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What does a fraudster look like? Shutterstock

January 11, 2017

There is no silver bullet to stop fraudsters

Jennifer Wilson, Macquarie University

What are fraudsters really like? Are they all psychopaths? To fight fraud we need an accurate picture of who commits these offences.

The practice of looking up a future employees’ social media account is widespread but the use of such profiling is blurring the lines between private and public life. Dan Peled/AAP

August 26, 2016

Is your employer watching you? Online profiling blurs the boundary of our public and private lives

Peter O'Connor, Queensland University of Technology and Paula McDonald, Queensland University of Technology

Employers are increasingly using potential employees’ social media accounts to determine their suitability for jobs. A new study finds employees are uncomfortable with this but accept the practice.

When employers look at lives online, what do they see? Dominic Lipinski/PA

August 19, 2014

New generation is happy for employers to monitor them on social media

Chris James Carter, University of Nottingham

Will employers in the future watch what their staff get up to on social media? Allowing bosses or would-be employers a snoop around social media pages is a growing trend in the US, and now a new report…

With a bit of help sufferers can remain effective at work. Helen ST

June 18, 2014

Employers must become aware of dementia in the workplace

Louise Ritchie, University of the West of Scotland

Recent figures suggest there are around 800,000 people in the UK with dementia. People usually associate the condition with later life, but around 17,000 of people with the condition are under the age…

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