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Researchers at the University of Reading, with colleagues at King’s College London, have uncovered a more nuanced view of what makes an ‘ideal’ computer science student, challenging long-held stereotypes of geeky, clever, detail-oriented men, who lack social skills. The research, published in Educational Review, analysed around 9000 responses from over 3,000 secondary school students aged […]
A funeral home copes with the surge during the coronavirus pandemic During normal times, Joe Ruggiero Jr. might hold 25 funerals a month; this April there have been 71. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, his family’s funeral home in East Boston is so overrun that the tribute lounge and cafe normally used to […]