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Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...L. (2008) ‘The nature of recovery as lived in everyday experience.’ Journal of Mental Health 17, 2, 129-140. BACP https://www.bacp.co.uk/crs/Training/whatiscounselling.php Collins Dictionary http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/therapy Leach, J. (2015) Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships....
The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The monster has wings: Should we be worried about youth consumption of energy drinks?

...l] should be declared on the packaging. The current scientific consensus is that [less than 2.5 mg a day] in children and adolescents is not associated with adverse effects. Should we be worried? The evidence indicates that these drinks do not give you wings – or any other positive benefits. In fact their intake in young people, is associated with adverse health...
How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
OpenLearn Ireland

How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...L) smiling on April 10, 1998, after they signed an historic agreement for peace in Northern Ireland, ending a 30-year conflict. ] Previous British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, US Senator George J. Mitchell and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on April 10 1998 after the making of the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement (or to some, the Belfast Agreement – more...
Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...L M N O P 4 Q R S T U 5 V W X Y Z Jump forward a few millennia to the France of Napoleon Bonaparte who wanted his soldiers to be able to communicate silently and in the dark. This led Captain Charles Barbier de la Serre to develop his Ecriture Nocturne (night reading) system. Barbier used a 6x6 grid with raised dots to represent the letters (and some common pairs of...
What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?

...cutoff point, such as trans women requiring a consistent testosterone level below 10 nmol/L – the level set by the IOC – is pretty arbitrary, and ultimately useless. The IOC’s use of hormone levels to measure or test sex has replaced earlier “gender verification” practices. These previously involved asking female athletes to drop their underwear, but eventually a less humiliating method was found: checking swabs of cheek ......
How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...of emissions or investment in public health and disaster risk reduction infrastructure. References Baka A and Mabon L (2022) ‘Assessing equality in neighbourhood availability of quality green space in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom’ Landscape Research Advance version available online [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...L. (2016) Changing Contours of Criminal Justice. London: Oxford University Press. Mukhopadhyay, C. C., Henze, R. and Moses, Y. T. (2014) How Real is Race?: A Resource Book on Race, Culture and Biology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. Sampson, R., Wilson, W.J. and Katz, H. (2018) Reassessing Toward a theory of race, crime, and urban inequality: Enduring and new challenges in...
A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Health, Sports & Psychology

A matter of life and death: inequalities in healthcare for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

...L. (2006) ‘Gender, Race, Class & Health: Intersectional Approaches’. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. Additional Reading for Racial Inequalities in Health Michael Marmot, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 years on – The Health Foundation. Dorothy Roberts, Killing the Black Body; Fatal Invention. Angela Saini, Superior, the Return of Race Science....