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Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers

...Resource, 2024). Safeguarding concerns It is explicit in the guidance (Gov.UK, 2022) that children and young people should not undertake caring roles that are excessive and inappropriate, which may negatively impact their development and wellbeing. To support young people’s physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, it could be that better support for the adult being...
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...human and material damage during the 1990s war. Now the ordinary people bringing food, coffee and water to the refugees admit their compassion is based on their own memories. “We ourselves experienced this all, but we didn’t have to walk such a long way,” one resident from Tovarnik, a town on the border with Serbia, recently told Croatian Television. There was even...
Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...human movement via piezoelectric materials woven into fabrics or inserted into silicone rubber. You could have a jacket that’s a wearable mobile phone, with a flexible electronic screen printed on the cuffs, flexible phone circuit boards woven into the fabric, and a microphone in the collar. Just input the number on your cuff, and start talking. Transcript A flexible...
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...humans are born numerate, so what happens in those few years when children are in school to make them hate maths? A new report by the Australian Industry group claims that low literacy and numeracy skills in the Australian workforce are affecting business. It calls for a renewed focus on literacy and numeracy skills to ensure we are able to address economic needs. Does...
The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
Society, Politics & Law

The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars

...human driver of the car would probably have made the same initial assumption as the Google car: that the bus would respond to the car’s indicator by slowing down to allow it to pull out. The reasonable driver would then have checked – whether by eye contact, observation of an encouraging gesture, or an assessment of the bus’s speed – that the bus was actually...
Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two
Society, Politics & Law

Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two

...1985) and Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom (1996). Current students should look at DTS206's block on food, which addresses the question of affluent diets and its effects on the environment. Steve Pile is Professor of Human Geography. He is currently writing about electricity for the new Environment and Society module, D213, which you will be able to study from 2018 onwards....
Even the homeless can have a 'home'
Society, Politics & Law

Even the homeless can have a 'home'

...human being … apparently, to you and your companion this was just a joke. By recognising that a homeless person can have something akin to a home, the judge acknowledges that home is an abstract, nebulous and subjective idea – that the meaning of home can differ between people and contexts. People who are homeless in the legal sense often feel as if they have a home,...
Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...humanity. The Swedish government has also repeatedly asked other EU countries to take more responsibility for the refugee crisis. Still, the change is moving the country in a new direction. It will make it impossible for refugees to enter the country. In practice, that means they will have to apply for asylum in another country. It goes without saying that the ID checks...