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A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...Social Care courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of people...
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The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union
Society, Politics & Law

The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union

...socially and democratically. For all the hype around movements such as “Ireland’s Future” it is clear the dialogue is operating in an echo chamber, the outreach to unionism is minimal, the arguments for constitutional change are weak and often solely romantic. Even with the demographic changes of recent years, no poll suggests that constitutional change is realistic...
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The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...social historians. A well-known writer and broadcaster who has published widely on the history of Welsh popular culture, he is an Emeritus Professor at the University of South Wales and a member of one of Wales's most famous choirs, Pendyrus. To read more about the compelling story of Welsh male voice choirs, his book Do You Hear the People Sing? The Male Voice Choirs of...
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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...education, parents tended to view home education as young person-led and described themselves as ‘facilitators’ not teachers. Further research on this underrepresented community is needed to understand the wider experiences of the different communities within home education. Research carried out/funded by the Centre for Social Mobility at the University of Exeter....
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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...social justice affecting the livelihoods of local indigenous people, and their cultures that are destroyed through deforestation. When they protest against the continued practice of unsustainable farming, they are thrown in jail rather than heard, because palm oil businesses are protected by local law enforcers and government officials. An additional problem with palm oil...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...social aspects of the work we do, we could be reinforcing inequality. That would be sad, because space is a shared human … space, isn’t it? I've never met a person who hates space. Everyone on the planet has a relationship to space. That’s heart-warming. When I look up at the stars, I feel humble in that grandness. I am part of the universe experiencing the...
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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...social controls on a daily basis, including immigration enforcement officers on public transport and regulations within housing. To give one example, women I spoke with who lived in one accommodation facility run by SERCO said that they had been told they would be reported to the Home Office for leaving bedroom doors open that could be a fire hazard. In this way, everyday...
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Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...affect millions of people in ways that are diffuse. They generate a series of forms of victimisation and social harms. And such crimes and harms look set to continue to proliferate as the state, certainly in the UK, creates its own condition of impotence, further empowering private capital, not least pre-eminent finance capital, to construct its own rules of engagement....
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