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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...social progress that has since been achieved in this state. In the fog of misty-eyed reflection, however, there is a danger that this progress can be overstated. The absence of state and paramilitary violence is of course a precondition for lasting peace and reconciliation and remains the most significant reason why the Good Friday Agreement matters. However, the economic...
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Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...social care workers. The UK has 13 health and social care regulators and 29 registers that require people on the register to meet certain behaviours and skills (in 2024). These regulators register people with the qualifications and experience to work in their profession. Fitness to Practise is a process where people can refer concerns to regulators about people on their...
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Department of the Commons
Society, Politics & Law

Department of the Commons

...by local government and encourages people to participate through voting, organising and campaigning and public assembly. Dept of the Commons is local in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, democracy, politics, participation, environmental sustainability and representation. It was launched in Naples in 2016 and is ongoing....
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Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University

...social, and political dimensions of reproduction, sexuality, and sexual health...The Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health research group at The Open University leads interdisciplinary research in reproductive choices, HIV/AIDS, sexuality & disability, the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT+) people and pregnancy & childbirth. This page brings...
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The Belfast linen industry
History & The Arts

The Belfast linen industry

...social and economic development of Belfast. The manufacture of linen was the catalyst that allowed it to grow from a town into the region's pre-eminent city. It grew most rapidly during the 1860s – by the end of the 19th century Belfast was the linen capital of the world. [Spinning wheel, spinning linen.] During the 18th and early 19th centuries, linen production in...
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Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...social and emotional learning. This article explores 'Dancemotion', a collaborative project led by The Open University...Since March, children in the UK (and elsewhere) have been dealing with a range of often strong emotions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether a child is now being taught in school (as some are) or as ‘distance-learners’ based at home, dance has...
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Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...social media is to portray vegans as humourless, as unable to take a joke but humour or at least claim to be joking rather than serious is often used in popular culture to ward off accusations of reproducing oppressive power relations. Not least of which is the oppression of other animals by humans. Framing anti veganism as humour is an attempt to stifle criticism, so...
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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...Social work qualifications. Transcript Child criminal exploitation takes a variety of forms and there is confusion about what it encompasses – for instance, does it include children as well as young people? In short, it does, because in law children are defined as all those under 18 years of age. The concern about child criminal exploitation relates to those children...
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