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Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...writing and professional development. 5th edition, Sage: London. Brewin, C. R., Miller, J. K., Soffia, M., Peart, A. and Burchell, B. (2022) ‘Posttraumatic stress disorder and complex posttraumatic stress disorder in UK police officers’. Psychological Medicine, 52(7), pp. 1287–1295. Glick, D., Glick, G. and Stein, E. (2016) ‘The autonomic nervous system’. Basics...
Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...writing a letter to them by downloading a Freepost letter, phoning or emailing them. Sands has a web page with links to support groups, parent forums and a helpline for bereaved parents following the death of a baby. There are also resources for health professionals. References Cordier, R., Wilson, N.J. (2014) ‘Community-based Men’s Sheds: promoting male health,...
Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...Writing for The Telegraph in 2018, Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Muslim women wearing a niqab (face veil) as looking like ‘letter boxes’ and ‘bank robbers’. Fast forward to 2020, and amidst a global pandemic public health advice to wear a mask to limit the spread of Coronavirus becomes a matter for political debate, with politicians and public alike slow...
Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...writing), we will most probably lose it, quickly. Depression or other mental health syndromes do not tend to get better with ageing so the sooner we start helping our body and mind to feel better through regular exercise, the less ageing is going to adversely affect us in terms of mental health and wellbeing. As we all know, physical and mental health are not two...
Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...writing relationship between an academic and a person with lived experience. Co-creation is where people actively participate in all phases of curriculum development. Task-based involvement can include providing feedback on the curriculum, developing audio or video resources, or reviewing curriculum content for inclusivity and accessibility. Tasks should match people’s...
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...writes: The big question going into the first debate of the presidential election was whether Donald Trump would decide to tone down the cartoonish, belligerent alpha male shtick that has carried him this far. The debate gave him an opportunity to present himself unfiltered to an audience predicted to rival that of a Super Bowl, and to reinvent himself as a calmer, more...
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...writing pages and pages that are boring to write and even more boring to read! You will probably come across many new scientific terms as well as new concepts and so making notes is a good way to make sure you understand these new ideas. The next activity gives you a chance to practice making linear notes and a mind map. Linear notes are the most common form of note...
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...write down what you have understood by the terms ‘multidisciplinary’ and ‘interdisciplinary’ learning. Discussion You might have thought of something along these lines: Multidisciplinarity is where two or more academic disciplines collaborate for a specific purpose, for instance, when computer scientists, psychologists and sociologists cooperate in the design of...