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Remembering Thatcherism
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Thatcherism

...project which had won an ideological battle and was in the process of constructing a new consensus. He also argued that the left had failed to understand the nature of the crisis and had no alternative. In making this case, Thatcherite ideology drew on the work of Milton Friedman and applied his free market thinking to the specific situation in Britain. This kind of...
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Gender, IT and economic growth
Society, Politics & Law

Gender, IT and economic growth

...project aims to do about it. Transcript What is certain is that gender matters in the IT sector, albeit less, or at least differently, in India. Moreover, overarching trends which are captured by terms such as Rising Powers are ultimately based on gender differentiated labour. If you work in the IT sector, or you know someone who does, and you’ve got some insight into...
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Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...project our own vulnerability and fear into other people, something that under the right (or wrong) circumstances we are all capable of doing. [A nurse has a moment of stress] This is not to suggest that everyone is actually a bully, but rather that bullying at work is painful in part because we are all involved. Whatever our role – for example the patients that stand...
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Do we really listen to children and young people?
Education & Development

Do we really listen to children and young people?

...projects and these choices are not necessarily democratic or equitable (Bucknall 2012, 2014). To some extent, participation relies on a child or young person’s skills, abilities and confidence in taking the initiative. Participation can also be offered by adults as providing a learning opportunity or a means to enhance confidence. These different ways of promoting...
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Universities, empires and refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Universities, empires and refugees

...projects – such as the Creating Safer Space Network – which try to do this and to be open to other ways of representing experience. This place of safety is what the contemporary university needs to be for refugee learners and academics. When we try to decolonise the university, maybe we should start by opening the door, so that those who have been excluded can make,...
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The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health
Languages

The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health

...project for a cosmetics company broadly dealing with pampering oneself in times of Corona. With a close family member having just passed away as a result of COVID-19, the translator found it emotionally exhausting to undertake this work. But why would translators feel depleted after working with emotionally challenging texts? In an article about his experience of...
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Europa’s icy shell
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa’s icy shell

...projections in photographs that hinted at the presence of plumes. Using the Near Infra-Red Spectrograph (NIRSPEC) at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, researchers then identified the signal for water vapour at Europa (Video 1). NIRSPEC detects the specific frequencies of infrared light that water molecules emit or absorb, and suggested the presence of water vapour coming...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
Languages

How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...prize winners announced at the BASW conference. There’s also the Transparency Project which aims to make family court reporting clearer. What we need now is a soap opera with a social worker as a main character to move TV dramas on from the child catcher-as-plot-device trope! This article was originally published on the Community Care website. Read the original article....
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