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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...write and have been expelled or truanted from school; were unemployed or on benefits before imprisonment, and have multiple and often serious mental health problems. [On Sept. 8, 2015, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, USA] The first and most significant radical alternative to prison is to introduce social policies that are directed at meeting human need and addressing the...
What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
Languages

What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...writes blogger Mehak Anwar, ‘they are, after all, silly little characters that look more or less like cartoons’. Although the use of emoji now extends into all domains of life, from politics to education, for many they’re still associated with a type of expression which is light-hearted, even childish. And this association colours the meaning they have in all...
International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...writing on jazz in particular geographical settings has over-emphasised the presence of national characteristics in the music but it is important to keep the ‘local’ in proportion. Pianist and jazz critic Leonard Feather’s version of the folk song ‘Early One Morning’ recorded in London in 1938 might be considered an obvious expression of Britishness. However,...
Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?

...Writing about the discipline of education itself, for example, Bridges suggests that: ‘Discipline meant that enquiry was conducted in accordance with some established rules and procedures which provided the basis for among other things distinguishing truth from falsity, warranted from unwarranted belief. The requirement for disciplined enquiry became translated into the...
Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...writing and his buildings, he is the main player in the Modernist story, his visions of homes and cities as innovative as they are influential. Many of his ideas on urban living became the blueprint for post-war reconstruction, and the many failures of his would-be imitators led to Le Corbusier being blamed for the problems of western cities in the 1960s and 1970s. Like...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...writing to all University Vice-Chancellors in the UK telling them that he expected them to make students’ mental health a key priority. So why should students be particularly vulnerable to mental health problems? Seemingly students should be able to feel good about themselves as they have achieved a place at university and have access to all the social and educational...
Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...write, a dozen tents, three marquees and two tripods are still standing, and a group of over twenty Climate Camp activists and local residents are discussing staying on…. The local angle When the 2011 Climate Camp set up, East Sussex County Council expressed concern about the activists taking over the site, because the old St Anne's school building was considered a...
Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...writing off past relationships as a mistake or failure, couples were able to draw on lessons learned to enrich their lives today. Mums and dads Being spontaneous and putting time into one’s relationship can be harder when children come along and the survey found parenthood shapes relationship quality more than any other factor. Among survey respondents, who came from...