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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...research, it is the only support network for both single mums and dads across the UK for the South Asian community. We offer support to all single parents: separated, widowed, divorced, single by choice, those who have gone down the IVF route or living apart can all fit into the category of a single-parent family. No matter how you arrived in your current situation,...
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Article 5 mins
Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...research paper by Race On the Agenda (ROTA) in 2013 stated that ‘a disproportionate number of ethnic minority families live in highly stressful environments, thus making their children more vulnerable to hyperactivity’. Yet it has also been argued that this over-identification could be linked to socio-economic disadvantages within these communities or, further still,...
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Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities

...Research by Hendry et al. (2022) found that disabled people were so exhausted and stressed by this, that they would rather avoid society than run the risk of being challenged. Even when people are believed, misunderstanding and judgement remain. For example, fluctuating conditions may be interpreted as inconsistency leading to assumptions someone is exaggerating or being...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...research, they outline the ways in which music, belonging and connection work to create a positive online experience. [Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms] Download the video transcript What are the benefits of being in an online fandom? 1. Online fandoms offer a sense of belonging Online music fandoms are a place to connect with others who have similar...
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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...research on the rise of xenophobia and racism on Twitter. Looking at the ways in which this rise may have been related to campaigning tactics and the referendum result, the study also gives an indication of the ways in which Twitter was used to both report hate speech incidents and to express solidarity with migrants. Expressions and stories of migrant solidarity,...
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Article 15 mins
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...research process for the book. Dr Nick Middleton So the research was such where a lot of these places have websites. There are big organisations of non countries. There's UNPO and the UUN, the – I can't remember what the acronym stands for now – the Unrecognised People’s Organisation – has about forty, fifty, sixty non countries as members. They have websites,...
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and CESifo. Formerly, he was a Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, the Michael Otto Professor of Sustainability and Global Change at Hamburg University and an Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has had visiting...
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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...research process and the use of scientific evidence recognise the role and limitations of scientific data in attempting to predict global climatic change understand the concept of feedback loops...Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows: 1 An environmental icon - The polar bear has become an international climate change icon. But how much is known about...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs