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Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...skilled trimmers, French polishers or sewing machinists producing the fine upholstery and polished hardwood interiors for the railway coaches”. While these positions would also have been regarded by some as ‘naturally fitting’ for women, given their primary responsibilities and the gendered expectations of that era, some were skilled roles, challenging the idea that...
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Article 10 mins
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...skills needed to perform the job. Assessment processes within political parties are arduous but based on the displays of shamelessness and incompetence may have been recruiting untrustworthy people who lack, competence, integrity or both. The primary concerns of assessment seem to be whether the candidate upholds the value of their party, with the final decision for...
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Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future
History & The Arts

Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future

...skills back, invest them with value and teach younger generations, so that they want to continue these traditions going forward. There are also those of us who are falling in the gap of ‘rageism’ – racism and ageism. In modern Wales, there are lots of projects for young people of colour. But there is a large group of us who’ve been excluded for decades. We want to...
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Article 10 mins
Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...skills through cognitive difficulties, such as those associated with dementia, this can have an even more profound effect on our sense of self, as we have to ‘re-learn’ to live without being able to rely on memory or being able to always find the words to say when we need them. If we are being supported by loved ones, we may also feel that our role in life has...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...studies. One of the sustained lines of inquiry driving crowd studies is ‘Does the event of being in a crowd help to create a sense of identity or lead to a loss of identity?’ Though there are disagreements among crowd scientists, very few would argue against the idea that crowds are transformative. Reading the example in the following section, you will appreciate how...
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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...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, primarily through the widespread online campaign of the #1DayWithoutUs activist group, sought to counterbalance xenophobic sentiments, often by offering a multiplicity of migrant...
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Article 15 mins
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...skills and were predominantly women, were suddenly finding themselves facing the fact that their bosses did not care about them. If they weren’t going to make a profit, then they would be discarded and cast aside. And it was that sense of injustice, and a belief that workers should have dignity that brought us together as a support group. “We met weekly and our role...
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One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...skills as an inclusive educator and leader, you might want take a look at the Master’s in Education programme and consider a place on the Inclusive Practice specialist pathway – with options to join at Stage 1 or Stage 2, depending on your circumstances. References Baidoo-Anu, D., Lei, L., Cisterna, D. and Song, Y. (2023) ‘Cultural validity: promoting cultural...
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Article 5 mins