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After Manchester: Pause, and carry on
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Pause, and carry on

...Social Scene gig, Manchester Albert Halls, 23-05-17] The evening after the attack, Manchester's musical life resumed defiantly - Broken Social Scene kicked off their set with a guest appearance by city legend Johnny Marr. But resuming normal life doesn't mean ducking hard questions. After the horror of the Manchester Arena attack, the 2017 general election campaign has...
Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...Social scientists would caution against generalisations which, at least, are unhelpful and, at worst, harmful. Evidence on social behaviour following other mass death events suggests that some people need the support of others while, in contrast, for some the experience of such loss can be isolating. In her work on traumatic death, mass death and disaster, the sociologist...
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...social divisions and work against integration in Northern Ireland hurt deeply. But as the DUP and most parties in the Assembly have embraced the language of a shared future, and see the economic benefits of reduced duplication involved with parallel education sectors, as the largest provider the Catholic hierarchy can be seen as vulnerable to the old accusations that by...
Get your FREE human body augmented reality postcards
Science, Maths & Technology

Get your FREE human body augmented reality postcards

...work. It’s an augmented reality experience that uses your smartphone’s camera with animated 3D models of your heart, liver and brain. The experience is free but you’ll need to download a free app from a company called Zappar. You’ll also need the unique print outs for your smartphone camera to scan (see the instructions below). Here’s what you need to do… 1....
Rundblick: beginners' German second edition
Languages

Rundblick: beginners' German second edition

...Work week, and weekdays What do you do? People and their occupations A day in Berlin 3 Interviews with tourists explaining their plans in Berlin The city of Graz 6 people saying what they like about Graz Die Fuggerei in Augsburg The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing complex Das Vinzidorf The VinziDorf is a church-ran programme that takes in the homeless Stress...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...Social Security (1980) Inequalities in Health: Report of a Working Group chaired by Sir Douglas Black, Department of Health and Social Security, London. Eknoyan, G. (2008) ‘Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) – the average man and indices of obesity’, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 47–51. Elliott, E. and Williams, G. (2008) ‘Developing...
The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health
Languages

The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health

...social isolation, parenting anxiety, workplace stress, grief and loss, and family violence. For some professionals, such as health workers, the stress they experience at work is very visible to the outside world. The risks taken daily by the armies of British doctors, nurses and healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients have been starkly illustrated by a growing...
Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...Social Attitudes Survey shows the true extent of concerns about immigration. Clear majorities thought migrants were having a net negative effect on British schools and the NHS. This was an area where there was substantial agreement between people with different levels of education. Another area in which the public was even more of one mind was in their awareness that the...