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Canada is proud to co-lead efforts to internationalise social sciences and humanities research across the Atlantic – and back again. Here Ted Hewitt, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada explains why to Open Access Government The social sciences and humanities research environment in Canada has...

Hampshire County Council has been fined for a data breach after it failed to protect the personal information of more than 100 people… The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Hampshire County Council £100,000 for failing to dispose of personal data relating to more than 100 individuals. The information was left at...

A new report has warned it costs government services £78bn to tackle the impact of poverty across the UK, with the health service bearing the brunt of this… Poverty in the UK is costing the government a whopping £78bn a year to tackle. This bill does not include money spent...

Paul Bomke, CEO of Pfalzklinikum outlines why mental health requires a social change… In the field of mental health, the paradigmatic distinction between the treatment of diseases on the one hand and health promotion on the other becomes particularly evident. Although the necessity to prevent mental diseases is obvious because...

There are significant funding gaps between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students within Ontario. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is responsible for providing education to Indigenous students however, it is outside of federal jurisdiction to deliver education as under the Canadian Constitution education is within individual provincial and territorial...

From today full-time workers in the UK will get a £900 cash increase on the current National Minimum Wage. This means that in some parts of the country, a fifth of the entire workforce will benefit from the new £7.20 per hour wage increase. First announced in the Summer Budget last...

The targets of the Alliance’s work are information on depression and its treatment possibilities, destigmatization as well as information on concrete contact points and help offers in the city of Landau and the district of Südliche Weinstraße. It is not our task to establish treatment offers although they seem...

Carbon sequestration is a concept that has been pervasive in discussions of climate change research and policy. The idea is simple enough. Any process, for example photosynthesis, that extracts CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it somewhere else will reduce the greenhouse effect and therefore should be encouraged. One...

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation sheds light on the circular economy and why it is an opportunity not to be missed…  Today’s linear economy – in which resources are extracted, made into products, sold and ultimately thrown away – arguably faces its biggest challenges, on a number of fronts. A range...

Matt Aitkenhead, a Member at the British Society of Soil Science sheds light on soils and their role in society and economic development…  The importance of soil to people who work the land or study it is obvious, but this importance often remains hidden in political and economic debates. Partly...

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation sheds light on the circular economy and why it is an opportunity not to be missed Today’s linear economy – in which resources are extracted, made into products, sold and ultimately thrown away – arguably faces its biggest challenges, on a number of fronts. A range...

Children’s services that are failing could be taken over by high-performing councils and charities if they show no sign of improvement… Local authority social services that fail children will face tough new measures, it has emerged. Under the plans, any service judged as inadequate by education watchdog Ofsted will have six...

There is a growing divide between the results seen in northern schools and those in the south, it has emerged… Education watchdog Ofsted has warned there is a significant divide between standards in the north and south of England. According to the watchdog’s latest annual report on education standards around a...

Dr Mark Britnell, Chairman and Partner of the Global Health Practice at KPMG answers AG’s questions about the impact of an ageing society on the economy and NHS services…  As populations grow and get older and more complex, there is an ever growing pressure on healthcare budgets and services. In the...

Richard Godfrey, Assistant Director of Digital Peterborough details how Peterborough City Council is addressing key challenges through better use of cloud technology solutions As the UK’s local authorities continue to battle the ever-present financial, productivity, and modernisation challenges of governing today, many have turned to IT – and cloud computing in...

The EU’s recent €500m aid package is good news for European farmers and agri-food markets, writes EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan Market difficulties and price pressures in recent months have been a cause for real concern to farmers and agri-businesses across Europe. The €500m aid package is a significant statement of...

Emerging research indicates that climate change impacts on mental health an increasing global concern Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st Century, with wide-ranging impacts on individuals, communities, and health systems globally. The latest synthesise evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

One of the most remarkable things about life on earth, in all its forms, is how cells often only tens of microns in diameter have evolved to carry out the variety of tasks that they do. In multicellular organisms, the situation is even more complicated, as different cell types...

With people living longer, and health systems under strain, AG looks at the worldwide impact of an ageing population…

Although there are many reasons to celebrate the life-extending benefits from antiretroviral therapeutics (ART) for HIV/AIDS and the ability to chronically manage patients’ disease for decades, the majority of people around the world living with the virus do not have access to ART and those that do, have over...