Newspage Raws
Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.
12 Raws in Academia
· 6 expert responses
Source: Sarah Gatford, Sarah Gatford Ltd
A third of us don't feel comfortable asking for flexible working. What would change that?
It's National Work Life Week (5 to 9 October). Since April 2024, every employee has had the right to request flexible working from day one, and most employers say they offer it. Yet nearly a third of employees say they…
- business
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- entrepreneurship
- management
- children
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Academia
- headhunting
- small business
- Business finance
- SME finance
- business tips
- start-up
- workplace culture
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- purpose-led business
- children's education
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- Fractional service provider
- ESG
- Fair Work Agency
- crowdfunding
- children's fashion
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Fractional consulting
- management consulting
- cool kids
- payin30days
· 9 expert responses
Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton
Is Britain's university model broken – and why is nobody talking about value for money?
Today's Times asks whether Britain's university boom is over and warns young people to think very carefully before going. Financial adviser Scott Gallacher believes we may indeed be approaching a crossroads where…
· 6 expert responses
Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says
Secondary school pupils in England will be able to study subjects like manufacturing and AI in addition to core academic learning under reforms outlined by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The government said the courses,…
- entrepreneurship
- technology
- education
- Academia
- small business
- AI
- AI
- business tips
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- start-up
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- digital privacy
- software
- hacking
- online privacy
- bad schools
- Big Data
- IT support
- IT
- Managed IT services
- teaching
- Apple
- bad teaching
- crowdfunding
- Microsoft
- open source
- mobile phones
- hardware
- payin30days
· 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Lancet: False AI-generated biomedical citations see 12-fold increase from 2023-2025
Doctors could be treating you based on principles influenced by AI hallucinated studies and the cause of the problem has accelerated 12-fold since 2023. The Lancet has published a Columbia University audit of 2.5…
- medicine
- wellbeing
- publishing
- Academia
- science
- AI
- healthcare
- healthcare
- women's health
- care homes
- medtech
- alternative medicine
- physics
- upcoming authors
- astrophysics
- biology
- cancer research
- exercise
- oncology
- Orthopaedics
- pilates
- poetry
- research
- scientific research
- weights
- chemistry
- jogging
- modern literature
- surgery
- weightlifting
- hospitals
- literature
- novels
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
New report finds half of US university CTOs can't prove AI ROI but 61% bought expensive campus-wide licences anyway
A new Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research 2026 survey of 130 US campus CTOs found that only 29% believe their AI investments have met or exceeded ROI expectations. Despite that, institution-wide AI licence purchases more…
- management
- technology
- law
- education
- crime
- Academia
- society
- AI
- AI
- cyber security
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- property law
- Brand management
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- digital privacy
- software
- hacking
- online privacy
- bad schools
- Big Data
- broken society
- commercial law
- culture
- family law
- IT support
- divorce law
- IT
- Reputation management
- Fake reviews
- Managed IT services
- teaching
- Apple
- bad teaching
- criminal law
- Microsoft
- open source
- patent law
- social norms
- CMA
- human rights
- international law
- mobile phones
- culture wars
- hardware
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Britain let a Bank Define Digital Skills Goals for 8 Years. Now AI's on the List, the Government Wants the Job Back.
Lloyds Banking Group has been deciding what counts as essential digital competence for the British public since 2018. Not Ofsted. Not the Department for Education. A bank. That arrangement ended quietly on Monday,…
- politics
- business
- HR
- management
- technology
- independent business
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- education
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- Academia
- headhunting
- science
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- workplace culture
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- UK politics
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- employment law
- hacking
- online privacy
- workplace stress
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- social enterprise
- bad schools
- Big Data
- Fractional service provider
- ESG
- IT
- Parental leave
- International politics
- teaching
- Apple
- bad teaching
- Labour Party
- Microsoft
- open source
- Paternity leave
- physics
- astrophysics
- biology
- Conservative Party
- European politics
- Maternity leave
- mobile phones
- politicians
- scientific research
- chemistry
- confrontations
- hardware
- Liberal Democrats
- Marxism
- politicians spotted
· 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
UK Government Invests £36 Million to Expand Cambridge AI Supercomputer Capacity Sixfold
For years, if you wanted serious computing power to develop AI tools, you needed Silicon Valley money. Now the UK government is changing that by putting £36 million into a Cambridge supercomputer that any British…
- management
- technology
- medicine
- health and fitness
- innovation
- Academia
- NHS
- science
- AI
- AI
- cyber security
- machine learning
- healthcare
- OpenAI
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- digital privacy
- software
- hacking
- online privacy
- women's health
- Big Data
- care homes
- IT
- medtech
- alternative medicine
- Apple
- Microsoft
- open source
- operations
- physics
- astrophysics
- biology
- cancer research
- exercise
- GPs
- mobile phones
- oncology
- pilates
- research
- scientific research
- weights
- chemistry
- dentists
- hardware
- jogging
- weightlifting
- A&E
- dental nightmares
- hospitals
- wait times
- waiting times
· 5 expert responses
Business owners respond to survey that says majority of UK public are satisfied with BBC News: "The BBC's crown is visibly dented"
BUSINESS owners have responded to a new survey that says the majority of the UK public are satisfied with BBC News as they say "the BBC's crown is visibly dented". The Culture Secretary has launched a once-in-a-decade…
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- property
- HR
- mortgages
- mortgages
- management
- insurance
- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- education
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- community
- agriculture
- Academia
- headhunting
- land management
- farming
- cattle farming
- sheep farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- Financial Advice
- investments
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- economics
- forex
- forex
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- savings
- rental market
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- wills
- holiday lets
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- bad business
- corporate governance
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- FCA
- pensioners
- employee rights
- purpose-led business
- silver
- employment law
- financial crime
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- derivatives
- Risk management
- CFDs
- ESG
- HMRC
- Grants
- Options
- risk
- teaching
- bad teaching
- councils
- local heroes
- Personal Independence Payments
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- events
- pawnbroker
- pub closures
- Spreadbetting
- universal credit
- locakl authorities
· 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
New AI Ethics Book Under Fire For 'Faked' AI Journal Citations
The Times reports Springer Nature faces criticism after a newly released book on AI ethics was found to contain fabricated citations, non-existent journals, and made-up research papers. Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects…
- business
- management
- technology
- independent business
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- education
- innovation
- innovation
- artisan
- corporate guff
- publishing
- Academia
- society
- headhunting
- science
- AI
- AI
- Business finance
- SME finance
- cyber security
- machine learning
- OpenAI
- Banking technology
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- business wellbeing
- digital privacy
- software
- purpose-led business
- hacking
- online privacy
- community interest company
- social enterprise
- bad schools
- Big Data
- broken society
- culture
- ESG
- IT
- teaching
- Apple
- bad teaching
- Microsoft
- open source
- physics
- social norms
- upcoming authors
- astrophysics
- biology
- mobile phones
- poetry
- scientific research
- chemistry
- culture wars
- hardware
- modern literature
- literature
- novels
· 10 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Backing or Breaking SMEs? Labour’s Messaging Meets Reality
Labour has launched a full-blown social media blitz claiming “Labour is backing small businesses.” Rachel Reeves has echoed the line on LinkedIn, while Keir Starmer insists that “small businesses are the beating heart…
- politics
- business
- financial services
- property
- HR
- mortgages
- mortgages
- marketing & media
- entrepreneurship
- management
- management
- insurance
- insurance
- law
- hospitality
- money
- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- crypto
- health and fitness
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- recruitment
- education
- innovation
- innovation
- artisan
- consumer rights
- charity
- corporate guff
- corporate guff
- Communities
- journalism
- local authorities
- crime
- industries
- Academia
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- breakdowns
- land management
- farming
- NHS
- cattle farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- AI
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- digital marketing
- economics
- forex
- Social media
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- SME finance
- financial health
- business tips
- jobs market
- savings
- rental market
- SEO
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- property law
- wills
- advertising
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- start-up
- media
- money hacks
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- business bullshit
- corporate governance
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- debt
- FCA
- pensioners
- sales
- UK politics
- bank issues
- business rates
- employee rights
- online
- purpose-led business
- silver
- construction
- employment law
- financial crime
- manufacturing
- probate
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- debt issues
- job hunting
- news
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- Geopolitics
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- underpaid jobs
- agritech
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- commercial law
- consumer scams
- corporate events
- council fails
- derivatives
- family law
- Google Ads
- PPC
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- customer service
- divorce law
- engineering
- ESG
- hacked
- HMRC
- services
- TikTok
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- fraud
- Grants
- International politics
- job ads
- local journalism
- Options
- pr fails
- risk
- teaching
- telecoms
- aeroponics
- bad teaching
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- fundraising
- Labour Party
- operations
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- PR garbage
- rip-offs
- TV
- welfare
- AML
- benefits
- Conservative Party
- council workers
- donations
- European politics
- factually incorrect
- GPs
- holiday nightmares
- hotels
- human rights
- international law
- mobile
- pawnbroker
- politicians
- radio
- Spreadbetting
- third sector
- universal credit
- verticulture
- catering
- confrontations
- dentists
- events gone wrong
- Liberal Democrats
- life sciences
- Marxism
- pharmaceuticals
- politicians spotted
- real ale
- tip-off
- vodka
- WDN
- whisky
- A&E
- dental nightmares
- Ethereum
- gin
- glaring typos
- hotel nightmares
- lager
- payin30days
- pot holes
- semiconductors
- wait times
- waiting times
· 7 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
NO BOOZE? NO PROBLEM. Wine’s easy. But not everyone’s drinking. What do you give instead?
More people are going alcohol-free these days. Health. Religion. Just don’t want to. All valid. But wine’s still the go-to gift because it’s cheap and simple. If you’ve stopped giving booze or found something better,…
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- HR
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- mortgages
- marketing & media
- entrepreneurship
- management
- management
- technology
- retail
- wellbeing
- insurance
- insurance
- law
- tax
- hospitality
- pets
- money
- independent business
- independent business
- leisure
- crypto
- health and fitness
- tourism
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- recruitment
- education
- innovation
- art
- artisan
- artisan
- charity
- corporate guff
- corporate guff
- agriculture
- fine art
- industries
- publishing
- Academia
- mind
- Alcohol
- headhunting
- digital art
- land management
- farming
- maritime
- Gardening
- cattle farming
- dadaism
- oil painting
- street art
- drawing
- oil pastels
- graffitti
- surrealism
- watercolour
- cubism
- sheep farming
- bridging finance
- House prices
- Housing market
- residential property
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- equity release
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- commercial property
- expat mortgages
- wealth management
- AI
- foreign national mortgages
- life insurance
- Business finance
- wealth manager
- equities
- digital marketing
- economics
- forex
- Social media
- landlords
- Critical Illness Cover
- IFA
- impact investing
- personal tax
- SME finance
- financial health
- mental health
- tax tips
- inheritance tax
- accountancy
- business tips
- jobs market
- savings
- accounting
- rental market
- SEO
- cyber security
- money saving tips
- psychology
- Bitcoin
- machine learning
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- Fintech
- gold
- property management
- corporation tax
- mental wellbeing
- OpenAI
- property law
- small retailer
- wills
- advertising
- holiday lets
- Meme coins
- start-up
- independent retailer
- money hacks
- tax avoidance
- workplace culture
- workplace culture
- financial scams
- Banking technology
- business bullshit
- ChatGPT
- corporate governance
- IHT
- property porn
- business wellbeing
- debt
- digital privacy
- FCA
- pensioners
- sales
- software
- employee rights
- online
- purpose-led business
- silver
- construction
- employment law
- financial crime
- hacking
- healthy living
- manufacturing
- probate
- Retail economics
- tax evasion
- trading
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- debt issues
- job hunting
- online privacy
- planning
- workplace stress
- Anti-money laundering
- community interest company
- employer rights
- metals
- rip-off landlords
- social enterprise
- stress
- underpaid jobs
- Bad Banking
- bad schools
- Big Data
- boarded up high streets
- commercial law
- corporate events
- derivatives
- family law
- Google Ads
- jewellery
- neuroscience
- PPC
- Risk management
- bad job ads
- CFDs
- divorce law
- engineering
- ESG
- HMRC
- IT
- psychoanalysis
- services
- TikTok
- working wage
- Alcoholic beverages
- Grants
- hypnotherapy
- job ads
- local journalism
- Options
- risk
- teaching
- telecoms
- Apple
- bad teaching
- burnout
- criminal law
- crowdfunding
- dogs
- fundraising
- Microsoft
- open source
- patent law
- Personal Independence Payments
- TV
- upcoming authors
- welfare
- yachts
- AML
- beauty spots
- benefits
- boats
- donations
- fishing
- hotels
- human rights
- insomnia
- international law
- mobile
- mobile phones
- pawnbroker
- poetry
- poor service
- radio
- sailing
- Spreadbetting
- third sector
- universal credit
- walking
- Butcher
- catering
- cats
- events gone wrong
- fish
- hardware
- life sciences
- meditation
- modern literature
- nightmare holidays
- pharmaceuticals
- philosophy
- political sociology
- powerboats
- real ale
- sociology
- time out
- vodka
- whisky
- gin
- hamsters
- hotel nightmares
- jet skis
- lager
- literature
- novels
- payin30days
- rabbits
- rambling
- semiconductors
· 16 expert responses
Economy grows 0.1% in November but "mood in the business community has been decimated"
Monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in November 2024 largely because of a growth in services, following an unrevised fall of 0.1% in October 2024, according to official data…
- business
- financial services
- mortgages
- marketing & media
- entrepreneurship
- management
- management
- insurance
- insurance
- money
- independent business
- independent business
- crypto
- bad business practice
- bad business practice
- human resources
- human resources
- innovation
- art
- artisan
- artisan
- corporate guff
- fine art
- Academia
- headhunting
- digital art
- dadaism
- oil painting
- street art
- drawing
- oil pastels
- graffitti
- surrealism
- watercolour
- cubism
- bridging finance
- Financial Advice
- investments
- property finance
- financial planning
- pensions
- Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- small business
- wealth management
- Business finance
- equities
- economics
- forex
- forex
- Social media
- IFA
- SME finance
- financial health
- business tips
- savings
- SEO
- money saving tips
- Bitcoin
- money coach
- money tips
- bonds
- advertising
- Meme coins
- start-up
- money hacks
- financial scams
- business bullshit
- debt
- FCA
- sales
- online
- Consumer Duty
- Copywriting
- debt issues
- Bad Banking
- derivatives
- Google Ads
- TikTok
- local journalism
- crowdfunding
- TV
- radio
- payin30days