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With online gaming a big part of many young people's lives, it is important for young gamers and parents to be aware of the risks of virtual...

By Eleanor Jolliffe2021-05-25T06:00:00+01:00 For the second of her two-part look at the Future of the Profession, Eleanor Jolliffe takes the RIBA’s pilot health & safety test In my last column I mentioned in passing the RIBA pilot health and safety test. I’ve now taken it. I am tentatively in favour of competence testing but I hate multiple choice questions with a passion. My brain has an annoying tendency to distrust certainty, so does not respond well to four statements of which two “could” be correct, but only one is. As a result I tend to overthink multiple choice questions and ...

Lynne Haze Driving While Black: A Safety Guide was put together by a man who has experienced encounters with law enforcement while driving.  He put the guide together with his wife. Also included was award winning journalist, Carol Ozemhoya.  The trio used an analytical approach to come up with more than 40 rules that will  help Black and Brown drivers stay out of jail and out of harms way.  The guide includes research from media sources and renowned universities.   Is this guide trying to simplify a complex issue?

Focusing attention on ‘cultural rights defenders’—writers among them—PEN’s new ‘Safety Guide for Artists’ outlines issues, protocols, and resources for those working for freedom of expression and publication. Image: PEN America, Artists at Risk Connection Safety Guide: ‘Setting Up a Support Network’ In a presentation today (February 3) to help introduce its new Safety Guide for Artists, PEN America held a morning discussion on “cultural rights defenders” and their place among those who work for human rights. The United Nations’ special rapporteur in cultural rights, K...

The German association of publishers and booksellers cites a ‘wave of threats against publishers, booksellers, translators, and writers’ in Belarus, in a sharply worded new statement. Alexander Lukashenko was pictured in this shot from the May 9, 2020, parade honoring the 75th anniversary of the end of the ‘Great Patriotic War’–the term used in Russia and some former Soviet satellites for the World War II conflict between the Soviet Union and Germany. The 2020 parade in Minsk was held three months before the now-disputed reelection of Lukashenko. Image – iStockphoto: Ruslan Kaln A...