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Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...health and social care, where bullying exists we generally don’t challenge it. Common survival strategies include withdrawing from colleagues or striking up alliances with people who offer us protection. This can include establishing gang-like ways of working, such as blaming and excluding people with different views or ways of working. Gangs, unlike functioning teams,...
Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips for relaxing during difficult times

...health services, here are five tips that I believe will help in terms of relaxing. 1: Remember it is different strokes for different folks… [A zero to ten gauge registering at ten - isolated on a white background] Firstly, there is no one relaxation technique that will work effectively for everyone. That is why facilitated relaxation sessions often begin with a...
Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...health. Here are just six key players...The contribution of women as scientists in the areas of chemistry, the environment and health are hugely significant and far-reaching. Here are just a few examples which illustrate the breadth of their previous and continuing contributions. 1: Marie Curie [portrait of Marie Curie] Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize...
Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...health’ (Veganuary 2024 campaign report). Veganuary’s mission also appears to align with the motivations of participants: in 2022, 44% of Veganuary participants cited ‘animals’, 21% ‘personal health’ and 19% ‘the environment’ as their main motivation. For Bryant, the biggest Veganuary motivation being ‘animals’ is significant, as evidence suggests that...
A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

A history of Reproductive Justice’s spread across the world

...health which led to the emergence of the Reproductive Justice movement. They talk together about the issues that concerned feminist movements in different countries and cultures, and how those movements worked together to create a shared sense of reproductive rights that worked across the globe... Episode 1 Transcript Episode 2 Transcript Reproductive Justice is both a...
Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...public eye by political and economic elites. Further, their conditions are negotiated without democratic scrutiny or accountability. Just as worrying, these deals are reached by unelected figures, further putting into question their ability to be publicly debated and influenced. Alvaro Guzman Bastida discusses these concerns in his article for Al Jazeera America...
Spray diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Spray diagrams

...the particular arrangement meets with your objective. If you are stuck or lose the thread, start again with a new central theme and create a new, perhaps subsidiary, diagram. Don’t clutter up the original. You could perhaps just leave things for a while to give you time for some fresh thinking. References Buzan, A. (1974) Use your head, London, UK, BBC Publications....
World-Changing Women: Mary Prince
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Mary Prince

...publication, in 1831, of the autobiography of Mary Prince, a female slave from the British West Indies, had a profound impact on these campaigns. Mary Prince was born into a slave family in Bermuda, around 1788. Her mother was a household slave and when the family who owned them lost money, her mother had no choice but sell Mary at the market-place. For the next 15 years...