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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...health workers from Africa and Asia. These countries can ill-afford to lose such workers, and they have paid for their training. So India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, South Africa are subsidising the reproduction of London. It is a perverse subsidy, flowing to the rich from the poor. This is a difficult issue because it can so easily be turned around into a racist denial of...
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...health benefits of people spending time in nature? 1 What are the keywords you could use in your search? You might think of: health nature therapy green health forest bathing 2 Experiment with entering the search terms into Google Scholar. For example, type the words ‘green health’ into the search box and press enter. [Google Scholar search box with search...
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...health and safety violations, illegal collaboration with multinational corporations criminality at cultural and societal levels, including: material immiseration of sections of the community, institutional racism, cultural vandalism. Family violence Forms of physical or mental violence in the life cycle of family members: it can include physical abuse and neglect of...
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Apple and Ireland are betting on ‘Nation Inc’ and a world of shareholder citizens
Society, Politics & Law

Apple and Ireland are betting on ‘Nation Inc’ and a world of shareholder citizens

...mentality has infected liberal democracies, as shown by the success of Donald Trump in the United States. By contrast, the emerging popularity of progressive movements and leaders shows the potential for a different type of politics. One that is rooted in economic equality, social inclusion and democratic experimentation. This movement has its roots in a previous era of...
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...mental health and depression identify the role of stress in burnout. First you will look at how sport and training can have negative effects on athletes as in the case of Jonathan Trott who suffered burnout through prolonged stress and imbalance between training, competition and limited downtime. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to...
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...health and wellbeing need like as far as we’re concerned. JUNIOR My name’s Junior, from South London. And I have a tracheostomy. SHAKIRA Hi, I’m Shakira, I’m from South London and I’m Junior’s sister. JUNIOR Everyone needs privacy at some point. There’s no privacy when you have a challenge. I’ve experienced being in a care home and my girlfriend at the...
Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...S, Heinz A, Kastrup M, Beezhold J, Sartorius N. Toward a new definition of mental health. World Psychiatry. 2015;14(2):231-233. doi:10.1002/wps.20231. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...mental health you keep on doing all these pictures of shit." But I said: "Well, if you can think of a better visual metaphor for this government please tell me what it is?" And it is a marvellous visual metaphor because it's abhorrent, there's a taboo against it but also it's part of the voodoo of visual satire. There was a fantastic cartoon by Gillray, during the...