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Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...working, NYC mayor Bill de Blasio is having to spend heavily to get more homes built, promising 200,000 more affordable units in the next ten years. This increase in supply is essential because, as economists have long pointed out, capping rents below the market level reduces the amount of property offered by private landlords, while boosting demand for it. The...
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
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Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...working in partnership with the U.S. Border Patrol as part of Operation Jump Start. The airmen are assigned to the 188th Fighter Wing Arkansas Air National Guard. ] In 2006, US Air Force crew build a fence on the US/Mexico border The data comes from a massive 30-year study led by sociologist Douglas Massey, published last month at the American Journal of Sociology and...
COVID-19: Social work and social care - learning to help you in practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

COVID-19: Social work and social care - learning to help you in practice

...work or social care practice, or want more knowledge and support to help you in a new setting working with those impacted by COVID-19, OpenLearn has a range of free courses available for you to refresh your knowledge and skills...All of our courses are free and you can start them when you want to, studying at your own pace. Some of the courses are badged, so you can print...
An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification

Where can social psychology take you? Here four psychologists tell us about their career journey and other work options open to people studying social psychology...Transcript Interested? To find out more about the OU’s BSC (Honours) Social Psychology and how to apply, visit our qualifications site or try our OpenLearn Social Psychology and Politics Course
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
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Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

Nauro Campos argues that even Brexit backers fail to make a clear financial case for the UK leaving the EU...The costs to Britain of a potential departure from the EU are much argued over, but when it comes to the crunch, even the most likely scenarios put forward by the pro-Brexit camp show the country could be worse off. A recent example that has received an...
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...working all the time or engaging in the never-ending pursuit of self-optimisation. Similarity to work burnout Millennial burnout has a lot of similarities with regular burnout, otherwise known as work burnout. Burnout is a response to prolonged stress and typically involves emotional exhaustion, cynicism or detachment, and feeling ineffective. The six main risk factors...
Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...work, we have a set of expectations about how and what our employment relationship will be with our employer and colleagues, added to our employment contract. This is what psychologists call a psychological contract (Rousseau and Tijoriwala, 1998). These unwritten expectations form the employer-employee relationship and constantly changes. Based on informal arrangements...
Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...Sciences courses Background[GMB scotland banner stating fair pay for covid heroes]Working in already incredibly difficult circumstances, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing issues around chronic low pay, poor terms and conditions, cost-cutting, and increasing privatisation in the care sector. This has been well documented by the Scottish Trade Union Congress in a report published in June 2022: Scotland’s Social ......