Pauric P. O'Rourke PhD

Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life...

The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits

From scholar to loller - University Affairs

The joys of retiring early.

AI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional crafts

In a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding

AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global

Student unrest sweeps India, Portugal and Mexico as grievances and pressure for good grades in tough job market collide

In the firing line of a narcissistic manager: 'I had to resign for my mental health'

A boss with the personality disorder can be stressful and may prevent you from getting promoted. Adopting psychological strategies can help, but sometimes the best option is to leave your job

‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

Robot from company that acquired sex doll maker to be introduced in school with large Native American population

StanChart to cut over 7,000 jobs, boost AI to replace 'lower-value human capital'

Standard Chartered will eliminate more than 7,000 jobs over the next four years as it seeks to replace "lower-value human ​capital" with technology, becoming one of the top names in finance to target...

The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon

Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay

Employment in Academia - Izabela Florczak, David Mangan, Marta Otto, 2026

Co-Existence

Invisible work in women's academic careers - Justyna Czerniak-Swędzioł, Ewelina Kumor-Jezierska,...

Invisible work, which is provided free of charge mainly in the domestic space, concerns mainly women and is treated as a natural attribute of their social role....

A U.S. prof suspects most of his students used AI to cheat. It's a growing concern here, too | CBC...

A Brown University professor has gone public about what appears to be a large-scale case of cheating using generative AI. The case isn't uncommon, according to Canadian educators and academic...

Caribbean calls for return of British Virgin Islands – and for King Charles to back decolonisation

At London briefing, Caricom Reparations Commission decries fact region remains ‘most colonised part of world’

The Heart Versus the Head: How Nonprofit Use of Emotion and Cognition Attracts Donors and Volunte...

How do nonprofits use language to attract donors and volunteers? We investigate how nonprofits attract these resources by framing emotion and cognition in descr...

The Moral Economy of the Third Sector - Bernard Enjolras, 2026

Building on the rich scholarly lineage of the “moral economy” concept, this theoretical essay re-interprets the contemporary third sector—non-profit, voluntary ...

On the Mark by Florence Hazrat review – a fascinating history of punctuation

This lavishly researched book shows that dots and dashes are an essential component of style, whether you’re a medieval monk or Donald Trump

My job provides financial stability but my passion has gone. What do I do? | Leading questions

You don’t have to force passion about a role you find boring, writes Eleanor Gordon-Smith. And it could help by asking if work has to be meaningful at all

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