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What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...families, whether that be for a few days, weeks, months or even years. There can be many reasons why such situations arise, for example family illness, crisis, or situations where home isn’t safe. Fostering is unique in that it combines the responsibilities of parenting with professional duties, all within the foster carer’s own home. It is a regulated role that...
What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?

...family of bacteria that includes E. coli, Klebsiella and Enterobacter. In the new study, the two antibiotics most commonly given to the preterm infants were found to be vancomycin and gentamicin, which both had divergent effects on species richness. The researchers were able to predict the direction of this effect with high accuracy, based on the sequences of bacteria...
Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...family ties. Club players and managers at the top end of the professional game are of many different nationalities across the world – and most of them will not be playing for the England team. The 2020/21 English Premier League champions Manchester City FC, for example, won the Premier League with a Spanish coach and a squad containing 12 different nationalities....
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...history with teachers marking their work as students learnt independently using books, their own research, YouTube, past papers and family or friends to support their learning. Teaching myself When we think of young people taking exams we usually think of them working with a teacher, structured lessons and being guided through the curriculum material in a weekly or...
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...history of art. In sculpture there was a move to create imaginative pieces which would appeal to the emotions: Auguste Rodin tried to capture the inner lives of his subjects. In portraiture, painters began to explore the sitter’s feelings and psychological state, and pictures of animals were similarly probing. The Romantics revered children, because they were innocent...
Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
Society, Politics & Law

Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'

...families with a history of domestic violence – showing that there is a widespread acceptance of the serious implications of domestic violence. But at the same time, while everyone seems to believe the general principle that violence against women is wrong, public perceptions suggest that they all too often let celebrities off the hook. Should we give celebrities...
People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...family members). Making music can also help people come to terms with the diagnosis and cope with their condition (Osman et al, 2014). In turn, music can provide comfort and help them maintain a sense of self as the condition progresses (Commission on Music and Dementia, 2018). However, since everyone is an individual, a ‘one fits all’ approach is not always...
Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...family moved to Holborn, where Mary could hear the screams of animals being slaughtered in the candlelit abattoirs under Smithfield. As she suffered from poor health, she was sent away for long periods to recuperate. During one memorable journey she hid her money carefully in her stays for safety; nevertheless it was stolen from her! From the age of thirteen she had...