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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...Social Care courses and qualifications. Politics, it has been said, is the art of the possible. One aspect of possibility when it comes to politics that is starting to receive the attention it deserves is the potential for political events, processes, or ideologies to give rise to grief, and grief of major proportions. This is what is increasingly being referred to as...
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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...Social Care at The Open University...A lack of essential nutrients is known to contribute to the onset of poor mental health in people suffering from anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and ADHD. Nutritional psychiatry is a growing discipline that focuses on the use of food and supplements to provide these essential nutrients as part of an integrated...
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Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...working in a band 6 role with potential to progress further. Many people do not wish to complete their registered nurse training and the NA role has a wealth of strengths and opportunities outside of the top-up option. Amy’s story [A photo of Amy ]Amy (pictured right) has been qualified as a NA working in paediatrics for over three years. She had been working as a...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...social and moral crisis that challenges its stability. Its economy is in severe decline. The governing coalition has splintered. A large number of government officials, politicians and prominent businessmen are being investigated, are under indictment or are in prison for corruption. Protests in the streets take place regularly. And, of course, President Dilma Rousseff,...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...social cohesion than supporters of the idea believe...[Peter Dutton] Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister for Immigration Like many other Western countries, Australia is currently grappling with the global wave of refugees, together with the threat of terrorism. Although the Australian government has managed a very successful immigration and settlement program since the...
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Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?

...worked out to the Brexiteers’ advantage. The Remainers’ dilemma Faced with a certain loss from the “soft” option, those (the majority) who voted for Brexit will inevitably be drawn towards the “hard” alternative. It might be a huge gamble, but it seems worth taking if it brings some chance of ultimate gain, against the certain loss from a soft Brexit. While...
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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...work with? AMANDA GRIFFITH So, a bit like the name says, Family for Every Child, what we are focusing on is what are the issues that lead to a child being separated from their family, so, that may be violence within the family, it may be the draw of accessing education or accessing work – so they’re reasons why children leave the family, or they may be the push...
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Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...social-democracy thatWales became known for. This reactionary element occasionally manifested itself in race riots (see here for another example) or in militant support for imperial wars but more often was simply implicit in voting Labour. Although Marx, Engels and even Lenin pointed this out consistently in their analysis of the British labour movement, it has always...
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