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Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...work. What can be done to solve it? (The advice could work in other workplaces, too...)...It is a stomach-churning reality that the NHS rests on bullying the people who work in it. This “endemic culture of bullying” has facilitated a growing crisis of structural discrimination and racism, staff burnout and stress, and with it a risk to patient safety. Getting a...
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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...working-class parents of these children had only dreamed of. Another nine major pieces of legislation were passed with strong support across the political parties before the decade was out. The list of legislation brought forward by Atlee's government shows that along with opportunities for access to education came a house building programme, free health services and,...
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Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...work of social psychologists Stephen Reicher and Alexander Haslam and their replication of the (in)famous Philip Zimbardo’s prison experiment. This study was later aired by the BBC as a four-part documentary entitled The Experiment. Activity 6 To explore these researchers’ links in psychology, pin all nodes associated with them. Using the links and the information...
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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...social injustice together: how early years practitioners and young children can respond to the climate crisis alongside non-human creatures and the material world around them...[Young child on a woodland path] If you work in childcare or education, it’s likely that at some point in your career you’ve grappled with recycling systems and had conversations about...
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EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. Why do research? Pause for a moment and think about this. You could think about this on your own, or you could talk to friends, colleagues in the same class, or your...
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How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...social justice. In what ways are race and racism (in a variety of forms) implicated in racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems and in social and economic inequalities in both countries? The differences in social, educational, health and economic outcomes and experiences vary a great deal in the US and England and Wales based on race. However, they are...
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The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University

...work also includes adult-focused projects that seek to build wellbeing among children and young people – so we work with children, young people, their families, and those who seek to support them, such as health advocates or policy makers. Addressing children and young people’s wellbeing in body, mind and media, the Centre currently builds research and advocacy on:...
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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...social scientists: we can change the world around us, and our treatment of it, more quickly and more significantly than we realise. Beset by wars and rumours of still worse wars, by economic, political and social implosions, by natural disasters and a climate warming faster than we can moderate our impact on it, it is easy to think that changing to a greener and fairer...
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