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Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...resources. It is also possible to engage in these processes in informal ways, which is probably something that teachers have been doing down the ages. Watch these two videos and as you do so consider the table which lays out challenges and strategies identified in a study of teacher collaboration in joint lesson planning (Yuan & Zhang, 2016). [CHATTER] KARL WIEDEGREEN...
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...human fertilisation, embryology, genetics the police and fire services xenotransplantation and vivisection the environment equal opportunities agriculture, forestry and fishing regulation of activities in outer space statistics, public registers and records The Scottish Parliament has full legislative competence (it can pass both primary and subordinate legislation) in...
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...human interaction, humour has been on the minds of thinkers for centuries. As Peter McGraw and Joel Warner explain in their recent book, The Humor Code: A global search for what makes things funny, “Plato and Aristotle contemplated the meaning of comedy while laying the foundations of Western philosophy… Charles Darwin looked for the seeds of laughter in the joyful...
Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...Resources If you have been affected by the death of a baby, there is support out there: https://www.sands.org.uk/support-you/how-we-offer-support/men Sands Helpline: 0808 164 3332 To join Sands online community: https://sands.community/login To find out more about Sands’ work: https://www.sands.org.uk/about-sands Jones, K., Robb, M., Murphy, S. and Davies, A. (2019)...
Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?

...resources to understanding the causes of terrorism. He later alienated many progressives when his party supported the Harper government’s controversial counter-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51. Justin Trudeau’s stumbles and lack of political experience provided space for the Harper Conservatives to try to diminish him further in the mind of the public. Hence, a series...
Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...resourced groups looking to mitigate those inequalities. Put another way, why hasn’t the millions of dollars and award-winning talent put into the Nano Membrane Toilet gone towards political and social programs that finance the installation of regular old plumbing? Why does it seem easier to built a toilet out of experimental polymers than just build a sewer? The...
Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?
Nature & Environment

Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?

...resources, quotas should be owned by the government but granted to individuals as time-limited use rights. Fishing quotas should be reallocated. As the small-scale sector is disadvantaged, reallocation is needed for fairness and to protect small-scale fishing communities. Fishing quotas should be set aside for young fishers to enter the industry. Fishing quotas should...
Why are public companies vanishing in America?
Money & Business

Why are public companies vanishing in America?

...resources internally instead of paying them out to shareholders. However, Jensen’s prediction of the rise of private equity has proven true. The rise of private equity may be a contributing factor to why fewer firms choose to participate in the public markets. The firms that remain public are survivors. A small number of firms account for most of the market...