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‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...religion in defining the experience of female students from South Asian backgrounds. While none of the participants reported experiences of racism or micro-aggressions, their narratives spoke of a lack of visibility of themselves and their lives in their overall university experience. Several factors were identified that supported students’ learning including the online...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...religion and class. The men we spoke to were keenly aware of influences – from family, peers, teachers, media – encouraging them to conform to certain models of masculinity. One said: “There is pressure everywhere to tell you what man you should be.” Another added: “You have to be a young man who’s got a nice house, who’s got a nice car, who’s got a family...
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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...religion, and we must also be mindful of how these different factors combine and affect an individual’s health status, and their access to and experience of health services – often described as intersectionality. Older people’s health inequalities have a broader impact on families and society at large. Someone who spends more of their life in poor health may end up...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...Religion in secularist France is a private matter, and should not be celebrated in public places like schools. Religion in multicultural Britain is a community matter and should be respected by public institutions like schools. The education policy in each of the four UK nations is different, since education is a devolved political matter. There are many interesting...
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Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...religion. These are known as Sunnah from the Arabic word meaning ‘tradition’ but for Muslims it means ‘the way of the prophet’, therefore Sunnah sports. [A young child stands at the beginning of a track with hands on her hips looking ahead determinedly. She has a yellow track bib on and 'BP13' is marked in black on a background of red. ] Nowadays I see a lot of...
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...religion and enterprise, the foundation pillars of the British middle classes in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. While the BBC programme explores cultural and material histories, usually in relation to costumes of display, the stories they have to tell of ordinary women’s daily lives remain hidden. So in arguing her thesis, Foreman actually flattens the history...
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Why do American parties hold conventions?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do American parties hold conventions?

...religion. Trump’s choice, Mike Pence, will need to establish himself as a known quantity with all those citizens outside his home state of Indiana, and the convention is his first and best chance. This means giving his audience a sense of himself as a person as well as a politician. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s ill-fated 2008 running mate, is a good parallel here....
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged backgrounds, go to non-grammars. Here class trumps religion, as parents from both Catholic and Protestant middle classes are equally determined to preserve this situation given the excellent results grammar schools on both sides have at GCSE and A level providing successful entry into University....
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