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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...Social Care qualifications. In addition to that, we may already know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call polymorbidity. This often leads to the need to take several different medications in one to treat each condition (what we call polypharmacy). With all age-related changes that might be already...
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...social reformer, who’s arguing – this is back in 1854 – in favour of young people having separate bedrooms. Where two or three children occupy the same room neither feel their personal responsibility to keep it in order and hence grow up habituated to slatternly disorder. Whereas if each had a room all alone to themselves they would be [indistinct words] to keep it...
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...work weekends and evenings. I’m not sure if Michael Wilshaw remembers being an inspector and visiting schools, but maybe it has escaped him that teachers have been working weekends and evenings for decades. However, this was also the Chief Inspector who accused teachers of ‘skiving off at 3pm’, so his view of teachers has always been a bit suspect. But in this...
The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
Society, Politics & Law

The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute

...Social Sciences courses Background In early 2000 Medical Secretaries in North East Glasgow (NEG) NHS Trust, which included Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Western Infirmary and Gartnavel General Hospital, became aware that they were being paid up to £2000 per year less than Management Secretaries. Management Secretaries were on grade 4 of the Admin...
Can science make you a better leader?
Money & Business

Can science make you a better leader?

...social, political and organisational life. Rather than help, though, leaders often seem to be part of the problem. When it comes to politicians, fingers are often pointed at the leaders of political parties for failing to provide a clear vision, for their personal moral failings, or for their inability to deliver on their promises. Theresa May, the UK prime minister, was...
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...works alongside their male peers, although their works were not included within the classical music canon. The classical music canon became deeply rooted through concerts, history books and music education. As a result, many people have never heard a single piece by a woman composer, let alone know their names. In this article, and also in the accompanying video, we’ll...
The Death of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Death of Socrates

...social propieties proscribed by Eusebia, Socrates angered many of the more important men of the city who could, rightly, accuse him of breaking the law by violating these customs. In 399 BCE Socrates was charged with impiety by Meletus the poet, Anytus the tanner, and Lycon the orator who sought the death penalty in the case. The accusation read: “Socrates is guilty,...
Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist

...working in a world where knowledge is always relative to a perspective or method but no less valuable. In fact, such relative knowledge actually becomes more valuable. Much of 20th century European philosophy has grappled with what they saw as our brave new existential situation, and variations of relativism are increasingly recognized also in the natural and social...