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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...Social and political aspects of flamenco An exploration of social, political and economic aspects of flamenco. Whereas artists used to have a lowly status, that's now changed. They no longer have to jump for the person who "pays the piper". New flamenco New directions in flamenco: practioners talk about how it has assimilated elements from other cultures, from pop music...
What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...social workers, schools, and other professionals to support children, yet many say they feel unheard or undervalued, despite often knowing the child well and supporting them closely. So, what do foster carers want you to know about the day-to-day realities and challenges of fostering? Jo Strang, lecturer in health and social care at The Open University, spoke to five...
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...social interaction, how do I deal with things. And it was just coming at different angle. So I talked about for me personally it becomes not just the case of who I am. You know? It was just a case of the society tends to just want to feed to the majority. And it really impacted me. And I just learned to kind of live with it, which is a bad thing. You know? But all my...
US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...social media isn't always easy. "I get tagged in so many Hillary Clinton posts," Clinton says. "Positive and negative memes and photos." Her Facebook account has been suspended on multiple occasions, with the social network giant thinking her name a fake. She sent Facebook officials her driver's license some years ago but her account was again subsequently blocked. Today,...
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...social issues, from organ donation to the death penalty. But little research has explored the impact of portrayals of transgender people. For this reason, we wanted to see how transgender TV characters might influence the attitudes of viewers. Specifically, we tested whether political ideology plays a role in how audiences respond to these potentially polarizing...
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...socially just as the theories suggest. Yet sometimes in practice, cyclical preference seems perfectly rational. When choosing among election candidates, I might prefer Gottabee Wright to Hardy Lefte, and think both of them more worthwhile than third candidate Strickland Centre. But if confronted with the binary choices, I prefer Wright over Centre and Centre over Lefte....
“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...Social Sciences courses Setting the scene When we think about things like militancy, trade unionism, struggle and fightback, we draw on familiar imagery of braziers at shipyard gates and pitheads. We think of charged mass meetings, packed full of angry and determined … well, men. It is perhaps hard for us to contemplate, then, that early in the first decade of the...
Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...social class, the home environment and economic status (Dagkas and Stathi, 2007). "You do feel on the back foot if you don’t come from a rich family or a family who are already involved in sport… You’re starting off at a massive disadvantage against those kinds of people." "As an amateur you’re up against people with money who can afford physio or therapists, and...