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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...law, the girl’s always right when it comes to the child,” said another. Most of the young men in our focus groups claimed to be tolerant towards homosexuality – “you wouldn’t discriminate against a gay person” – while recognising that prejudice still exists in wider society. However, sexuality was clearly a topic that some found difficult to talk about in a...
What is National Insurance and what is it used for?
Society, Politics & Law

What is National Insurance and what is it used for?

...law be provided with “statutory payments”, such as sick pay and maternity pay. These statutory payments are not paid out of national insurance, but directly by the employer – although small employers can claim back some or all of the cost from the state. Employers often choose to run their own sick pay and maternity schemes that are more generous than just the...
How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...law. Violent extremism or terrorism is the taking of violent actions to bring about ideological, political or economic change in society in line with the group/individual beliefs. Examples of terrorist groups include Al Qaeda, ISIL and Boko Haram. Many factors have been identified as to why people join extremist groups. There are push factors, that is conditions that lead...
Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...law and brave London’s mockery”. But if exercise is degrading why, as every year goes by, are there more runners? Not to be mocked The answer is that you only have to put on a TV to see that sport is respected worldwide, but exercise is not revered in the same way. And I think that running is popular because it has its feet in both camps of sport and exercise. It is a...
The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
Society, Politics & Law

The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone

...law firms is on fee earning, growth and productivity. Well-being is therefore viewed as irrelevant. For example, practitioners have told us that there is of culture of “you have got to get on with it” when dealing with stressful or emotionally demanding work. Some have suggested that there is a stigma within the profession with regards to mental health and that...
On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...Laws, he suffered 90 days in solitary confinement - over and over again), and Steve, an ANC man, who risked his life whenever he returned to his country. We went to seminars in Southampton and met the quietly spoken lawyer, Albie Sachs. The South African regime blew him up with a car bomb in 1988, but he survived to become South Africa’s chief Justice minister after the...
‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...law, carers and students. They shared their challenges in shifting between these identities and fulfilling the associated responsibilities. However, they showed confidence in their identity and abilities to do this. Their narratives also affirmed existing evidence that Asian students experience greater isolation in their study experiences – one participant had never...
The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...law? Many such writers describe belief in conspiracies as manifestations of ‘paranoia’, ‘anxiety’, ‘fantasy’, ‘hysteria’ and ‘projection’, or as fulfilling a profound psychological need for certainty in the precarious (post-)modern age. In everyday discourse too, ‘conspiracy theorists’ are often labelled ‘lunatics’, ‘kooks’ or...