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Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...types of information available to people who are interested in raising a concern with a regulator explore the experiences of people who raise a concern with a regulator and those whose case is closed before a Fitness to Practise hearing explore the experiences of people who are required to be witnesses at a Fitness to Practise hearing describe the ways in which regulators...
MSE’s Academy of Money Badge icon
Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...types of income including pensions (but it’s not payable on gifts, lottery winnings, Premium Bond winnings and ISA earnings). When it’s collected by HMRC through an employer (when the worker is employed rather than self-employed) it’s often referred to as a ‘pay as you earn’ (PAYE) tax. Income tax is paid on income that is received by you within a given tax year...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...de Janeiro will be given cash awards at par with the medal winners of last month's Olympic Games. "Gold medallists of #Paralympic Games are entitled to Rs 75 Lacs, Silver Rs 50 Lacs & Bronze Rs 30 Lacs as cash award from MYAS," the Ministry tweeted from its official handle. "This cash award to the #Paralympic medallists is at par with medallists of #Olympics," it added....
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...types of evidence. As statisticians we must continue to work on nurse and carer problems, but if people are concerned that their sports and games are being corrupted by deliberate fixing, then lessening the reliance upon betting, or somehow changing the nature of betting, may offer some way forward as all match fixing appears related to it and the vast sums of money...
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...type of superhero is prevalent, Ironman was created and powered by scientific advancements and Batman was able to buy the most cutting edge technology available, and while these two superheroes remain comic book creations, there are already versions of this form of technology finding its way into the real world. Take for example the advances in robotics that are being...
Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...type of mental illness. She wasn’t the only woman with a similar stigma; she is listed alongside Joanna and Susanna with similar issues in Luke 8:1-3. It seems possible that due to their physical condition these women may have been social outcasts, which could explain why they followed Jesus after some kind of healing experience, embracing his message of hope, and...
Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...type of meal since it is typically high in fat and salt. More widely, it’s seen as a key factor in the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S. and throughout the world. Because it’s considered relatively inexpensive, there’s an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups – which has convinced some local governments to try to limit...
What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?
Society, Politics & Law

What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?

...typing pool. She became his mistress in the early 1990s and married him in 1996 in a lavish wedding ceremony. She began her formal rise to power in 2014, as head of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) party’s Women’s League. But where she really flexed her muscles was in a ruthless campaign to expel Mugabe’s vice-president, war...