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Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted
Society, Politics & Law

Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted

...social and employment laws, giving member states control over migration and restoring the UK’s right to veto EU legislation. Business for New Europe, meanwhile, makes a case for the UK to stay in the EU. Their campaign is somewhat more comprehensive in the sense that beyond the economic and the trade components, their rationale extends into broader, and longer-term...
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...Working with FM 101 activists required from me a different sensibility whereby knowledge was understood not as neat, pre-fabricated packets that could be sent from head to head through language, but rather as something messy that needed co-assembling through the process of conversation. For FM 101 there were no isolated individuals to send or receive messages, only the...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...social media, social services and the law, the girl’s always right when it comes to the child,” said another. Most of the young men in our focus groups claimed to be tolerant towards homosexuality – “you wouldn’t discriminate against a gay person” – while recognising that prejudice still exists in wider society. However, sexuality was clearly a topic that...
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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...social support you need? 1: Try talking to your General Practitioner (GP) [Patients waiting at the doctors] GPs are used to talking to patients about a whole range of life challenges, including mental health issues. Just sharing your problem with someone else can be very helpful and GPs should know what other types of support are available locally. If you don’t feel...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...work, as a Professor of Music, considers life in nineteenth-century mental health institutions, most recently centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both...
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Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...Social Care courses and qualifications. Research suggests that children of prisoners are at risk of mental health problems, challenges within formal educational environments and future offending. Research statistics indicate that 65% of boys with a parent in prison are more likely to go on to offend, although this data somewhat oversimplifies the complex relationship...
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...working towards the same/ similar goal. This can be particularly helpful in allowing people to feel part of something bigger and allows good networking opportunities. Being supported by a national organisation with access to resources. An example of this in practice is the Truacanta Project, a community action initiative supported by the Scottish Partnership for...
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Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?

...working people. But many of the policies in this manifesto – scrapping free school meals for infants, means testing winter fuel payments and removing the triple lock on pensions – could easily be described as vote losers. It seems to go against what the Prime Minister said in her very first words from Number Ten; fighting for ordinary families (or the “mainstream”...
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