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What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...family members and friends. Among them was Janet Cunliffe, the mother of Jordan Cunliffe who was convicted of murdering father of three, Gary Newlove, in 2008. Like Alexander, Cunliffe had been out with friends when a confrontation between Newlove and the group turned violent. The judge accepted that Cunliffe, who was 15 and registered blind, was not involved in the...
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Article 10 mins
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...families, prison staff and society at large. They are also concerned with the continued failure of prisons to fulfil any of their stated aims or purposes...[CCTV cameras outside a building] 1. Can prison abolition work in large urban centres and inner cities with high crime rates and where ordinary people are fearful of being victimised? Abolitionism is about building...
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Article 12 mins
Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...family members to read e.g. on Alcohol & Drug Problems, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Family Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Psychosis, and Mental Health Assessments. 4: A balanced view [child with paint on her hands] It is important to be fair on people, children need this fairness too. From before a child starts school to beyond A-Levels, children and...
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Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...family having breakfast together traditional serpme kahvalti to celebrate Eid-ul-fitr.] Eid-ul-Fitr is the festival which marks the end of Ramadan. It is a joyous occasion and a day of true thanksgiving for Muslims. The day begins with giving to charity and prayers in the mosque, and thereafter they share celebratory meals with family and friends and exchange gifts. As...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...family left behind in Damascus makes it hard for her to concentrate. Her father, a man in his mid-40s, is similarly committed to learning German and establishing a future for himself and his family in Germany. Even so, he frequently misses his German language classes because they clash with appointments at the immigration authorities. It is only through these appointments...
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Article 5 mins
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...family home is a sawdust-filled clear plastic container, one of hundreds stacked up in a rotating system of shelves. These are the “control” mice used by Christakis and neuroscientist Nino Ramirez, and their team, trying to understand the impact on young brains of being exposed to fast-paced media. Across the corridor an experiment is underway. One of the mouse...
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Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...family and everything. And then I just got ill. Yeah, so I lost everything, really. Three years ago Louis developed serious mental health problems and had to give up work. LOUIS: I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression. And I sort of … sorry. Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress with a personality disorder also, as well. NICK: After 10 years of being a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...history and the challenges involved in reshaping human individuals so as to live differently, within planetary boundaries, in a new historical period defined by the ending of fossil fuel Modernity (Hollway, Hoggett, Robertson and Weintrobe 2022). It recognises the political, cultural and social factors that also govern our thoughts, emotions and behaviours in relation to...
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