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What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?
Education & Development

What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?

...adults with low literacy skills, for example, those who have been excluded or prevented from completing the level of education they want, or those in prisons or other secure settings. But once we identify who should be included in education, we are still left with a lot of questions, such as: What does inclusion in education really look like? Does it mean the same thing...
The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...adults from both communities died as a result of barbaric ‘medical’ experiments and they were murdered in its gas chambers. It’s estimated that 500,000, 25% of the Roma pre-war European population, perished as a result of Nazi persecution. The genocide is known as the Porrajmos; the ‘devouring’. Since the war, the Roma have continued to be discriminated against...
Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...adult or to someone in authority is considered to be rude and children are actively taught not to do this. Yet, not maintaining eye contact is widely considered to be an autistic trait and something most, if not all, professionals will be looking out for when offering a diagnosis of autism. In the UK, it has been found that Asian school pupils (Indian, Pakistani,...
People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...adult anthropometric and strength measurement. On pages 21 to 28 you will see the many different dimensions which are used to characterise human beings. If you look at page 30 titled ‘Stature’, you will see a table identifying: the country from which the data was obtained the sex of the participants from whom the data were obtained four columns of figures describing...
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...care to make them here. With all my passion for racing, I never know or care which horse wins; but I tried to enter into the joy of a diffident young fellow near me at the Grand Stand rail, who was so proud of having guessed as winner the horse next to the winner at the first race; it was coming pretty close. By the end of the third or how far they exceed those of the...
Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...Care courses and qualifications. Currently in the UK, 13 families a day suffer the heartbreak of losing their baby before, during or shortly after birth. That’s around 4,500 babies a year. And an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage (Sands, 2023). Yet, while this number reveals the scale of the problem, much less is known about some of the ways bereaved...
The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means
Society, Politics & Law

The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means

...Will it please Eurosceptics? Cameron had been hoping to get a full veto here so critics are likely to think the delay mechanism is insufficient. It’s worth remembering that eurozone states would care even less about how Britain views EU banking laws in the event of a Brexit. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...care of itself, the athlete’s pain may be the result of an adaptive “decision”, or judgement call, taken by the body and brain. The call is either: to produce or increase pain, a sure-fire way to slow us down and so avoid further harm or facilitate recovery from injuries; or: to block or reduce pain, which – although potentially resulting in harm from overexertion...