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Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a new tool to help clinicians and researchers assess individuals for pathological social withdrawal, known as Hikikomori. The tool, called Hikikomori Diagnostic Evaluation, or HiDE, can be a…

After a spooky couple of months, Season of the Witch is coming to a close next week. Before the Season of the Wish introduces a new period of activity in Destiny 2, Xur is making his regular stop in the Solar system with a…

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in the United States for adults ages 65 and older. With 1 in 4 older adults falling annually, 27,000 deaths, 8 million emergency department (ED) visits, and 800,000…

As excitement builds for the Personnel Today Awards 2023, we profile the organisations that have made the shortlist for the Learning & Development Award – Smaller Employers, sponsored by NatWest. ATS Euromaster Learning and development…

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. “The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York says it all with its portrayal of a…

Scenes from An Iliad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Trojan War from Homer’s Iliad is as familiar to us as the tales from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and yet we never tire of them. “I believe the most important stories are the…

We continue our series profiling the Personnel Today Awards 2023 finalists with a closer look at the companies shortlisted for L&D Supplier of the Year.  Development Beyond Learning Graduate development specialist Development Beyond…

Sunak confirms Manchester leg of HS2 being scrapped, with 'every single penny' from £36bn going on other transport projectsSunak confirms he is scrapping the Manchester leg of HS2.When the facts change, it is important to change policy.He…

Re André Spicer’s article on school uniforms (Not even bankers wear ties and blazers any more. So why should schoolchildren?, 25 September), I attended an all-girls grammar school in the 1960s and we were governed by a strict code regarding…

My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially segregated public schools, she faced a daunting challenge in providing a first-class education to…