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Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...mental health and the well-being of people in general. This also goes for people with learning disabilities, and for it to happen their sexuality must be acknowledged. They need support to allow them the opportunity to form and develop relationships, and they should be empowered with the tools they need to consent to sexual relationships. Hopefully, if we get these things...
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What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?

...health risks and environmental damage from mercury pollution came into effect last month (16 August), when the so-called Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. The 74 countries which have become parties to the convention so far — out of 128 that have signed — are now legally bound to take measures towards eliminating new sources of mercury, reducing its...
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The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability
Society, Politics & Law

The Social and Discursive Construction of Disability

...mental health issues, chronic illness etc., but if given the right support and if society were more inclusive, the experience of disability would dissipate. Furthermore, disability is argued as a form of oppression, or socially imposed restriction. [Disabled People's Equality - art by Stephen Lee Hodgkins] Disabled People's Equality Key moments in our movement by Stephen...
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An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...mental health services, people with learning disabilities, and people with physical disabilities, and also old people. So really, we cover a wide spectrum. Predominantly, nine times out of 10, we work on our own. We work through the night, which means that we have to prioritise work. We have to do assessments and investigations. And so there's a lot of responsibility and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...mental health topic – eco-anxiety. Remote workers and eco-anxiety Admittedly, it might seem a stretch to include eco-anxiety in an article about remote digital carbon footprints, however, this is one area of carbon accounting that can have an unexpected positive social impact. It is also an excellent example of how our global challenges are often inextricably linked....
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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...Health and Wellbeing courses People have been consuming alcohol for at least 10,000 years. And when drinking water was rather risky, alcohol seemed a much safer bet . Amaldus of Villanova, a 14th-century monk, even wrote that alcohol “prolongs life, clears away ill humours, revives the heart and maintains youth”. Today people will give you many reasons for their...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...mental wellbeing. You see people and you see young people who spend most of their lives here with no hope. If we’re talking about children within families, then there is emotional thing that they actually see their parents go through because the asylum process is not an easy process but, because of the limited resources that people have as well, they can’t actually...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?

...mental integrity”. The UK’s laws have to be in line with this – but only until Brexit. Fifteen years to the month since the death of Dolly the sheep in Edinburgh, it’s time to take this opportunity to reconsider the law. The relevant UK legislation is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (2008). Section three stipulates that it is a crime to place a human...
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