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‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...a first-class honours degree. Our findings challenge the stereotypes and deficit assumptions that arise from the analysis of data around South Asian students. Our scholarship celebrates the achievements of our participants and demonstrates the academic resilience of South Asian women and how they cope with the demands of their multiple roles and associated challenges....
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The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...class to talk about physics, so there appears to be environmental factors too. The relationship between ‘nature’ (an individual’s genetics) and ‘nurture’ (their environment) is complex. For example, someone who has genes that make them tall (nature) or a parent who is keen on basketball (nurture), may have an advantage when playing basketball. This may make them...
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Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Health, Sports & Psychology

Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond

...class and gender affect particular aspects of African-Caribbean women’s health. Dr Roiyah Saltus is a research fellow at the School of Care Sciences at the University of South Wales. Since joining USW in 2002, she has led teams of researchers and collaborated with colleagues across the UK on a wide range of studies and scholarly activities, a key aspect of which has...
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What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...classes due to their caring responsibilities. At times, they found it difficult to do their coursework and prepare for exams. Where to get support The young people in our study were all receiving support from a young adult carers service. Unfortunately, there are many more young people who are caring for family members but are not receiving such support. If you are a...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...classed as a ‘learning difference’ or ‘neurodiversity’ means that people can assume it is about the brain and therefore primarily impacts the brain – but what about other parts of the body? Here, we explore four examples of how ADHD can also impact someone’s body and reflect on these in relation to school and workplace accommodations. These examples are taken...
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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...des Beaux Arts). These subsequent versions of the myth may on the surface depart from Ovid’s narrative, and you should note that the poem is actually reacting to the painting in the first instance, and is, therefore, ‘once removed’ from Ovid. If you already have some skills of visual analysis or feel comfortable with literary critiques of twentieth-century poetry,...
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The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981
Society, Politics & Law

The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981

...Class Movements Library in Salford, demonstrate that they had received this advice early in the dispute, and their legal advisors believed the sit-in was legal. After the workers had been in occupation for six weeks, the union finally relented, and asked for a formal ballot to be cast among the workers; 97 per cent voted in favour of continuing the dispute. Despite...
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Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...class loyalty was on the rise, the Edwardians used imperial propaganda to create a sense of nationalist pride.The period around 1890 to 1914 saw several statues erected to imperialists, including Bristol’s Edward Colston (1895) and Oriel College’s Cecil Rhodes in Oxford (1910). By then, British imperialists had lost their swagger abroad and were nervous of the threat...
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