Alejandra Vives Vergara and her co-researchers have developed the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES). This scale is important because it connects precariousness with health outcomes. Their research, published in the Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM) journal…
IN NOVEMBER 2019, a month into the Chilean uprising against massive inequality, I published an Open Letter to the English Teaching Community in Chile. ‘Chile has woken up’ I wrote, ‘and we have the duty…
When my new boss ordered me to change my appearance at my first day on the job in a new country, I knew the rest of the year would be an uphill battle. I was…
In this interview Phil Longwell talks about his research on how teachers have handled the Covid-19 pandemic, positive psychology, and why he’s jumping ship. We’re publishing this to coincide with the final Time to Talk…
Employers believe that the fixed, temporary, zero- and short-hours contracts that dominate many workplaces today give them flexibility. And this flexibility helps them to plan, predict costs, and save money. How such flexibility helps workers is…
Accordian to a recent survey, replacing words with the names of musical instruments often goes undetected. OK. That’s a terrible joke. But not a bad introduction. Keith Copley, author of the excellent article Neoliberalism and…
