How age, gender and social media converge in Hollywood
How age, gender and social media converge in Hollywood
( a letter for a friend) Hi! I remember how at your nice dinner party, we had been chatting about my new research on aging, and how women in Hollywood were especially vulnerable in this[…]
Government workforce is closing the gender pay gap, but reforms still needed, report says
Women working for the federal government earn less than men overall but the gap is shrinking, and most of the difference is the result of women being concentrated in lower-paying jobs with too few occupying[…]
Use of the internet is expected to triple by 2017: Environmental concerns related to it
The Greenpeace’ report released this April indicates that the web may help destroy “the very fabric of our life on Earth”, due to the carbon-based sources of power it uses and the electronic waste that[…]
The face of internationalisation in Europe: brand new EAIE study unveiled by EAIE
As internationalisation of higher education has become increasingly complex and far reaching over the past years, EAIE (European Association for International Education) unveiled a project to undertake comprehensive research to map the state of internationalisation[…]
Working Together to keep the Web Open and Free: Tim Berners-Lee on its 25th Anniversary
In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, 58, established a place for himself in the history books by creating the World Wide Web. That month, the Briton, who at the time worked for the European Organization for[…]
International Women’s Day: violence and obstacles yet to overcome
About a third of all women in the EU have experienced either physical or sexual violence since the age of 15, and 55% said they had been sexually harassed. These are the hard-hitting findings of[…]
Harvard, MIT Launch MOOC Student Visualization Tools
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the two institutions behind the massive open online course provider edX, on Thursday released a set of tools that visualize the age, gender, location and level of[…]
Women’s Rights after the Arab Spring
The revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011, known as “The Arab Spring,” promised greater freedoms for many in the region, including women. While there have been some advances in women’s rights, the promise[…]
Ill-qualified teachers, poor access to schools at root of global education crisis – UN report
Some 125 million school children around the world are unable to read a single sentence, even after four years of attendance – a waste of $129 billion a year – a United Nations report warns,[…]
Tim Berners-Lee: we need to re-decentralise the web
Twenty-five years on from the web’s inception, its creator has urged the public to re-engage with its original design: a decentralised internet that at its very core, remains open to all. Speaking with Wired editor[…]