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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...class="highlight">data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey. NHS England (2023) ‘NHS Long Term Workforce Plan’, NHS England. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan-2/#references. The Nuffield Trust (2024) The NHS Workforce in Numbers. Available at: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-nhs-workforce-in-numbers....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...analysis of how grief was discussed early on in the pandemic (March-April 2020) has shown that the media focused on two main impacts of the pandemic on grief: changing socially expected practices around death (e.g. visiting dying relatives and funeral practices) and the sense that deaths from COVID-19 were bad and represent a tragic loss of life. This was particularly...
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Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...data or instructions. The instructions formed the very first computer programming language and contained concepts such as loops (which repeat operations) and conditional statements (such as IF this is TRUE then do this…), which are familiar to all modern computer programmers. There is no doubt; the Analytical Engine was one of the greatest ideas of the 19th Century. It...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...data to show our changing world, Hans Rosling: How to Compare Countries Using Statistics. 9: Plastic bags are more environmentally friendly than cotton ones [Photograph, colour. Two plastic bags next to each other, each with a printed illustration of various types of fruit.] In October 2015 the law changed and large shops in England are required to charge 5p for all...
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