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Wales’ older people’s commissioner wants to hear people’s experiences of social care services as part of a report being published next year. Rhian Bowen-Davies is working on a report outlining what’s working well for older people in social care and what improvements are needed.
Of course, some might ask why we should tax AI at all. The answer reflects two fundamentals about tax systems and how AI is changing the economy. First, many countries now tax human workers more heavily than their potential AI competitors in the labour market. In the case of the US, roughly 85 per cent of federal revenue comes from taxing people and their work (through income and payroll taxes), while capital and corporate profits are taxed far less. Technologies like AI benefit from favourable treatment in the form of generous write-offs, low corporate rates, and carve-outs.
History of Psychology, Vol 28(3), Aug 2025, 198-219; doi:10.1037/hop0000281
The text examines the reception in France of the work of Henri F. Ellenberger, a psychiatrist and historian and the author of The Discovery of the Unconscious (1970). In this book, Ellenberger offers a non-Freudian history of dynamic psychiatry, highlighting contributions by Janet, Adler, and Jung to develop a more pluralistic view of psychotherapeutic practices. In the 1970s, France remained strongly dominated by psychoanalysis, while other countries increasingly adopted approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy. This Freudian hegemony explains the resistance Ellenberger encountered in having his book translated into French. Despite his connections with prominent psychiatrists, his initial attempts failed. It was ultimately through the magazine Psychologie—founded by Jacques Mousseau and inspired by Psychology Today—that Ellenberger found a platform for his ideas, leading to the French publication of his book in 1974. The text emphasizes that the mixed reception of Ellenberger’s work reflects a broader divide between therapeutic models. In the United States, his book fueled a critical reevaluation of psychoanalysis, while in France his contribution was often minimized or reframed to fit within the Freudian tradition. The article links these dynamics to deeper ideological polarization and the influence of institutional networks in defining what counts as legitimate therapeutic knowledge. Ultimately, the study concludes that Ellenberger, as both an intellectual and geographical outsider, represents a pivotal moment for thinking about therapeutic and historiographical pluralism—an approach that France struggled to embrace for decades. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Professor Andrew Irvine believes that provocative ideas—like the notion that Canada is an illegitimate, genocidal state—should be permitted on campus almost unconditionally when expressed by students or professors. But when the administration itself states an opinion, it signals which ideas will and will not be treated approvingly. He thinks that this kind of institutional favouritism should be anathema at a liberal university, where free debate is supposed to flourish.
CSWE calls upon social work educators, students, community partners, and allies to protect academic freedom and preserve the capacity of education as a tenet of democracy. If IU’s investigation finds that the complaint lodged against Adams is ideological in nature and nothing more, then we urge the University to quickly reinstate her to her former role.
The full list of 383 shelved clinical trials cited in the JAMA paper, obtained by Scientific American, reveals a wide range. The cuts follow a Trump administration drive to slash costs and cull funding for studies “misaligned” with its priorities; some 74,000 study participants have been affected by the trial cuts, according to the study.
Evelyn Tomaszewski… Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, has been appointed to a four-year term as a regional representative to the United Nations Commission for the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)…. In this role, Tomaszewski oversees the IFSW team’s engagement with the United Nations in New York.
