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A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of people urgently waiting...
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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...course of the day I say I love you one or two times. Ann Mm-hmm. Owen Or more. Ann Mm. Owen I don’t put my arms around you as much as I should... Ann Aww. Owen We have a little kiss every time Ann Aww. Owen in the morning Ann That’s sweet. Owen when we get up, don’t we? Ann Sweet. Yeah, we’re physical, okay. Owen Yeah. Ann You know, it’s nice to hold hands;...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...course, this doesn’t stop others speculating that the signal may be just that. And it begs the question, how do you work out if a strange signal from space really is a message from aliens? The simple answer is that you have to rule out everything else first and only then can you think it may be aliens. As Sherlock Holmes said: “When you have eliminated the impossible,...
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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...course. Ireland and Northern Ireland still talk about her often and the people I meet there still recall the enormous impact she had on their lives, often on both a personal level, as well as on a constitutional level. Mo is also getting a fair amount of attention at the moment as the world marks the 25 year Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. I wrote a piece in...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...international community rather than Jordan, of course, but it remains to be seen what effects, if any, his recommendations and policies on ending violence towards LGBT people will have in his home nation. *Names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals contributing to this story. This article was originally published on Global Voices under a CC-BY licence...
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Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice

...course, client autonomy and self-agency is paramount. However, studies suggest that only 2-5 per cent of dieters maintain long term weight loss. Clients may not be aware of alternative approaches to wellbeing such as Health at Every Size (HAES) ™ and Well Now. These approaches advocate for a holistic approach in which food and movement are only two of a wide range of...
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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...courses (13.19%) and 8.17% used a regular private tutor for some subjects. Most people would look at my way of working and study and would not get it, I do my own thing and it works for me, but a teacher would not necessarily recognise it as learning, it doesn’t look like anything you do in school. But it makes sense to me. - Young person F To understand the differences...
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