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No place like home: Prisons and homelessness
Society, Politics & Law

No place like home: Prisons and homelessness

...community. A home is safe, familiar and comfortable. Home is a place of rest, recuperation, care and respite, something essential for the well-being of all humans. [A homeless man sleeping in a park] The prison is not an environment that can deliver the beneficial place characteristics of a home. Through inherent violations of human dignity and the fear, or actual...
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A socially engaged spiritual response to the Climate Crisis
Nature & Environment

A socially engaged spiritual response to the Climate Crisis

...community leaders. [People on narrow boats] They established their own local community-based organisations for the environmental and sustainable development movement through environmental exhibitions, music, theatre performance, Eco-youth camps, seminars, eco-farming, anti-plastic and fish seeding campaign in religious festivals, green and clean campus movement,...
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Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation
Society, Politics & Law

Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation

...communications and transparent and fair actions for all. Choice: The recognition of choice is central to notions of trust and the creation of an environment that nurtures the rights of their staff. Giving and allowing officers/staff to access opportunities fairly and have control over their work and their decisions is vital. Collaboration: Encouraging a collaborative and...
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Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?

...community mental health teams increased by 13% in 2013, and 16% in the case of crisis services. Yet more than 200 full-time NHS mental health doctors and 3,600 nursing positions have been lost over the same period. As so many of us now have access to and rely on smartphones, one increasingly popular solution to this problem is the use of apps to provide automated forms of...
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EdTech Evidence: What works and why
Education & Development

EdTech Evidence: What works and why

...communities, centring them in the design by default, and ensuring that all student’s needs and preferences are accommodated through universal design. Here, Digital Promise and its strong commitment to equity serve as a good example of how EdTech designers can empower diverse communities to surface challenges as they arise in technology use and respond to their feedback...
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Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?
Money & Business

Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?

...communication: the linguistic strategies drawn on by call centre agents to build rapport with customers. [The Conversation] I collected and analysed data from a Scottish call centre in the financial sector, combing through company documents, sitting in on training and interviewing staff. I also got rare access to recordings of customer service calls, which are often out...
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Dangoor Education
Science, Maths & Technology

Dangoor Education

...community, both from Iraq and in the UK, having been entrusted with the role of Chair of the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London’s Faith Council. He is also the promoter and funder of the UK Israel Dangoor Health Initiative, a collaborative health accelerator programme aimed at connecting Israeli start-ups in the digital health field with the UK’s NHS. These examples,...
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How should Rwanda remember the genocide?
History & The Arts

How should Rwanda remember the genocide?

...communal memorial sites during the kwibuka period. Sometimes icyunamo (time of mourning) is observed. This is the cultural practice of informal mourning that takes place throughout the night, usually around a fire. Regardless of the programme of kwibuka, each process ideally pays respect to genocide victims and works to bring Rwandans together. But not all acts of memory...
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