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Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community
Science, Maths & Technology

Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

...social exclusion and hardship. With honesty and empathy, she calls for researchers and healthcare providers to approach genetics with cultural understanding and respect. By amplifying voices like Lisa’s, the GRACE Project aims to rebuild trust and ensure that science serves all communities – turning a story of exclusion into one of empowerment and inclusion. Visit our...
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Investigating Psychology Interactive
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating Psychology Interactive

...social, conceptual and historical changes; the development and application of different perspectives and methods; and through chains of influence between researchers. Note 1: some information given here about Hans Asperger and Asperger syndrome is now out of date. You can find more current information in Week 1 of our badged course Understanding autism. Note 2: the dates...
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The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...Social attitudes towards crime This track looks at peoples attitudes towards crime and begins to explore definitions of crime, with contributions from the general public. The criminal justice system Is there a moral basis for our legal system? Criminologist Louise Westmarland attempts to answer this question. Criminal psychologist Oliver James looks at the link between...
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Marxism and Marketing
Money & Business

Marxism and Marketing

...social commentators have criticised the manner in which the drink has been marketed. In a Capitalist system, should we expect all market opportunities to be exploited regardless of moral implications? What conclusions can be drawn when we apply Neo-Marxist thinking to the marketing of white cider, and its impact on the consumers it targets? In this audio collection The...
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Critical Reflection
Money & Business

Critical Reflection

...social, political and moral process, and that knowing this can be of enormous help in developing your own executive practice... Introduction to Critical Reflection What is Critical Reflection? What is management? Are managers dispassionate and rational, or are they shaped by complex dynamics? The value of generosity in management Is the idea of being generous compatible...
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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...Social Attitudes survey reveals that scepticism about the EU is widespread. Yet at the same time, many are not sure about the wisdom of actually pulling out. [Exit sign in many languages] Heading for a European exit? In the survey, of five different possible options for Britain’s relationship with the EU, the most popular by far, backed by 43%, was that Britain should...
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What happened to Rio 2016's leftover food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happened to Rio 2016's leftover food?

...social vulnerability.” For the past few weeks, RefettoRio chefs have been serving up nightly dinners for 108 from the surplus of ingredients donated to them by the catering company that feeds the Olympic Village. These are not leftovers or table scraps. “RefettoRio is going to work only with ingredients that are about to be wasted … like ugly fruit and vegetables,...
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Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), refers to ‘indigenous peoples’ as “a global movement fighting for rights and justice for those particular groups who have been left on the margins of development and who are perceived negatively by dominating mainstream development paradigms, whose culture and ways of life are subject to discrimination and contempt and...
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