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Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...social mobility cartoon, society matters] The prime minister has pledged to double the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education by 2020. David Cameron has signalled an all-out attack on poverty and has thrown down the gauntlet to universities to deliver on social justice. He will be aware that many universities already have a proud...
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Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...Social Sciences courses Background[GMB scotland banner stating fair pay for covid heroes]Working in already incredibly difficult circumstances, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing issues around chronic low pay, poor terms and conditions, cost-cutting, and increasing privatisation in the care sector. This has been well documented by the Scottish Trade Union Congress...
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Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...social comparison plays a role in work burnout. For millennials, social competition and comparison are continually reinforced online, and engaging with this has already been shown to be associated with depressive symptoms in young people. Even if you avoid social media, using technology and going online can be physically and emotionally exhausting. Excessive internet use...
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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

...work, we have a set of expectations about how and what our employment relationship will be with our employer and colleagues, added to our employment contract. This is what psychologists call a psychological contract (Rousseau and Tijoriwala, 1998). These unwritten expectations form the employer-employee relationship and constantly changes. Based on informal arrangements...
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Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...work uncommonly well, too. An hotel manager told me this yesterday. These "clodhoppers", he says, are natural waiters. After a very few weeks experience they are perfectly capable of acting as assistants to older waiters and even, in a rush, of attending upon casual customers themselves. Their only fault is they are clumsy. They smash a lot of crockery, but then, as they...
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Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work

...work. This article should help you to identify which ones are most important to you...Values and cognitive dissonance Values are simply the things that are important to us, in the way we live and work: the characteristics and behaviours that motivate us and guide our decisions. They ‘should’ determine our priorities and, unconsciously, often tell us if our lives are...
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Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...work being surrounded on the one hand with supportive colleagues and yet, by a lack of empathic individuals on the other. There are also situations in which a bereaved colleague feels that they are silenced by others which we will address in due course, so what of the bigger picture? The bigger picture [Social distance in the office illustration] Bereavement is one of the...
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A new union flag
History & The Arts

A new union flag

...founder of SEAS – Socially Engaged Art Salon in Brighton. He works in various media including photography, print, painting and mix media installations. Most of his work is socially and politically engaged. His work has been exhibited in private and public galleries and museums in the UK, Europe and the Middle East; and several of his works are ......
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