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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...social context we are currently experiencing and how this means each of us must take more responsibility for our own finances. She also talks with George and Martin about her own money story and her own money challenges. These include efforts to overcome innate risk averseness around investment. Jonquil also signals a warning about financial scams and invites us to take...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...social situations? What we notice, pay attention to, and speak about in different contexts is socially constructed through rules. In his book, ‘The Elephant in the Room’, Eviatar Zerubavel (2006) describes the way in which certain subjects like climate change are avoided or considered taboo. These internalised social rules make it easier for us to ignore the topic of...
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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...social play experiences, following seven 4-year-old children from England...Children’s perspectives on play: 1.1 What does play mean? - Based in Oakland, California, USA, Julie Nicholson and her colleagues interviewed 98 school pupils (most between the ages of three and ten, but some were teenagers) about their perspectives on both children’s and adults’ play. The...
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What do literary agents do?
History & The Arts

What do literary agents do?

...work of fiction? JONNY GELLER: Well, a literary agent primarily is there to discover new talent and exploit the rights derived from the copyright in that work. So we go out and find, we sift through the thousands that are sent to us and of course we also manage the careers of writers throughout their life, but really, it’s half business and it’s half creative,...
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Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...work on – skydiving – I mean you went parachuting yourself, just tell me a little bit about either your own fears and concerns about that or the feeling of jumping out of a plane? James Hardie-Bick: Well I think fears and concerns are definitely the right words to describe it. After the training, which was four days of training and you’re shown videos of what can go...
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Palestine Remix
Society, Politics & Law

Palestine Remix

...people to participate through an online platform. Palestine Remix is local, national, transnational and global and is concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, democracy, politics and representation, human rights, international development, media democratisation, neighbourhood and community and peace. It was launched in 2014 and is ongoing....
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The Posh Club
Society, Politics & Law

The Posh Club

...and to strengthen the relationship organisers have with their public. It was initiated by artists and cultural organisations and encourages people to participate through special events. Posh Club is local and national in orientation and concerned with neighbourhood & community, anti-discrimination, equality and social justice and participation. The project is ongoing....
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Environment and Sustainable Development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Nature & Environment

Environment and Sustainable Development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...social and even religious backgrounds of its member states. Enthusiasts say the EU’s ability to legislate for 28 nations has enabled it to take a global lead in combating pollution and promoting renewable energy, and that the UK’s membership has allowed it to drive international action on conservation and climate change, whereas opponents argue that many of the EU’s...
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