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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...writes that ‘the coast strongly defines this region. Beach, salting, sea wall and marshland’ (Pretty, 2011, cited by Clark, 2013). For Happisburgh residents threats by the sea is nothing new. The village has always been at risk of coastal erosion; over the decades there have been 34 homes lost to the sea (Clark, 2013). However, there has been an accelerating rate of...
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Article 5 mins
Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...write in an investigatory meeting that ‘this meeting might end in dismissal.’ There are so many protocols, and they didn’t follow any of that.” Jacky also hopes there is greater investment in mental health services post-pandemic because she knows that so many people are currently struggling. In concluding her story, she notes alongside the difficulties workers...
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Article 5 mins
By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...writes Jacqueline Baxter. ...[Illustration of Dads Army in fire fighter uniform] The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment” by the Independent Police Commission, and has continued to attract criticism since its...
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Article 10 mins
How a new First Minister of Wales is appointed
Society, Politics & Law

How a new First Minister of Wales is appointed

...write to the King to inform him of the name of the Senedd’s nominee [iii]. Shortly afterwards, the King will formally appoint the new First Minister by a document called a Royal Warrant. The First Minister will become Keeper of the Welsh Seal at the same time [iv]. [Eluned Morgan being sworn in as First Minister of Wales] Once the Llywydd has informed the Welsh...
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...writing] At the end of each day check in with yourself, ask yourself what you did today that helped you feel a sense of balance and those that impacted negatively on your mood. Then reflect on how you might make this different tomorrow. If it helps do this in a written journal format. Tip Five [Man arguing with himself - inner conflict] Keep an eye on the nature and tone...
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Article 15 mins
English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...writing a book about Shakespeare, it is not at all clear that literary interests lead to progressive ideas about ethnicity and difference. Why not start, instead, with the brilliant critique of racism that threads through the texts of African America?Even if English literature has the power to rehabilitate, is the judge’s syllabus helpful? At the very least, a reading...
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Article 10 mins
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...creative, dynamic, and useful member of society, you need to change your self-image back to being somebody who can make a real contribution. LOUIS: I’m a bit scared I’m going to break again. But then I’m putting in the hard work here and group therapy. So hopefully, so that will stand me in good stead hopefully. I’m nervous, but I think everybody gets nervous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...write shopping lists and diary entries, repeat nursery rhymes by rote, solve logical or arithmetical problems, make promises, tell stories, sign our names, etc. Impressive though it is, this variety in the uses of language is a potential distraction from our main interest, which is in the use of language to represent. It will therefore help if we abstract away from this...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs