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The environmental costs of Trump’s wall
Nature & Environment

The environmental costs of Trump’s wall

...research. [An animal looks toward the camera as it climbs across a log or branch. The animal looks like a racoon in shape and face, with a white snout and white fur about its eyes. Its paws are black dexterous and its ears are small on top of its head. Most of its fur is pale brown and fawn coloured, except for along the arms where its darker.] Researchers found fewer...
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...the complexities of achieving safe ways of organizing. Reference Lawton, R., Carruthers, S., Gardner, P., Wright, J. and McEachan, R.R.C. (2012) ‘Identifying the latent failures underpinning medication administration errors: an exploratory study’, Health Services Research, Health Research and Educational Trust, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1437–59. Explore the NHS further...
Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...Research consistently shows that many parents hide or minimise how unwell they feel, often because of shame or fear of judgement (Biggs et al., 2023). One parent explains that:'Often mothers put their own needs below everyone else, despite the seriousness of their difficulties. These struggles should not be ignored as this can have a serious detriment to a mother’s...
Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...research into social work writing (Lillis et al., 2017) can help us consider the current opportunities and challenges that AI brings. Understanding the core elements of social work writing and how social workers learn to write effectively is crucial. Social workers need to consider how to use AI effectively in their writing without compromising their professional ethics...
Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...researchers, artists, educators, students, activists and ancestral/Indigenous knowledge keepers who work together to develop educational and artistic experiments. There are many different ways of conceptualising decolonisation, but in the GTDF Collective we approach it as a difficult, ongoing process and long-term horizon, rather than a single event. This is because, in...
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Research Service, 2017) US England & Wales More guns than people: It is estimated that there are 120.5 civilian firearms (legal and illegal) per 100 people in the US in 2017 This means that with a population of 326 million (2017), there were 393 million guns Far fewer civilian firearms: It is estimated that there are 4.6 civilian firearms (legal and illegal) per 100...
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...research participants, mostly male breakers, b-boys, in their late teens and early twenties. I conducted participant observation and recorded ethnographic interviews and informal interactions, but several other types of data have been collected as well, such as recordings of public performances at jams, photographs and audio-visual materials circulating online. I also...
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...Researcher, shares his insights on the technical and creative issues surrounding the use of archive for natural history and environmental broadcasting. ...Lawrence Breen Lawrence started working for the BBC Natural History Unit in 1988 as a Library Clerk, after gaining a degree in American Studies from Hull University. Following a series of successful attachments...