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‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain
Society, Politics & Law

‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain

...course, 2003/4 marks the rolling out of the Better Regulation agenda, while this period is also marked by the 2007 financial crisis which was used, by the Coalition Government from 2010 onwards, to justify austerity – so it is likely that within this data there is evidence of both politics and economics at play. Food safety and food hygiene regulation and enforcement is...
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the report takes a strong stance that safety is best improved and ultimately assured by adopting a broader systems approach to understanding why and how failure or error occur. The basis of the systems approach, as we...
Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...courses and qualifications. The early days of pregnancy and new parenthood are often described as joyful, hopeful, and life affirming (Doss & Rhoades, 2017). A new baby can represent so many things, such as love, connection, and even a fresh start. Yet for many parents, this period also brings fear, confusion, and emotional upheaval that they never expected, and often...
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...language of a majority of Americans. If only 36.4% vote, is the US still a democracy? It all too often escapes attention that, in the 2014 congressional elections, only 36.4% of Americans entitled to vote actually did so. 63% of Americans believe that US democracy is not for them, but for others. There is only one possible explanation for such a pattern of non-voting....
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...course, 1997 I decided to launch BP on a programme of changing its business and saying actually climate change is a problem, is an existential threat and changing the way BP worked. And I gave that speech in Stanford at that time. RH: And politicians were taking it up keenly at the time, when you look back just historically, does it look like a short time ago, are we...
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...course 2010 where we are now, which was another film, the year we made contact and here we are we still haven’t made contact. Frank Drake: Well we should have. What happened was people became sceptical, particularly people who are in charge of the purse strings, of the money. And we started in the mid-1980s to construct extremely powerful SETI search systems. And this...
Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education

...courses and qualifications. Researchers have known for some time that the way employers treat their staff can have a huge impact on their mental health and wellbeing, especially around life events. Paid employment can impact health and wellbeing positively by generating a sense of self identity and purpose, the act of being in paid work itself can be seen as...
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...course, no suggestion that any of them were fixed. So, how can we go about using the evidence of unexpected losses of games as evidence that those games were in some way deliberately fixed? Crunching the numbers This area of statistical evidence has close structural similarities to what could be called “the nurse problem”. This is where a medical professional has been...