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LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...research that has established that LGBTQ youth are at a significantly higher risk of homelessness (see for example Morton and colleagues’ 2018 paper). A recent estimate provided in the prestigious journal, Pediatrics, reported that between 20 and 40% of homeless youth are LGBTQ (when LGBTQ youth make up approximately 4 to 10% of the overall adolescent population). Based...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...research in the field has focused on samples predominantly drawn from LGB community events and online sources – so-called convenience-based sampling. But studies using LGB events and related websites to obtain participants are more likely to be skewed towards certain demographic groups, such as males. Because there is scant data available on transgender and intersex...
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Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...researchers and social care practitioners. The Weasleys’ home at The Burrow presents us with an image of an impoverished, chaotic but loving and inclusive family, a contrast to the perfectly tidy but completely loveless world of Privet Drive, home of the Dursleys.In the opening scene of the first book we see the orphaned Harry being delivered, as a baby, to the home of...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...researching student mental health issues eighteen years ago I was surprised to encounter a number of studies indicating that university students had higher levels of anxiety and depression when compared with young people who were not at university. Since then there have been many other studies that have confirmed that we should be concerned about the mental wellbeing of...
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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...researchers have estimated that parts of the Amazon region were occupied by millions of indigenous people before the ‘discovery’ of the ‘New World’ by Europeans which brought in disease and slavery, resulting in their decimation and current low densities). Traditional management sustains and enhances the Amazon’s ecology. The Amazon’s natural resources The...
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Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?
Science, Maths & Technology

Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?

...research on its efficacy as a long-term meat replacement would be valuable to understand. [A piece of Mycoprotein, sometimes better known as Quorn]Mycoprotein, sometimes better known as Quorn. A food for the future? So, is mycoprotein sustainable? The short answer is, ‘it’s getting there’! Mycoprotein could play a fundamental role in ensuring food security. Its...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...Research participant In my doctoral research into parental experiences of deregistering children from school to enter into home education, parents described how they lost trust in the local authority’s ability to support their children due to a lack of response to their children’s needs when they were in school. This ultimately led them to home education. They...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...research...[Two young men on a balcony] A rigid construct of how “real” men are supposed to behave leaves many feeling trapped, new research we carried out suggests. [The Conversation] While most support gender equality, the young men in the UK, US and Mexico reported feeling pushed to live in the “man box”. They feel pressure to act tough, hide weakness and...
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