Iryna Shek/Shutterstock February 2, 2023 COVID heroes left behind: the ‘invisible’ women struggling to make ends meet Elaine Dewhurst, University of Manchester and Sarah Campbell, Manchester Metropolitan University Britain is now desperately short of workers in some sectors. Yet our interviews with 100 women aged 50 and over show how hard it is for them to find secure employment
Martin Rickett/PA January 12, 2021 Why are more children in school now than during the first lockdown? Edward Cartwright, De Montfort University We need to return to a norm of families only accessing in-school provision where it is absolutely unavoidable.
Silarock/Shutterstock November 26, 2020 Spending review: key workers on zero-hours contracts overlooked again Andrew Smith, University of Bradford and Jo McBride, Durham University The number of people on zero-hours contracts has increased during the pandemic, but they don’t seem to figure in the chancellor’s recovery plans.
Shutterstock June 5, 2020 Why forgotten food manufacturers deserve our thanks too Ruth Fairchild, Cardiff Metropolitan University Pickers, purifyers and producers are all working flat out.