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Career Advice

What should I do to prepare for a monologue performance?

Monologues are the purest form of storytelling for an actor. So how do you prepare for them?

Having a self-employed partner can significantly reduce your life satisfaction. A couple hold hands, but stare in opposite directions, as if each needs something different to the other.
Career Advice

Married to the job? How having a self-employed partner might be hurting your happiness

The pressures of self-employment can have a significant impact on one's partner, writes Hassan Kalantari Daronkola.

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Career Advice

How to succeed when negotiating a new salary or a pay rise

When negotiating for a pay rise, always take the time to consider the other party's situation and capabilities.

A robot uses its mechanical fingers to play the keyboard.
Features

AI doesn’t mean human-made music is doomed. Here’s why

Human music-making isn’t going anywhere, argues the University of Melbourne's Alexander Crooke.

Girl holding up drawing of face on cardboard, white background. Mental Health. Art therapy.
Features

Lost for words? Research shows art therapy brings benefits for mental health

Studies suggest art therapy could support people with a range of health conditions.

Photograph of a road sign warning of traffic lights ahead that is half-submerged in floodwaters.
Features

Why writing ‘cli-fi’ might relieve your eco-anxiety

How does writing fiction focused on climate change impact those who write it? Dr Rachel Hennessy, Alex Cothren and Amy…

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Career Advice

6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview

Timothy Colin Bednall details some of the most commonly asked job interview questions and how best to answer them.

Burnout
Features

It’s beginning to look a lot like burnout

How to take care of yourself before the holidays start.

AI. Woman with brown skin leans over her daughter to teach AI on laptop.
Education & Student News

AI is now accessible to everyone: three things parents should teach their kids – and themselves

We're all learning how to use AI on the fly, but kids especially must learn the risks as well as…

Shane MacGowan. Image is of two band members on a stage, one singing into a microphone and wearing a flat cap.
Features

Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland’s UK diaspora

MacGowan gave visibility to the second-generation Irish in England, says Dr Sean Campbell.

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