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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...change is needed...“It can be terribly lonely in this journey of advocacy…” That simple yet undeniable sentiment leapt off the screen as Mel and I combed through responses to the survey we had written to gather data for our book, Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK. In that moment, we knew that what had started as a...
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Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...changed the job? A look at how the advent of the setting of standards in the education of social workers, and the regulatory framework that has been imposed from outside, has changed the job of the social worker. The impact of standards on service users A look at how the business of setting of standards feeds through to the service users. Social work in a US school A...
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Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...changing with advancements in science...[Tomorrow's World Logo] BBC Tomorrow's World has partnered with leading UK science institutions, including The Open University, to discover how our lives will be inspired and changed by science. To celebrate this, we've curated some of our most popular learning resources - from articles on whether robots should have rights, to...
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Article 3 hrs
John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation
Science, Maths & Technology

John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation

...changed the course of my life when I was just starting out as an internet developer in the early 1990s, and when I met him and went to work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I had the incredible and inspiring opportunity to affirm my first impression of his philosophy: the internet would only be a force for good if we committed ourselves endlessly to that cause, and...
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Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...change. It is accompanied by repeated claims that Scottish people are in some way more ‘left’ orientated than those living in England and elsewhere in the UK. This argument has been heavily criticised and disputed, but it remains a potent standpoint and which works to shape Scotland’s distinctive political climate. Other reflections on Red Clydeside: Liam Turbett...
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Article 15 mins
As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission
Science, Maths & Technology

As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

...change with the seasons. We need to learn about tides and ocean icebergs, to define a climate cycle and to determine the composition of the land masses – are they derived from basalt, the most common rock type in the solar system, or are they frozen ice and mud? Does Titan have a rocky core overlain directly by an icy mantle, or does it have an ocean below the surface?...
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...climate, and their potential impact on future Mars lander missions, will look at the environment on Mars. She will discuss surface conditions and temperatures, gravity, surface temperatures, and even look at the weather forecast on Mars. She will go on to look at the landers and rovers that have recently been on the surface of Mars: Phoenix, Spirit, Opportunity and...
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Care for the elderly
Money & Business

Care for the elderly

...climate of austerity this once sacred duty seems increasingly hard to guarantee. Added to this are emerging concerns of how we can support not just those who are retired but also those looking after them. This has presented new opportunities and challenges for age-old task of caring for our elders – the topic of this week’s episodes. One of the main contemporary...
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