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Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...work led by UNESCO in the Asia-Pacific region. This work has included partnerships between academics, schools and UNESCO and these have generated valuable work toward preventing bullying on the basis of gender identity and expression. Transgender young people, and selected community-based organisations that they are a part of, have also been working hard to improve this...
What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?
Money & Business

What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?

...working population. The different colours indicate the basis used to increase pensions each year. The chart shows how policy see-saws between protecting pensioner incomes and containing cost. [Chart showing the basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings from 1975 - 2017.] Basic and new State Pension as a percentage of average earnings, 1975 to 2017....
How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...Working in partnership with nature to bring benefits to people is not new. For thousands of years, residents in tropical countries have planted greenery to provide shade and guard against oppressive heat. Rural farming communities in countries like Japan have for centuries understood that protecting the health of forests, rivers and uplands enables them to return healthy...
D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Health, Sports & Psychology

D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services

...work. They had the capacity for 350 stretcher cases and 150 walking wounded. Despite rough seas and the number of casualties, most of the wounded arrived back in England within 36 hours. It was here that nurses initially treated the wounded during those first hours after the initial assault with the first casualties receiving treatment at hospitals in the south of...
5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...worked for me and many others I've recommended them to. Plus, they link together, offering even more wellbeing benefits! Each suggestion is flexible, so I encourage you to experiment, tweak, and find the best version that suits you. So, onto my first top tip. 1 - Create an airlock [woman on a beach with arms stretched out signifying 'freedom' in front of a sunset] We all...
Street Science with Jon Chase
Health, Sports & Psychology

Street Science with Jon Chase

...working. Student It is. Student Oh my god. Student Yeah that’s how it was meant… Student You can’t do it without breaking though. Jon Chase Yeah. You can’t do it without breaking. How would you do it without breaking it? You need to lubricate it with the water, because what happens is yeah because the outside of it will slide better into the bottle. Student Oh...
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...social problems such as binge drinking, the new politics of food has a far reaching impact...Video Audio Text Commentary The humble apple, and cider, one of its most pleasurable products, tells us a lot about the new politics of food. Geoff Andrews I think in a very broad sense, the apple has become a contested political symbol of, perhaps, on one hand, rural Britain, and...
Business Bursts: Branding
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Branding

...social awareness on topical issues, which ranged from the Catholic Church, illegal arms to Africa and oil pollution. And one that particularly came to mind featured an advertisement of two young girls, about the age of three or four, with a white girl who was white as could be, blonde hair, which was in curls, pale blue eyes, sitting next to a black girl who had her hair...