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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...social skills were nurtured by us, and others were imitated by them. Those lifesaving dos and don’ts instructions in early childhood that all parents give are the foundation for survival and enablers of learning for the rest of life. Although such instructions if not good also do harm to a child’s development. Responding to their incessant series of questions may be a...
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A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...social networking sites prohibit hate speech, it is incredibly difficult to monitor all of their content due to the enormous scale of their networks and web applications. Even while these social media platforms have extensively been banning and monitoring hate speech, research suggests that these approaches are not as successful for particularly marginalised groups, such...
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Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...social, psychological and lifestyle advantages. Moreover, researchers are finding a swathe of health benefits from speaking more than one language, including faster stroke recovery and delayed onset of dementia. Could it be that the human brain evolved to be multilingual – that those who speak only one language are not exploiting their full potential? And in a world...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...social meeting with friends, and such the benefits these pursuits provide were progressively lost.But March 13th brought about a significant change; Covid-19 lockdown was introduced, and this 12-week period of safety ended those times for respite. Isolation for many increased, enforcing another dramatic change in the life of a carer. Due to lack of respite care due to...
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The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...social devastation caused by a callous policy that has had little known effect on reducing the number of immigrants in the UK. It is not clear how many ‘illegal’ immigrants are in the UK, but what is clear is that this policy and its accompanying ‘leave now’ vans were designed to intimidate a particular community. Whilst many people support anti-immigration...
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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...social aspects associated with ageing well?...Age-related natural decline happens in both physical and cognitive aspects. Ageing affects our muscles, bones, joints, our brain and all other organs. Despite its relatively small size (2% of our body weight), our brain takes around 20% of all glucose and 20% of all oxygen consumed by the whole body. So, it is no surprise when...
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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...social activity in the older age. We explore how using this knowledge might facilitate self-management and delay the ageing processes. Five main pillars of the Ageing Well series are nutrition, hydration, physical, social and cognitive stimulation. Today I am going to talk about nutrition. You may know already that our basic metabolic rate and functions slow down with...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...Social Care issued by the Department of Health (2005, p. 8) in the UK recommended the following inclusive approach to research: ‘Research, and those pursuing it, should respect the diversity of human society and conditions and the multi-cultural nature of society. Whenever relevant, it should take account of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and...
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Article 15 mins