Bulling, groupthink, and workplace mobbing in higher education

Startling results from a recent survey have found that bullying in the work place is extremely rife within the UK, with 16% of workers claiming to have been victimised in some way for their appearance. Bullying is something that many people have to unfortunately contend with at school, but...  

Obama warns against White House 'groupthink' Carol E. Lee And Jonathan Martin / Politico.com CHICAGO -- President-elect Obama took a swipe at President Bush and declared "complete confidence" in "my dear friend" Hillary Rodham Clinton as he welcomed ...  

Obama said he is “confident that this is the team that we need to make a new beginning for American national security.”  

I have witnessed so many student teachers being bullied and talked down to by 'existing staff' and the mentors from the Universities.  

A new helpline is set up to give advice to parents who are concerned that their children are being bullied.  

It has now been agreed the use of chat rooms will be banned in schools, a move which is hoped will send a clear message to cyber bullies. ...  

Almost a quarter of young people have been bullied because of their religion, a charity report claims.  

AN Evesham schoolboy will be helping children who are being bullied after he was elected as the first national youth ambassador for an anti-bullying charity.  

Tom Duane Photo: Getty ImagesTom Duane, the only openly gay New York state senator, says that Ruben Diaz Sr. is being "a little bit of a bully" by demanding that Democrats swear to him in writing that they won't try to pass a gay-marriage bill. Earlier this week, Diaz said he wouldn't caucus...  

Sometimes, especially in winter, Kenneth Westhues can hear a flock of crows tormenting a great horned owl outside his study in Waterloo, Ontario.  

Another Tack: Obama's conquest and Beilin's confession Sarah Honig, THE JERUSALEM POST Ever since the Vietnam misadventure, a postmodern revolution had been looming in America. Barack Obama's tour de force is its clincher. American campuses have been mass-producing smug, politically correct...  

To be honest, the initial reaction I had to the crowd assembled at Tech&Learning's Techforum keynote event last month in Palisades, NY, was annoyance.  

Anti-Bullying Week 17-21 November 2008 A recent report published by TreeHouse, the national charity for autism education, revealed that children with autism have been bullied and then excluded from school as a way of managing bullying in schools. Sasha Daly, Policy and Parliamentary...  

When you send your kids off to school, you want to know they'll be kept safe. But one grandmother said her grandson is being bullied -- and she can't seem to get any answers.  

If your child is being bullied at school, do you know the signs, and do you know what to do? Just about every day, a child is being bullied at a school in Pennsylvania.