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The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before
Society, Politics & Law

The 'what now Wednesday' after the Super Tuesday before

...is a Lecturer in the Department of Government, at the University of Essex; Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, is Director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, part of Tufts University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...learning more about how people interact with the outdoors in this context as well as with other people. It is widely recognized that it is healthy for everybody to get outdoors. Green spaces and nature can be restful, inspiring and invigorate the senses. We know from research that spending time outdoors improves physical and mental health. However, getting out may be...
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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...learn from and develop the existing experience of a health insurance scheme for medical treatment for some of the population. And there were criticisms of the legacies of the Poor Law - the indignities of means-tested payments for those in poverty and the fear among the old and impoverished of ending life in the workhouse. But the Labour government's landslide victory in...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...was not always sure about this, describing his ideas as a ‘mythology’ at one point.) The important question this controversy stimulates us to think about, both as individuals and psychologists, however, is this: How far is it possible to study what it is to be human in a scientific way, and if we can’t do it that way, how else can we learn to understand who we are?...
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Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont
Society, Politics & Law

Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont

...learn much from their approach, gleaning the knowledge I would later need to defend myself and my colleagues. They also told me that you can always stand against bullying with truth for there is no argument against it. Challenging Bullying and Becoming a Union Rep In the early 1980s the Bridgeton depot was shut with the opening of the Yoker Depot in the West of Glasgow. I...
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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we discuss how important it is to maintain a wellbalanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age. We explore how using this knowledge might facilitate self-management and delay the...
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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...learning as lectures could be recorded. By the turn of the millennium DVDs were being sent out to students and finally AV material was fully integrated into module materials allowing students to study fully online at their own convenience. Technological ‘Goodness’ was also changing the face of sport. One of the biggest influences on sporting experiences for both...
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North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...learned to merit the “return to service of the fleet”. Most of the world’s military and air-sea rescue Super Pumas are now back in the air. The military users include the Saudis, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, China and others. Oil companies in China, Vietnam and elsewhere, are flying their personnel on Super Pumas; and national search and rescue operations in...
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