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The rise of the Roses
Health, Sports & Psychology

The rise of the Roses

...Data collected via an England Netball impact report showed that 89% of B2N participants stayed in the scheme for less than two years with 37% progressing to playing formal club netball. Although, of those that didn’t continue with netball, 52% stayed active via other forms of physical activity (running, jogging, walking, fitness classes, gym or swimming). The B2N scheme...
Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...data also shows that many drivers who claim to support the law nevertheless continue to use their phones while behind the wheel. One survey found that more than a quarter of drivers admitted to hand-held mobile phone use, at least occasionally. So why do drivers who support the law, and acknowledge the dangers of distracted driving, still use their phones? The answer...
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...data somewhat oversimplifies the complex relationship between parental imprisonment and childhood experiences. Despite such findings, children are not systematically identified and recorded when a parent goes to prison, and they remain a forgotten and largely unsupported group. Recent research estimates that the number of children of prisoners in the UK is approximately...
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...data that’s relatively easy to get, and then what share, what proportion of the country or the audience were watching your show, whatever the numbers was, what was the share? Share is important too. I work for some programmes that we provide content for where it’s not so much eyeballs but share that they follow, they track literally every minute through the programme...
No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...analysis, then what does the government base its decisions and negotiating position on?” In this series of articles I discuss some of the psychological aspects of Brexit that should give pause for thought. Ingroups and Outgroups Theresa May has selected three extreme pro-leave ministers and positioned them in important roles relative to the Brexit negotiations, creating...
On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...analysis and evaluation of the facts. The creative culture serves to engage people from all walks of life. Seeing children drawing with oversized street crayons on the pavement of parliament square, breathing relatively unpolluted air was a sight to behold. Unsurprisingly, support from the public for the XR action has initially been somewhat mixed. The reason being that...
Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette
Society, Politics & Law

Autumn Statement 2016: Tories shift to growth strategy in an Ed Balls-style pirouette

...analysis. And when reality bites, a switch is made from taxing less to spending more on structures that can constitute a public asset as “security” for the additional public debt. Labour broke the deficit-boosting record in 2008-10 – but only after the unprecedented bailing-out of a collapsed financial sector. It had previously reduced the public debt, by moving the...
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...analysis of what linked poverty and violence both at home and abroad. While he had spoken out before about the effects of colonialism, he now made the connection unmistakably clear. He said: “I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor in America who are paying the double price...