Digital Friendly Financial Services: Lasting Power of Attorney and The Caregiver Burden

It is estimated one in three of UK adults will develop dementia and that one in nine adults will become caregivers (Alzheimer’s Society, 2018). Dementia symptoms can cause financial hardship through missed bills and inability to access online and offline channels and to help others, most likely close family, can be granted lasting power of attorney for finance and property (LPA F&P). A lasting power of attorney finance and property (LPA F&P) agreement enables an individual to appoint named others to assist with or manage their finances.

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Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis; a Recovery Framework for Malaysia

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 12th, having confirmed spread to more than one hundred countries (World Health Organization, 2020). Malaysia currently has the highest number of cases in South East Asia. As of 14 April 2020, a total of 4987 positive cases has been reported by Ministry of Health (MOH), with a death toll of 82 and active cases numbering 2427.

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The impact of virtual socialisation on newcomers’ workplace commitment

With the rapid evolution of digital technologies, more businesses are moving to a digital working environment. Lately, the global pandemic accelerated this digital transformation, and forced people to change their behaviour in a dramatic way, indeed, businesses have moved to remote working. The use of communication and information technologies has become a way to achieve organisational affiliation and a central focus of organisational members’ everyday work and social relationships. It is expected that this digital workspace would reshape our socialisation practices and influence individuals’ attitudes and behaviours.

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Organising to beat the Trade Union Act 2016

The laws surrounding industrial action in the UK are perhaps the strictest in the Western world. In 2017, the Trade Union Act 2016 became law with a key part of such legislation requiring a minimum 50% turnout in statutory ballots, a strategy to reduce further record low levels of strike activity, but more importantly, hampering the bargaining powers of trade unions seeking to resist austerity measures put in place by UK governments post-2010, and more generally creating a further downward pressure on terms and conditions of millions of UK employers.

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Leaveism – exploring why professional workers use time off to catch up with work

There has been a growing amount of interest in presenteeism in recent years, but little research has been done in relation to the times when workers find themselves working while at home sick, when on annual or even away on vacation

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Disability Inclusive Science Careers

Although universities are making efforts to achieve gender equality, for example through Athena Swan, little work has been undertaken to improve disability inclusion in UK Higher Education. 

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Digitalised Emancipation? Digital Distraction, Patriarchy and Rural [Distracted] Women’s Experience of Facebook[ing]

This project explores the biographical ramifications of the increasing social media (SM) activity – Facebook[ing], among rural Sri Lankan women.

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