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Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative
Society, Politics & Law

Making a difference: Janet Cassidy's life as a union representative

...change if women are to continue to play an equal role in the union. Janet has tried to encourage other women to take part in union activities and as well as encouraging myself and others to attend conferences, go on union courses and be more active. As a single parent, it was hard when her children were small and she had to rely on her parents for childcare support during...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...changed the pattern of strikes to lessen the impact on students and themselves by slowing the pace of strikes with a new focus on ‘digging in’ (EIS.org, 2022c). On 12 May 2022 lecturers, joined by sympathetic MSPs, the National Union of Students and fellow trades unionists, lobbied the Scottish parliament to campaign for a political solution to the stalemate....
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...changes. Throughout his short life, his philosophy tried to combine the latest developments in scientific understanding with an emphasis in using philosophy to live together harmoniously. Despite living in a relatively liberal society, Spinoza was concerned about his safety and that of his friends to continue publishing their philosophy. As a young man, he was reportedly...
What is trauma?
Society, Politics & Law

What is trauma?

...change over time. Rape Crisis England and Wales explain that some victims may feel: angry/‘moody’ ashamed/‘dirty’ embarrassed/humiliated guilty/like they’re to blame unable to trust lonely/alone numb worthless hopeless stressed fatigued low/depressed/suicidal upset overwhelmed can’t cope ‘slow’ – mentally/physically groggy/foggy/‘spaced out’...
What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...change in language, behaviour, and policies so they are appropriate to trauma experience, and actions taken will aim to resist retraumatisation (SAMHSA, 2014, pp. 9–10). These assumptions apply to individuals and the wider organisation in which they work. Being TI means that you will have a set of values that inform your interactions with others: enabling people to feel...
Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...changes in the orbit of satellites around planets. The FINDER device used the property of analysing weak signals to detect heartbeats trapped under wreckages. Another example of space technologies for sustainable development is the use of satellite imagery to map informal settlements in the Global South. Public services, such as sanitation and roads, have often been...
A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...changed? More data on that would be wonderful. Rachael: There’s so much we don’t know about the structures of these icy moons that I hope JUICE will give us the chance to understand. Grace is interested in surface processes and I’m interested in ocean floor processes but there are structures we just don’t understand yet – such as do they have rocky cores or...
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...Changes in dispositional empathy in American college students over time: a meta-analysis’. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, pp. 180–98. Nettle, D. (2005) ‘What happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama’. In J. Gottschall and D. Sloan Wilson (eds), The Literary Animal (pp. 56–75). Evanston, Il: Northwestern...