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Collective Creativity
Money & Business

Collective Creativity

...become firmly recognised for their contribution to the economy. Statistics on creative industries output and productivity are regularly published to indicate their primary significance to the national economy. Meanwhile, the discussion of creativity itself arises less frequently, perhaps because it is confusing or too ephemeral to warrant a meaningful discussion....
An American Classic: How Spam became a success
Money & Business

An American Classic: How Spam became a success

...become a sought-after product in many countries around the world, especially those that have faced economic hardship. Because it’s cheap, filling and has a long shelf life, it addresses a real need. As American as apple pie? But how did it become such a cultural icon? In a 2012 paper, marketing researchers Rajeev Batra, Aaron Ahuvia and Richard P. Bagozzi developed a...
Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...become a toxic space where female athletes are frequently targeted for their appearance, strength, or refusal to conform to traditional gender norms and expectations. These challenges, however, highlight the resilience and triumphs of women in sports, as they push back against gender inequality and break down barriers redefining what it is to be an athlete. How can we...
Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!

...becoming stronger and more competitive. The debut of Nottingham Forest Netball (alongside Birmingham Panthers) signals the sport’s increasing traction and, as investment continues, there’s potential for it to reach the same level of professionalism as Australia’s SSN. For example, Natasha Pavelin has chosen to stay in England and play for Nottingham Forest for this...
Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...becomes different. It is an inevitable part of life, whether it is a change in a job (moving to a new job, changing to a new computer operating system, moving to a new desk), a change in a relationship (new partner or colleague, death of a family member) or a change in life circumstances (retirement, redundancy, birth of a child, changes to physical and mental health)....
Where are you really from?
Education & Development

Where are you really from?

...become the assumed politically correct way of ascertaining someone’s ethnicity without appearing overtly racist or at the very least racialised in tone. Apparently, it’s just curiosity and, for the most part, that’s probably true, but does that make it okay? There are lots of things that I would love to ask people I meet but I know to hold back, if only from a...
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...become a postal worker (she hoped that this would have a better work-life balance that included sociable hours of work) she jumped at the chance. It wouldn’t be that straight forward though, it never is. Struggling for a job with Royal Mail This wannabe postwoman had an additional hurdle to get over - dyslexia. In seeking employment with Royal Mail, she would have to...
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...becoming the norm. Climate change, the technological impact of AI, future pandemics, and political/economic upheavals, are likely to disrupt societies and individuals in the future. Adapting to this context requires flexibility in coping with such disruptions effectively and without the certainty of what such problems will look like in the future. Psychological...