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Social housing and working class heritage
History & The Arts

Social housing and working class heritage

...History at the University of Greenwich. This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage... Social housing and working class heritage An introduction to this album. Social housing: winners and losers Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters'...
Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...of fuel poverty and the various government schemes developed to combat the issues raised Bedfordshire MENCAP A detailed history of the Bedfordshire branch of MENCAP Degree in Learning Disabilities The shifting boundaries between health and social care inspired the University of Hertfordshire to create a joint degree in learning disabilities for nurses and social workers...
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Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...history and meaning of these paintings...Around 1350 BC, the Egyptian grain accountant Nebamun commissioned the walls of his tomb-chapel to be painted with scenes depicting his afterlife, and the world in which he lived. Nebamun worked in the temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC). Amenhotep was one of the most important kings of the...
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From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old
History & The Arts

From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old

...history has had its preferred forms of humor relating to bodily functions, but none have been more reliable in stirring a reaction than fart jokes. In fact, according to British academic and poet Paul MacDonald, the oldest joke in recorded history – which dates back to the Sumerians in 1900 BC – was a fart joke: “Something which has never occurred since time...
Life after the Olympics: retirement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after the Olympics: retirement

...history (28 Olympic medals over 5 games), is an example of an athlete who retired, but then came back to swimming. Returning to sport after retirement is often associated with a compulsion to compete and an inability to cope with the sense of loss that occurs following retirement. This appears to have been the case with Phelps who stated that he experienced a tremendous...
Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...history of movement in Physics, and considers what it means for Social Science...[A child observes the world through a window of a moving train] The key question to answer when thinking about method is ‘how do we know?’ But what has the idea of ‘being in motion’ got to do with knowledge and how we know it? In this blog I will take a big step back and examine how,...
Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?
Society, Politics & Law

Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?

...history of party politics and foreign policy in the UK suggests a large parliamentary majority can often prove highly detrimental to obtaining the kind of autonomy May is seeking for the upcoming negotiations. Over the threshold To understand this, it’s worth reflecting on why it’s valuable for a governing party to hold seats above the “majority threshold” –...
Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...histories to prove their deservedness. Being homeless in any form can be a traumatic experience and may lead to other injustices and harms. The stigma attached with being homeless is profound and can be experienced on many deep-seated levels, affecting people in both psychological and physical ways. Stigma describes the feeling of shame of humiliation and of being...