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Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India

...course of his career, Dr. Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah wrote about 27,000 postcards to patients and acquaintances. Most of them explained preventive health care practices, like washing hands and boiling water. The postcards were intended to help thousands of people who couldn't afford or easily get to a physician. In an interview with the Indian journalist Rahul M, Dr....
Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?

...find a charismatic successor. If Trump stumbles enough to reveal a weakness, and his supporters are willing to see it, this particular anti-establishment movement could disappear and more quickly than one might think. Unless, of course, they find someone who can step into Trump’s shoes. This article was originally published by Sociological Images under a CC-BY licence...
Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...course it hasn’t worked. It didn’t work in the 1930s and after 6 years of austerity it has finally been abandoned as the overarching policy goal. But what it has left behind is a legacy of increased inequality by region and income class. An obvious scapegoat is excessive immigration, and this in my view is what has driven the Brexit movement in England. The situation...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors have I used? – Over the...
Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...courses [banner of the EIS, purple background with EIS in white edged in red]Founded in 1847, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teaching union in the world. As the largest teaching union in Scotland, the EIS represents more than 60,000 members across all sectors of Education. The video, ‘Recording Women’s Experiences and Resilience during...
Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...course, in the real world, social workers would be able to ask further questions before coming to a decision. Obviously, that's not possible online, but we've tried to give you enough information to make an informed choice. This activity uses JavaScript - a feature included in most recent web browsers. If the activity doesn't work then you should check that this feature...
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...course of production of ‘good’ food as well. How has the environment fared where one’s breakfast cereal was grown, meat reared or fish harvested? Often the cost in terms of biodiversity (not considered by many a consumer) can be very steep. One could consider forests cut to prepare the farmland, many innocent pollinator species killed by applied pesticides or fish...
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...course of his research, Ronson met up with Trevor Beattie, who mused about what this might mean for all of us: I am at a table towards the back of the hangar, listening to the speeches with future astronaut Trevor Beattie. He's the working-class Birmingham boy who made his millions as an ad man – famous for Wonderbra's Hello Boys posters, and French Connection's FCUK...