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Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

...social housing. The changes introduced in the July 2015 budget—which lowers the cap to £23,000 in London and £20,000 in all other regions—break some of the principles behind the original policy. This could be seen as inevitable, given how few cost savings have so far been generated. Relatively few people have moved to cheaper areas and although the evidence suggests...
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Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...social media companies, businesses and advertisers compete to gain people’s attention in order to boost sales. They do this because otherwise their message or product gets lost in the overwhelming amount of information that circulates on the internet. [Three young women sitting down, all looking at one smart phone] Attention is important to our personal online...
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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...social and political conflict, creating the opportunity for socialist rebellion in the then ‘Second City’ of the British Empire, Glasgow. Making sense of this particular conjuncture in British history means locating Red Clydeside within a longer economic, social, geographical and historical timeframe, as well as in a wider global context. 1919 witnessed the outbreak...
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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...socially, to help us make sense of those concerns, we invest in ideals around how death and dying should be – a so-called good death. I’m not suggesting that there is one archetypical good death that we all strive to have. My own research about end-of-life care in England over the last 10 years has indicated that this is both impossible and also undesirable,...
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Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...social media use by police forces since the late noughties, there hasn’t been a great deal of published research into these online interactions. Online communication can be an effective way to capture community sentiments regarding police work. With the right investment, it is an exciting opportunity to allow communities and police to work effectively together...There...
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Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...social group, and was able to communicate his experiences on his reincorporation into “humanity”. Social creatures Like primates, wolves and dogs are highly social and all members of the pack will participate in the care of puppies or cubs. Wolves can also enter into friendships with animals who would, in other contexts, represent appropriate prey. An example dating...
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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...social skills were nurtured by us, and others were imitated by them. Those lifesaving dos and don’ts instructions in early childhood that all parents give are the foundation for survival and enablers of learning for the rest of life. Although such instructions if not good also do harm to a child’s development. Responding to their incessant series of questions may be a...
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A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...social networking sites prohibit hate speech, it is incredibly difficult to monitor all of their content due to the enormous scale of their networks and web applications. Even while these social media platforms have extensively been banning and monitoring hate speech, research suggests that these approaches are not as successful for particularly marginalised groups, such...
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