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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...economic circumstances and, as a consequence, lose sight of the child. In making an assessment, the key elements to consider are gaining an understanding of the child’s need and wishes, inter-agency information sharing, and working together to monitor and assess the changing nature of risk. It is useful to reflect on a key challenge here. How is this ongoing monitoring...
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...economic terms, it is ‘central’ in terms of Irish culture. And hence, it is of central importance of the survival of Irish as a living language. Activity: Recap this series Having worked through this series, consider the construction and reconstruction of the local uniqueness and interdependences throughout these articles. Think in terms of how the historical layers...
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...on other ways to get involved go to the Tree Council: www.treecouncil.org.uk/Take-Part/Near-You. [4] This calculation is based on data from approximately 335,000 trees as the remainder of the dataset had insufficient data for ecosystem service economic benefit calculations. We are working to address this data gap. Study a free related course Read more articles like this...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...economic backdrop of steeply rising inflation. To many college lecturers it seemed that the employers were quibbling over the previous year’s pay claim in the face of now runaway inflation. During the lockdown thousands of lecturers had turned their homes into offices. They daily dealt with students’ mental health issues while developing new teaching materials and...
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...economic or political power to ambitious figures who claim to act on behalf of divine forces. When, in short, we give up our natural power and estimation in thinking for ourselves. The Leviathan For Spinoza, problems in Dutch society stemmed from the inappropriate intervention of religious power into its politics and everyday life. Instead, religion should be a matter of...
Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate
Languages

Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate

...economic crisis fail to get resolved. Brexit, on the other hand, has a far more equivocal meaning. While Greece was fighting to deal with its government-debt crisis, and actively trying to avoid Grexit, Britain’s split with the EU was the result of a pre-meditated decision. It was ‘democracy in process’, as we’re continually reminded. And, arguably, the word...
Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...economic growth is far from politically uncontested. One area where this has become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed over recent decades through the construction of new luxury apartments and speculative redevelopment, there are growing concerns over the cost and stability of housing arrangements within cities and regions across Britain and beyond. An important...
Introduction to the calculus of variations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to the calculus of variations

...economics. The materials in this course provide powerful tools which are used by practising applied mathematicians and give a deep insight into the properties of dynamical systems. Introduction to the calculus of variations consists of material from MS327 Unit 5, Introduction to the calculus of variations, and has five sections in total. You should set aside about three...