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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...everyday situations, and may not achieve what they are capable of for this reason. 13. People with autism always prefer being alone Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE People on the autism spectrum would often like to make friends and have the company of others, though they may also have difficulties in making this happen. Hopefully you’ve learnt...
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Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...everyday… more women coming through that have the right attitude and have the right confidence,” Diana says. They are able to “stand up to their male counterparts or colleagues or peers” but “also have the right opinions, that perhaps would shock other people.” She says, in her experience, an older generation might sometimes want to “flatten these...
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Young people making their own media
Education & Development

Young people making their own media

...everyday life as a gender-fluid young person. [Brendan Jordan posing with the words Drag Queen next to him - taken from YouTube. ] Many adults find the appeal and popularity of YouTube celebrities mystifying - as youth culture throughout history has always been. For instance, young female fans of the Beatles were seen as hysterical. But young people say they appreciate a...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...everyday reality in education, the health service, the criminal justice system and politics. CRT may provide avenues to interpret and understand how racism is operating in policing organisations and new ways to address and change structures and processes that perpetuate institutional and individual racism. References Bell, D. (1992) Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The...
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The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London
Education & Development

The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London

...everyday life under lockdown, and have used the time to their advantage. For example, a number of children and young people have developed hobbies and interests over the past year and hope to use these and develop them further in terms of future careers. One eleven-year-old boy has been exploring online content production, whilst a sixteen-year-old boy has been delving...
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Race and place
History & The Arts

Race and place

...everyday interactions we interpret the clues which are given and given off and classify people accordingly. For many of us it is no longer possible to ‘read off’ identity from the same signals we might have used in the past. This poem represents a contemporary question about identity. In attempting to classify people according to where they come from we may be thrown,...
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...everyday discourse too, ‘conspiracy theorists’ are often labelled ‘lunatics’, ‘kooks’ or ‘paranoiacs’, implying that they suffer from some intrinsic psychological deficiency or dysfunction. Yet, surprisingly, little psychological research has been conducted on this topic. In fact, it is only since the 1990s that social psychologists have turned their...
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Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...English midfielder for a generation left even the arch-technocrats of Germany envious of his talent’. So while the team is stable and highly promising this doesn’t take away from the fact that any international football event carries with it huge amounts of pressure which generates an increase in anxiety and stress. These are terms commonly discussed within all...
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