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Is the blue plaque scheme still relevant?
History & The Arts

Is the blue plaque scheme still relevant?

...history of the people who’ve shaped the culture. The scheme that Ewart started back in the 1860s is now run by English Heritage. Of the 990 plaques they’ve put up over the years, 85% of them commemorate men and only about 4% are for Black and Asian people. In an interview for our project, Tony Warner, the author, historian, and founder of Black History Walks, pointed...
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Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...families. The Hospital team follow staff at St Marys as they respond health care needs - which might not be best suited to time spent at A&E...Carl & Patricia 75-year-old Carl's dementia has dramatically worsened and his family take him to A&E after he becomes aggressive at home. Patricia, his wife of 25 years, looks after him without the help of carers, but is reaching...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...family and community, and those who have moved away for work may return home to their families; nowadays people may also go away on holiday at this time. It begins when the new crescent moon is first seen. Though usually referred to as the ‘lesser Eid’, the Eid al-Fitr often has often been more prominent than the Eid al-Adha because of the demands of the Ramadan fast...
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Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...history of research into the treatment of diabetes and how patients can manage the condition by modifying their behaviour. Care at home - Ann's story Scene 1 Ann, her husband and daughter live with her father Angus, who has Parkinson's Disease. Caring for him is taking up an increasing amount of her time and emotional energy. Ann's story Scene 2 Ann bears the brunt of her...
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Audio 2 hrs 14 mins
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...History Unit Radio. I also do a lot of other freelance work outside radio, outside the BBC. How I got started… Interested in the natural world, very definitely. I used to go for long walks in the Peak District with my dad and we always took a geology hammer and one day we broke open a piece of limestone and inside was a shellfish, just beautifully preserved, a whole...
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The Internet at 40
Science, Maths & Technology

The Internet at 40

...history of the future - the origins of the internet'. He explores some of the key moments in the short but spectacular history of an extraordinary phenomenon, the people who made them happen, and some of the problems that have emerged. The album also features archive interviews with Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, Donald Davies and other pioneers of the internet age, recorded...
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Audio 1 hr 33 mins
Understanding Social Change
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Social Change

...family and work, the balance of state and individual. Welfare - who's responsible? Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute. Work - who does what? Shift in kinds of people working and work they do. Does ‘flexible’ employment mean more insecure employment? Consequences of opening up the market to global competition....
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Audio 1 hr 15 mins
Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

...families Applying social work law to asylum and immigration In An introduction to social work law you will learn what social workers do in their day to day practice with people. You will explore the importance of social work values and consider the challenges of applying these values in practice. In Social work law and UK regulation you will learn how the law is made...
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