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What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...changes, and much more, can be done at home and people can die at home. In the UK, people are supported to die at home, but the nature of what can be provided varies by area. Where I work, we have an excellent system for providing care during the daytime, but provision of medical and nursing care is less during evenings, weekends and at night. What should I try to do,...
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Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?

...changing the ring-fence from the whole health budget to NHS England means that large areas of health spending will be subject to cuts. At the RCM, we are greatly concerned that what the Chancellor is giving with one hand, he is taking away with another. Cutting funding for training bursaries is a ludicrous false economy that will only exacerbate shortages and escalate...
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...changing lives by making it possible for anyone to learn, anytime, anywhere, whatever their circumstances. As a registered charity, the OU also spearheads initiatives targeted at providing access to education for some of the most disadvantaged individuals in society. With almost 31,000 disabled students annually, the same size as an average university’s entire student...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...changing social relations between adults and children, shifts to more 'democratic' family structures; differentiated employment opportunities for women in the service and leisure industries, shaped by longer histories of class privilege and disadvantage; new ways for people to refuse to do what they are told. All these and more are there, even 'just' for a pre-teen girl...
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How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...change in the law in 1991 has powered their development in Italy. It's a model worth investigating, explains onthecommons' Jay Walljasper...[The Co-Op Store at Beamish Museum] A recreated Victorian Co-Op shop at the Beamish museum - but workers' co-operatives have a modern role to play as well There’s a big secret in the global economy, which the powers that be hope we...
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The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
Society, Politics & Law

The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute

...changed these women and the outcome of the dispute. Relevant Sources and Further Reading https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12174549.hospital-chaos-looms-in-dispute-medical-secretaries-to-ballot-on-strike-action-over-wages/ Accessed 27th Dec 2020 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1291495.stm Accessed 27th Dec 2020 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1313689.stm...
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‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry
Society, Politics & Law

‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry

...change beer barrels, when necessary, which meant descending a flight of stairs and leaving the bar unattended. If money had gone missing from the tills, I would have been responsible. I could also have easily been followed to the cellar, as the door to that area did not lock. Again, I felt vulnerable, anxious and unsupported by my employers. The demands for kisses were by...
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...changes of course will not affect websites that do not have servers hosted in China, such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. As usual, these major sites will continue to be blocked in the country. “If [foreign companies] want to develop their business in China, [they'd] better cooperate with domestic authorities” Jiang Bojing, an IT analyst explained to a party...
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