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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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Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...courses and qualifications. [Character of Mary Shelley] Nowadays the word ‘romantic’ tends to trigger associations with love and sentimentality, but the period known as the Romantic era encompassed so much more! Romanticism is notoriously difficult to define and has been interpreted in various ways in different countries. However, it is true to say that it flowered...
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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...course (equivalent to ‘A’ level) in 2014/15, with none participating at Level 4 which is equivalent to first-year undergraduate or above (MoJ, Unlocking Potential, 2016). Recognition of the importance of education in prisons appears to have been lost (Coates, 2016). Considering that most prisoners will eventually be released back into the community at some point,...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...course, most people who love space don’t have those intentions. They just want to study the rocks on Mars or the oceans of Enceladus. But without a careful understanding of the historical and social aspects of the work we do, we could be reinforcing inequality. That would be sad, because space is a shared human … space, isn’t it? I've never met a person who hates...
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Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
Society, Politics & Law

Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette

...course, economists’ code for the higher pay which voters – and the Chancellor’s party – expect to gain when Brexit uncertainty settles. If that promise secures the government’s re-election by 2020, Ed Balls could well claim to be the ghostwriter denied a royalty. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
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How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...courses. [A photograph of a lie detector.] In a criminal trial, one thing that jurors often have to do is listen to competing accounts of events given by witnesses and try and work out which witness is telling the truth. These judgments are called credibility judgments. They often arise in trials for sexual offences, where the defendant and the complainant agree that...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...courses. ...[Ageing Well Public Talks logo]The Ageing Well Public Talk Series (AWPTS), a novel educational intervention co-produced with and for the public, was founded on the principles of the innovative model ‘Five Pillars for Ageing Well’ (5P). AWPTS is the result of a public education portfolio, developed over 18 years, and the principles of 5P consolidated in a...
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