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The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...world through shared profiles, and shared research. If you haven’t yet created a profile, or if you’re only just joining the online academic community, social media is an effective way to connect with others who might share your research interests. You may notice that on most professional body and academic institution websites that both existing and prospective...
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...world is divided between what we would call artisan and industrial cider makers. We grow 40 different varieties of apples and produce a cider with a provenance that it comes from this part of Somerset and produce a brandy, which we can claim the same for. We sell cider out of barrels, we have done for all my life, certainly on this farm for the last 150 years. Slowly we...
5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...world is caused by sepsis. Esther Almond tells us five important things to know about this condition, known also as blood poisoning...1: Many people develop sepsis – Raising awareness of sepsis can save lives It is estimated that sepsis affects 27-30 million people worldwide each year. There are several linked terms - sepsis, septic shock, septicaemia, blood poisoning....
Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
History & The Arts

Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English

...world at large outside cheers has become the colloquial synonym in British English for “thanks”.’ Other expressions reflect slightly different conceptions of what’s involved in our relationship with the person we’re thanking. Psychologists draw a distinction between gratitude and indebtedness. In the former you simply appreciate or acknowledge an act of help or...
Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...world and compares attitudes and management techniques within the social work field. Material is taken from The Open University Course K315 Critical social work practice... Critical social work practice A short introduction to this album. What is critical practice? A look at the meaning of critical practice, the views of service users, and the professional power of social...
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...world of mental health. These preferences often stem from the desire to express, or have recognised, a more nuanced, more social and less medicalised view of what mental ill-health involves, and how an individual experiences them. They also imply a particular role for the practitioner. Someone who may be medically oriented might use the term ‘patient’, while someone...
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Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...world. But real recording success only came when the pace was slowed to allow her to drape those yearning, keening vocals over two ballads. Her cover version of the classic Anyone Who Had A Heart (an infamously challenging melody, full of unexpected time signatures and octave leaps) is customarily dismissed by purists, who cleave umbilically to the Dionne Warwick...
Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?

...world leaders welcomed the air strikes and hailed them as a strong signal in the fight to end the use of chemical weapons. German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Francois Hollande issued a joint statement in defense of Trump’s action, and the leaders of countries as diverse as Japan, Turkey, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Italy and Denmark have all...