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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...write your CV, improve your employability skills or get an internship or work-based placement. • Some colleges and universities provide education bursaries for students who are carers. Check out the websites of your local colleges or universities. • The Open University provides scholarships for carers, including young adult carers, to obtain university qualifications:...
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...writing of this article. Dr Igor Kraev and Dr Radka Gromnicova for their expertise and support with electron microscopy. NCL Foundation for their support, especially through the ‘Young Investigators’ meetings and their focus on bringing together the CLN3 research community. References BERS, D. M. 2002. Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. Nature, 415, 198-205....
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...Creative Learning with History’. Further reading Karen Armstrong, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (London: The Bodley Head, 2014). Clinton Bennett, In Search of Solutions: The Problem of Religion and Conflict (London: Equinox, 2008). John D. Brewer, Gareth I. Higgins and Francis Teeney, Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford:...
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...writing up, and in the whole research process. Because it’s not simply hearing the person’s story. DARREN: Like the social psychoanalytic approach, we take field notes very seriously, and are very interested in our experience of what happens in relationships with an interviewee, before and after, and our relationship with the subject too. DR LINDA FINLAY: As the...
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...writing (Animal Aid, 2019). Social harms also afflict other animals as unintended collateral damage. For instance, motorised transport brings about the killing and injuring of other animals (as well as human accident victims), often described as ‘road kill’ (Soron, 2011). There is not enough space in this course to fully document these harms, so the focus will be on...
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...writing, the tax position of Google in Ireland and the trading impacts of Brexit are yet to be fully established. Customer/consumer Some of the ethical issues in the previous section could impact on the willingness of customers to trade with an organisation. The sustainability of the market could impact on the sustainability of the supply chain; without demand for the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...write a brief response below. Whatever a woman’s beliefs about health are, it is likely they will have been shaped by many factors that are specific to that woman and may not always reflect wider assumptions held by society more broadly, or indeed fit with the biomedical model. This, however, does not diminish their potential value for understanding health and wellbeing...
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...writes as he pleases, in English, Scots and languages of his own invention. Morgan's ‘First Men in Mercury’ can be read as a witty parable about language and imperialism. There are two voices. The leader of the Earth men seeks to communicate with the Mercurians. At the outset, his Standard English is calm and assured: – We come in peace from the third planet. Would...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs