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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...public domain is skewed in that child deaths are widely known about and reported on, whereas the removal of children is not public information as the press are excluded from family courts (I am grateful to social worker Vicki Ayris for this point). Sometimes being a social worker didn’t seem to be relevant to the story at all (18% of instances): And now, the social...
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How to read the news
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How to read the news

...publication. It can be a good idea to look at when such corrections took place in relation to the original time and date of publication, and also to see what type of ‘mistake’ has been corrected. This can give you a sense of the sort of guidelines by which news organizations operate and can help you be more critical when reading the news more generally. After all,...
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My OpenLearn account

...public, or private, or a mixture of both. You can read about how we handle your personal data in our Privacy Statement. 2. Name change on your Statements of participation To change the name on your Statement of participation you will need to alter it on your main OU account. It is better to do this on a PC, rather than a mobile device. Once you have signed in, follow this...
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Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry
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Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry

...public rejection of outdated sexist comments came from everywhere, even publications less likely to cover football, such as fashion magazines. In the footsteps of others Of course, these aren’t the first incidents of sexism in British football punditry. Women have faced discrimination as they fought for meaningful punditry positions. When the broadcaster Jacqui Oatley...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...public servants burdened with this ill-defined, liberty-eroding duty to prevent terrorism. If we are serious about our defences of freedom in the face of terror, we cannot consider it respectable or defensible to require everyone in public service to spy on each other and the rest of the population. If you doubt that and still believe in the power of mass surveillance to...
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...public spaces and made Spanish the sole language of public life. For 40 years under the dictatorship, Spain tried to present itself as an ethnically and politically homogeneous state. The execution of Franco’s opponents continued after the end of the Spanish Civil War. One prominent victim was the former Catalan president, Lluís Companys who was deported from...
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Beethoven: The Expert View
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Beethoven: The Expert View

...public concert in Vienna took place in 1795, before travels across Europe the following year. Soon there was a string of new and important works, including the Pathétique Sonata for piano and the First Symphony in 1800. It seemed as though all was well, but in 1801 Beethoven first noted that he was noticing some hearing loss. All the same, this was one of his most...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...public benefit. It provides opportunities for students to engage in a range of pro bono activities. Since its inception the Centre has worked in partnership with The Freedom Law Clinic (FLC), a not-for-profit company providing pro bono research and advice on appeals for people who have been convicted of very serious criminal offences but who are maintaining their...
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