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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...
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Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...data, we found that that entire correlation was driven by countries that had in place a policy by which copayments were imposed in the public sector.” That means some of the poorest of the poor need to fork over a copayment anytime they want to receive antibiotics from a public sector provider. That gives us a pretty good idea of why someone might decide to use the...
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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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Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...data CD disguised as a music disc, from which the materials were transferred to a laptop and then to the WikiLeaks servers for dissemination. The reports were widely published around the world and caused enormous diplomatic embarrassment for the United States government. Manning was eventually identified after confessing in an online chat to Adrian Lamo, who informed the...
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Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...Data taken from the Demographic Health surveys of Kenya (2014), Malawi (2015-16), Mozambique (2011), Nigeria (2018), South Africa (2016), Tanzania (2015-16), Uganda (2016), Zambia (2018) and Zimbabwe (2015) that are nationally representative Source: STATCOMPILER tables Due to COVID-19 several countries have witnessed a fall in institutional deliveries. This is mainly due...
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Article 15 mins