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Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...projection for example. You could see how that's happened on the whole national level and over the Brexit issue where we've projected all our fear of the future onto Romanian guest workers. Asa Bennett When you look at something like Brexit it does make sense of why the accusations of lying fly around because the stakes are so high and this is such an important process...
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...managed to buy a single meal for his family along the way. More importantly, it was very difficult for people like Pintu and even the scrap buyers to get the new 500 and 2,000 rupee bills issued to replace the eliminated notes. The chain had been damaged: With cash in short supply everywhere, scrap buyers couldn’t pay the collectors, who in turn had more trouble...
How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...out in more local settings – at my own university in 1966, Peter Lloyd, catering manager at the newly-established University of Warwick, averted a protest over the cost and quality of food in the student canteen by lowering the price of sausages by one penny. Let them eat sausages. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...managing their own feelings of being ‘an unwanted guest’, while at the same time believing that engagement is achievable, as is change in the parents. Discussion reflects some of the personal challenges of working with those who find change very difficult and the tension between believing in the possibility of change but being realistic about what can be achieved and...
Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...management will need to adjust. Importantly, and as you will see, although my analysis identifies four categories, the effects of leaving the EU will not be so clearly divided in daily experiences of health care practice. Four key areas that need consideration in the light of Brexit are: Education of health care professionals Regulation of health care professionals...
STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...managing change in broad-ranging professional contexts through two initiatives in 2021; whose resources are on this STiP Hub: a series of 8 webinar events that began in April a series of 10 audio podcasts originally recorded in August/ September involving one-to-one conversations with ASTiP Associate, (Emeritus) Professor Simon Bell Celebration 1: Webinar series Starting...
What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...manage both their opportunities and risks, notwithstanding good practice in deliberative policymaking, including with children. Thus their understanding of their online privacy is not taken into account in these debates. On the bright side, this long-standing complaint is being rectified, for the first author has just been awarded a grant from the ICO to research exactly...
For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists
Health, Sports & Psychology

For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists

...Management. Long-lasting effects I recently conducted a study that examined hospitalizations among older adults after a 2011 tornado outbreak that spawned hundreds of tornadoes throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, resulting in over 300 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. Using claims data from Medicare and connecting it with geospatial data from...