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Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...become the 'serial offender' of corporate crimes with mis-selling of products like PPI and pensions?...[PPI cartoon, society matters] In the last week of February 2016, two reports were published by the National Audit Office, on the same day. One calculated that ‘Claims management firms take quarter of PPI payouts’, the other warning that ‘Pensions overhaul could...
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...become more aware of your eating habits? The ‘My Eat Well Diary’ link below explains how to use that awareness to ensure your body has the nourishment it needs for daily wellbeing and long-term health. Download your personalised planner, ‘My Eat Well Diary’. [A blue banner with the text 'hydration' with the image of a water drop] Our basic metabolic rate decreases...
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...becoming more complex to answer. ...it has taken hundreds of years to move from seeing through a lens to keeping the results.The history of looking through a lens has a surprisingly old beginning. The discovery of how to polish a clear stone, known as rock crystal, was made thousands of years ago, probably by artists looking for new ways of making decorative art who...
Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...becoming a major issue. Many people can struggle to notice in themselves when their mental health problems are more severe. This might seem surprising, but because a person can be suffering over a long period of time, their symptoms may not initially have a dramatic impact. In addition to this, even when mental health problems can be debilitating, a person may still feel...
Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...becoming too mentally or physically unwell to attend school, and the same number reported that at least one child had been excluded. A slightly higher proportion considered the move to home education had been entirely involuntary, at least in the early stages, reflecting reports from Ofsted. Concerns such as those raised by ISPEA are that many families are left without...
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...The Oxford Book of Nineteenth-Century English Verse Edited by John Hayward, Clarendon Press On Becoming a Person Carl Ransom Rogers, Houghton Mifflin Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harmondsworth / Penguin. Poem S Webster Positive News No15, Winter/Spring Home is Where We Start From Donald Woods Winnicott, Harmondsworth/Penguin. Read more articles on childhood...
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...become generally recognisable, or that if it isn’t, then it should be. It suggests, moreover, that Austen, whether you consider her as a person, an author, or a brand, can plausibly describe -- and be described as -- solid and enduring worth. It also suggests that she is a national treasure -- that the books she wrote in the front room of a red-brick Georgian house set...
Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...becoming aware of the risk of sub-concussions and that cumulative sub-concussions are the cause of CTE rather than concussions (New York Times, 2023). What are sub-concussions? Show descriptionA set of eight scans of the brain, taken from different angles Sub-concussions are brain injuries caused by low-force impacts that damage the brain without causing any of the...