Ferling is more determined than ever to don the green and gold for this year's Women's Ashes series, after a back injury forced her out of last year's season.

Research undertaken by Lancaster University's The Work Foundation has informed guidelines from England's health watchdog.

The SciLifeLab laboratories on the Solna campus stand adjacent to the offices, and only a few paces separate Anita Aperia's group's white lab coats from their desks.

Wendy Bradley, PhD student of tax simplification and better regulation at the University of Sheffield, comments on the challenges Labour MP Meg Hillier will face in her new role as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The Luskin Center for Innovation recently held a conference to devise ways to bring more women into the field John Villasenor and Rebecca Sadwick John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineer

Ask a bunch of kindergarteners if they're artists, and all of them will boom "YES!" Ask adults, though, and the story changes dramatically.

In 2003, researchers embarked on a project to piece together a picture of changes in British working life over the course of 600 years.

A $33.7 million gift to the University of Sydney places Australia at the forefront of medicinal cannabinoid research.

Growing interest in the startup culture has focused attention on company founders who often take great risks to launch new ventures.

Stanford researcher Brooke Conroy Bass found that women were more likely than men to think and worry about how their career paths might align with future parenthood.

Students in the Freshman Research Initiative practice discovery from soon after they arrive on campus.

WHAT: Middle school girls from the Cedar-Riverside community will model active wear they designed with researchers from the College of Design and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.

The next leader of the Labour Party cannot take the party's strength in the North of England for granted, says Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) report Research shows Conservative support increased significantly in the North-East - traditionally the party's weakest region - in the general election.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Paul L. Morgan , associate professor of education and director of the Educational Risk Initiative , is the recent recipient of a $700,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences , U.S. Department of Education. The grant will fund research to identify the factors that may be resulting in science achievement gaps being experienced by students in U.S. elementary and middle schools.

Ever opened a webpage to see an advertisement that's pertinent to your recent search history? Perhaps you've recently browsed online for a new car, and opened a webpage to see an ad for that specific make and model.

The shortage of medical practitioners in regional rural and remote areas of Australia continues despite government initiatives. A new report identifies professional advantages stemming from rural practice as a strong motivator for medical students to 'go rural'.

Canada's cities are building the foundations of our future prosperity, University of Toronto president Meric Gertler told a capacity crowd at the Empire Club of Canada.

The University of Melbourne has been awarded $4,000,000 to establish The Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing that will advance and transform the building industry in Australia.

Stanford psychologist Emma Seppala says that promoting a culture of trust - rather than fear - encourages collaboration and builds a creative workplace.

It's whipped social media into a lather, yet a University of Queensland body-image expert is warning the ' Dad bod ' craze is probably a load of baloney.

When the country's youngest self-made female billionaire agreed to visit Harvard to receive the third annual Experiment Medal , she had one request: she asked to meet with women students interested in science and engineering.

New book from The University of Manchester's Centre on the Dynamics of Ehtnicity publishes research which tackles misconceptions around ethnically diverse Britain 'Segregated' Britain more diverse - but also more unequal - than we thought Fifty years on from the first Race Relations Act, new research from The University of Manchester and UCL finds that so-called 'segregated' Britain is both more diverse - and home to far wider inequalities - than originally thought.

Undergraduate student Emerson Samoy presents his poster on Climate Impacts of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo Eruption on the United States.

ANN ARBOR-Sometimes co-workers can enliven your day and even inspire, while others..well, some can be downright soul-crushing. According to new research at the University of Michigan, those jerks at work do more than make you feel bad-they drag down the job performance of people who interact with them.

Just witnessing aggression or other bad behaviour at work can affect our well-being - but the right support from employers and colleagues can limit the consequences, according to research by the University of Sheffield.

Andy Tattersall, Information Specialist at the University of Sheffield, comments on how to deal with information overload following decades of internet evolution.