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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...courses Accessing face-to-face counselling can be difficult.However, many people have been found a different kind of therapy very valuable: Walking Therapy. You may also like to listen to our podcast here. Two things come to mind when we think of walking and outdoors: both are immensely beneficial for our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Both are also immensely...
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,...