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Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
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Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...have recommended she remain under medical supervision. The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral." Her four children, along with her daughters-in-law and Prince William and Prince Harry, travelled to be with her. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's death was announced that evening. She was 96 years old and had celebrated her Platinum Jubilee only a few months earlier....
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...law, doctors within the EEA cannot be discriminated against, but in June 2014 a new English language test was introduced for those trying to obtain the licence to practice in the UK. This led to a reduction in the numbers of doctors obtaining a licence, compared to those who registered. Number of registered and licensed doctors in the UK by primary country of...
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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...Law A. (eds.) New Labour/Hard Labour - Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry, Bristol: Polity Press. UNISON Scotland (2004) ‘Why we are on strike’: UNISON Scotland Nursery Nurses Reasons we are on strike (unison-scotland.org.uk) UNISON Scotland (2014) ‘10th Anniversary of Nursery Nurses’ Victory,’: UNISON Scotland Nursery Nurses
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...laws’! The increasing recognition of England as England, as a nation, will of course only help to further loosen the already fraught ties that bind the UK and which also plays directly into the hands of the SNP. Gordon Brown has in recent months repeatedly attacked the Conservatives for the ‘damage’ he says that this is doing to the continuation of the Union. That...
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Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
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Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...Law, Crime and Justice, 61, p. 100365. Lennie, S. J. (2022) ‘Wellbeing and Work: It’s about time.’ Available at: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/OUPolicing/index.php/2022/11/04/wellbeing-and-work-its-about-time/ (Accessed: 21 November 2023). MacEachern, A. D., Dennis, A. A., Jackson, S. and Jindal-Snape, D. (2019) ‘Secondary traumatic stress: Prevalence and...
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...law and polite society to survive. And make no mistake: they are indeed under threat in GE2017. Not because Theresa May, or the Tories, or the right in general are somehow naturally malevolent. Far from it. These values are under threat because of the issues that the present government is tapping into and the tools it is using to protect its Brexit agenda. It is in a...
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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace
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Impossible Peace 2: The bunker in the peace

...law is facing challenges due to inadequate policing resources, failure to properly address the legacy of the past, and by the continued existence and tolerance of paramilitaries - the 'blind-eye' turned and the impact that has had in communities and politics. 26 years on from the Patten Report is the right moment for a clear eye on what is working, what is not, and how we...
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...Law: Theory, Practice and Criticism, pp. 139-69. Goffman, E. (1959) The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. Mirza, H.S. (2013) ‘“A second skin”: Embodied intersectionality, transnationalism and narratives of identity and belonging among Muslim women in Britain’, Women’s Studies International Forum, vol. 36, pp.5-15. Mueller, B....
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