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Being a boy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being a boy

...contemporary boyhood, drawing on research conducted at The Open University and elsewhere...[The family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...family responsibilities while caring for loved ones – often with remarkable strength and determination. This article shares their dreams for the future, from higher education and careers to starting families and owning homes, and highlights the support that can help them achieve their goals...Click here for the Punjabi audio version of this article. South Asian young...
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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...history. It can be traced back to now-decades-old policies favouring businesses at the expense of established employee rights. Additionally, it highlights the general turn away from the need for a welfare state that was dominant in early post-Second World War era. For many, this reveals the broader ‘failures of the free market’ and the threat that that so-called...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...history of immigration law - [(1) A poster from 1902 for an anti-immigration demonstration. (2) A black and white photo of a demonstration.] Figure 2 (1) An advertisement from 1902 for an anti-immigration demonstration. (2) A demonstration in the East End of London against the Alien Act 1905. As Figure 2 shows, immigration restrictions in the UK are not new. The Aliens...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...families), addressed the inequalities in children’s education and was an early advocate of investment in high-quality early childhood settings. She saw that quality is achieved through upskilling the workforce and paying them well – a key idea behind the 2011 British government initiatives Graduate Leader Fund and Early Years “Teach First” teachers. Similarly when...
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Article 10 mins
Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...family’s standard of living, or was just completely unaffordable; this rises to 63% of single parents. Over a half (57%) of young women from low-income households said their mental health had become worse during the coronavirus pandemic compared to 49% young women from higher-income households and 42% young men of all income levels. 1 in 3 (30%) of furloughed young...
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Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...History and Social Sciences courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving to fight in the First World War, women had to step in to fill the jobs that men had left. Many of these jobs were on the railway and it had never been imagined that women would be able to do this type of work previously. Society was very...
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Article 5 mins
Danielle Martin
Education & Development

Danielle Martin

...History and Politics. Unfortunately, the environment didn’t suit me at all. I was a very shy teenager so the “traditional” university experience with its many social obligations was something I found too overwhelming.’ She’s a busy mum (and soon to be even busier with another child due) and therefore enjoys ‘the independent and flexible learning’ on offer as...
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