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Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...caring for Holly around my shifts. I couldn’t have managed without her, extended family and friends but almost 16 years later, I’m still here. Do you feel you were treated the same as the males on your course? I was sometimes asked three questions for everyone else’s one, but that was more to do with building my confidence than being female. The training itself is...
On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...care?...As we move towards the referendum on membership of the EU, British citizens face a bewildering array of claims and counterclaims. The conventional wisdom is that the voting public will favour the ‘status quo bias‘. Unfortunately, we seem to be living in times when established wisdom no longer holds. While the campaign to ‘remain’ part of the EU has enjoyed...
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...care). This is particularly meaningful when empathy in some groups may be on the decline (Konrath, O’Brien and Hsing, 2011) and, meanwhile, the arts and humanities are marginalised in school curricula, and arts and culture threatened by local authority funding cuts. Find more research at artscog.co.uk. Author: Rose Turner References Barras, C. (2013) Reading literary...
Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence
History & The Arts

Opening up history: eighteenth century ideas of national independence

...sovereignty, empire, race, and revolution in lecture halls filled with future lawyers, clergy, and politicians. Teaching such material required careful judgement, especially when classroom discussions touched on live political controversies. It is another way of exploring the relationship between political theory and political reality, and how the two shape one another....
Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities

...Care courses and qualifications. What is an invisible disability? Invisible disabilities are disabilities or long-term conditions which aren’t immediately apparent when looking at someone. The term includes a whole range of conditions and diagnoses such as long-term health conditions, learning difficulties and mental health conditions. However, it is important to note...
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...care but does not express those overtly. Internalising is a particularly important concept to understand in autism, as some autistic people tend to internalise their difficulties, meaning that their needs may not be detected as early as the needs of autistic people who present with a more externalising profile and accompanying learning disabilities, for example. The...
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...caring responsibilities at home. We also know that a higher-than-average percentage of students on A227 (38% this year) have declared one or more disabilities. Taken together, these issues raised two key questions for the department: What challenges to students and staff may have been created in attempting to create a paradigm shift in understandings of ‘religion’ as...
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...caring professions (e.g. nurses and teachers) became exhausted while dealing with the chronic strain associated with their roles. They reportedly felt ‘burned out’. The workers reported emotional exhaustion, a loss of empathy towards their clients and feelings of being inept at work. Research into athletic burnout commenced in the 1980s, four decades ago. Three broad...