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Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...guide to the women’s suffrage movement, which is a great place to go if you want further information about any aspect of campaign history, strategy, or the key figures. Crawford writes that by 1884 ‘banners were in abundance’ and that an event at London’s St James’s Hall in June that year was festooned with banners from Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, and...
Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...University's Health and Wellbeing courses We know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call multimorbidity, and using multiple medications, which we call polypharmacy. This combination of ageing, multimorbidity and polypharmacy inevitably comes with some risks – these are explored in a previous article in...
Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...guides individual examination of personal experience. Reflective practice discourages rumination (known for poor mental health and wellbeing) and assists growth and development by actively challenging assumptions. It also identifies areas for learning, to adapt because of the learning, and move on. An important focus of reflective practice is the emotional experience....
What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...University; LONDON 2012, VIDEO) Similar to athletes, commercial pilots draw on checklists as part of their pre-performance routine but may but some may benefit from engaging in additional rituals prior to flight, or prior to a specific task such as landing. · Progressive Muscle Relaxation Under highly stressful situations, progressive muscle relaxation is a technique...
Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...guiding principle for others in academia who seek to make a meaningful impact on the communities they study. Theory enhancing research dissemination Black feminist epistemology offers a unique and invaluable framework for understanding the complexities of knowledge production and dissemination. It emphasises the lived experiences, narratives and voices of Black women,...
The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...University of Stirling The spending review promises to unveil “the biggest affordable housebuilding programme since the 1970s with a particular focus on the creation of 400,000 "affordable homes” by 2020. As a useful comparison, research in Scotland indicates the need for a minimum of 12,000 of these over the next five years. But there is a question mark around what...
Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...universities with the same level of qualifications as other students with similar socio-economic backgrounds. What is happening within the university environment to create such disparities in degree outcomes based on ethnicity? [A photograph of six students in graduation caps and gowns] Caroline Derry and Allison Wolfreys (2020) note the importance of including a broader...
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...guide the systems that respond to children’s problematic behaviour. This course will help you understand those differences and explore their implication for practice. You will also explore topical issues surrounding young people and crime, such as how rates of victimisation and offending vary, with particular reference to the ways age, gender, race and social class...