“Patronage, like Hamlet’s ghost will not down!”

Will royal patronage improve perceptions of mental illness?

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses the stigma still suffered by people with mental health disorders and whether a recently launched campaign can help challenge it.

Optimal Patronage∗

We study the design of promotions in an organization where agents belong to groups that advance their cause. Examples and applications include political groups, ethnicities, agents motivated by the work in the public sector and corruption. In an overlapping generations model, juniors compete for promotions. Seniors have two kinds of discretion: direct discretion which allows an immediate advanc...

Academic patronage

Patronage, expansively conceived as covering all forms of bias and discrimination, is pervasive in organisations and professions, including academia. Four key types of academic patronage operate through decisions made, processes used, assistance given to individuals and personal interactions. Some forms of patronage, especially discrimination on the basis of gender and ethnicity, have come unde...

NHI will drive costs down - Shisana.

The Ministerial Advisory Committee of 24 experts drawn from the entire health care spectrum is required to deliver advice to the draft proposals on NHI legislation to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi by June next year. Public input will happen as soon as cabinet approves the policy proposals, so that the ensuing and legally required 3-month consultation process can be completed in time for M...

CMPA fees will go up - and down.