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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...sustainable support. A final thought: If communities are unable to provide support in death and dying, their dependency on statutory care provision increases. If we think about social support as something that should be a normal feature of social life, then the question becomes not one of should communities be expected to help, but rather why should communities not be...
Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and instituting reform within the UN. At the end of 2026, Guterres will step down and hand over the baton to a new Secretary-General who will lead the UN until 2032 – or 2037 if they are elected for a second term. While this may seem a long way off, the selection process is already picking up pace. The Secretary-General of the United...
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...sustained self-management are crucial for improving quality of life. Since 2019, over 25,000 members of the public have engaged with the talks nationally, and the AWPTS portfolio of resources has engaged over 90,000 people globally; our regular feedback confirms that this intervention has increased knowledge of age-related processes, attitudes to health and wellbeing,...
Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...sustain not only us, but all living systems. Designers keen to help tackle these worsening conditions might propose we need more housing and more food outlets. This may well be the case, but living systems design approaches can help us gain deeper insight and frame these conditions more imaginatively and creatively for action. You might think of food and housing as...
Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...sustain more serious concussions, have worse symptoms, and take longer to recover (McGroarty, Brown and Mulcahy, 2020). Can the effects of sub-concussions be minimised? Show descriptionAn image of the Rezon Halo As subconcussions are difficult to diagnose it is best to take a preventative approach rather than a reactive approach. In rugby, skull caps are a regular sight...
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...sustained government attention can address these issues – the point King was stressing later in his life. [The Conversation]King’s philosophy stood not just for “opportunity,” but for positive measures toward economic equality and political power. Ignoring this understanding betrays the “dream” that is ritually invoked each year. This article was originally...
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...sustained by debt-driven consumption and a low exchange rate, and Hammond has done little to address the long-term challenges. We were given another glimpse of the chancellor’s actuarial tendencies as he repeated the favoured mantra of his predecessor that he will “not saddle our children with ever-increasing debts”. However, what the country needs is an...
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...sustainable development (‘peace in the world’) As you work through the remainder of this course, you’ll explore each of these layers in more detail and consider how you might work with this model of peace in your practice. The last activity in this session will help you familiarise yourself with the layers and start thinking about how this relates to your personal...