Webwatch: Apple bans 181 vaping apps from store over health concerns
Apple is banning apps related to vaping from its app store amid concern about the effect of vaping on the health of young people. The iPhone maker made the decision
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Category: Features
Engage: We have to wake up to the access online sexual predators have – Esther Rantzen
Society needs to “wake up” to child sexual exploitation, Dame Esther Rantzen has said, after figures showed the Childline service carried out 12 counselling sessions on the subject every day
Read More
Report: Ethical Care – A bold reform agenda for adult social care – IPPR
With the possibility of a long-term funding settlement for social care, there is an urgent need for a bold reform agenda. For two decades, politicians have promised a long-term funding
Read More
Call for religious leaders to take ‘moral lead’ on fighting online child abuse
The Catholic Church and other religions must “take a moral lead” in tackling child sexual abuse online, a charity has said. The Internet Watch Foundation made the call ahead of
Read More
Report: Skills For Life In Health And Care – Five goals for improving person-centred care
A new report from Middlesex University finds that “poor adult skills” in the NHS and Social Care workforce get in the way of effective person-centred care and stop people getting
Read More
Report: A Way Home Scotland – Improving Care Leavers Housing Pathways
In May 2019, the A Way Home Scotland Coalition were tasked with creating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway for care leavers by the Scottish Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action
Read More
Webwatch: Advert for children’s app banned on mental health and self-esteem concerns
An ad for the app PopJam that encouraged users to “get likes and followers” has been banned over concerns it could be detrimental to children’s mental health and self-esteem. The
Read More
Four in ten social care professionals admit to feeling isolated in the workplace
New research from CV-Library reveals that four in ten (41.3%) social care professionals admit to feeling lonely in the workplace, with a further 52.1% attributing loneliness to having nothing in common with
Read More
Women less driven by money and career progression, study suggests
Women’s approach to job-hunting could be contributing to the gender pay gap, a new study suggests. Research by Tiger Recruitment indicated that women place less importance than men on salary
Read More
Webwatch: Young urged to speak out against cyberbullying disguised as ‘banter’
Cyberbullies are hiding behind claims that online abuse is “banter”, new research has claimed. To mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week on Monday, Instagram and cyberbullying charity Cybersmile have released
Read More