Health and wellbeing
Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more
Authors of the International Journal of Care and Caring article ‘What happens when care homes close?’ explain the importance of their research at a time when care homes are facing tough economic challenges. …Read more
Richard Riddell, author of 'Schooling in a Democracy', calls for an urgent change in the role of Ofsted and a curtailment of its influence.…Read more
Jenny Huberman examines the crisis that ran parallel to the health one during COVID-19 – that of boredom. …Read more
The Media Sigils consider the value of representations of domestic violence in film when so few cases of men’s violence against women get into the news. …Read more
Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and E.K Sarter, editors of 'Understanding Public Services', consider the innovations that public services are employing in the face of multiple challenges.…Read more
Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', argue that the Spring Budget will do little to improve the situation of even the relatively well-off in society, while the underlying causes of our many crises are left unaddressed.…Read more
Jill Hemmington and Sarah Vicary welcome the increased focus on reflection in CPD for social workers making decisions about the statutory detention of mental health patients. …Read more
Vanessa Beck deplores Kemi Badenoch’s response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause (APPG) recommendations on supporting menopausal women in the workplace. …Read more
Amy Beddows considers the insidious processes of victimism and responsibilisation woven through the societal responses to Nicola Bulley’s disappearance. …Read more