2,083 search results
How to read the news
Society, Politics & Law

How to read the news

...social media. You may even want to think about any preconceived ideas you have about the author, and whether these are likely to affect how you interpret the article. With respect to publishing organisations, from newspapers to social media accounts, it can be useful to look at who funds them, and what this funding or governance is likely to mean for the perspective...
View article How to read the news
Article 5 mins
How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...social mobility and income security are much greater as a result. These countries tend also to have rather homogenous societies and the evidence is that in many situations people prefer being with others like themselves. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the list are a variety of countries which are less homogeneous but nonetheless either war-torn, close to being destitute and...
View video How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Video 5 mins
London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Society, Politics & Law

London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago

...social housing, which made headlines for targeting the hipster Cereal Killer Cafe in Brick Lane. This is an era of severe shortages in social housing, aggravated by Tory plans to extend the right to buy scheme to housing associations. We have seen staggering increases in the costs of private renting, dwindling owner occupation and of course the bedroom tax. The London...
View article London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Article 15 mins
Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...social and practical support, and society’s negative and stereotypical attitudes. Although attitudes are changing, it is evident that some caregivers still hold these negative perceptions, which include the belief that people with learning disabilities are asexual or “childlike”. Not only do these beliefs hold people with learning disabilities back from...
View article Everybody's looking for love
Article 5 mins
10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...social media boundaries [person holding phone with social media icons displaying] Studies have found a link between heavy social media use and an increased risk in depression, anxiety, loneliness and self-harm. Take time to notice which accounts have a negative impact on your mood and unfollow them, avoid social media use an hour before bed and when you first wake up in...
View article 10 tips to beat the January blues
Article 10 mins
Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...social organisation that has the purpose to legitimise and promote particular ways of living, types of knowledge and forms of relationships. An institution could be any such organisation, ranging from schools to prisons, from record labels to dance studios, from museums to universities, or from grassroots activist groups to the state’s global soft-power politics....
View article Hip Hop and the Institution
Article 5 mins
Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...social power associated with it. Within most countries, the standard language of that country is the variety of language that is associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, among other things. Despite the ‘standard’ part of the term; the English language in both spoken and written form comes in a variety of arrangements...
View article Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Article 10 mins
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...social media use as a result of lockdown changing the way that children form relationships? How is technology changing the way that children think, and how will it shape education as children begin to take up schooling again? This exciting new free course pulls together the latest evidence from experts in the field to explore these and other questions. Join us as we delve...
View course Childhood in the digital age
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs