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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...study is essential: Having been through the awful situation of watching my daughter die in A&E [Accident and Emergency] I was keen to understand why the experience proved to be so disturbing. Therefore, I fought to persuade those who would listen to see if a piece of work could be undertaken to enable us to identify shortfalls in the system. If we were able to do so,...
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Is the blue plaque scheme still relevant?
History & The Arts

Is the blue plaque scheme still relevant?

...Studies expert Laurajane Smith has argued that heritage shouldn’t been seen as something that’s ‘done or “saved”’. Instead, it’s better understood as ‘a process, practice or performance activity [that’s] tied up with the activities of remembering and commemoration that used the past to help make sense of the present’. It’s in this context that blue...
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Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...we as a society are becoming more willing to confront and challenge the harms that other animals experience. References Cole, M. (2014) ‘“The Greatest Cause on Earth”: The historical formation of veganism as an ethical practice’, in N. Taylor & R. Twine (eds) The Rise of Critical Animal Studies – From the Margins to the Centre, London: Routledge, pp. 203–24....
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10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...Studies have found a link between heavy social media use and an increased risk in depression, anxiety, loneliness and self-harm. Take time to notice which accounts have a negative impact on your mood and unfollow them, avoid social media use an hour before bed and when you first wake up in the morning. Article: How to manage the digital-related stress of technology 8:...
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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...studied death and experiences of dying while working with terminally ill patients. She identified five stages of grief and loss in her research and found that each individual who went through grief and loss did so at different paces but that the emotional journey was the same for everyone. The loss of work and employment has been seen to follow the same pattern of grief,...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...studies. Open Justice provides opportunities for OU law students to engage with their communities in a variety of different ways including providing public legal education opportunities in schools, in prisons and in courts and through the delivery of free legal advice in our virtual law clinic. The Open Justice Centre has developed a range of projects that help people who...
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Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

...studying for a Professional Doctorate (EdD),in order to amplify the voices of others and to drill down into the origins of these hair policies. I want to inform educators and provide tools for families who may encounter this issue. We organise a parent support group in association with WAD to support other families and we will continue to collaborate and persevere until...
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...study of “the world as provincial middle class people saw it” places women at the centre not only of domesticity, but also religion and enterprise, the foundation pillars of the British middle classes in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. While the BBC programme explores cultural and material histories, usually in relation to costumes of display, the stories they...
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