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A blog post from , Emeritus Professor in the School of Health and Social Studies.
Social workers around the world are being invited to celebrate World Social Work Day on 19 March under the banner “Promoting Social and Economic Equalities”, taken from the Global Agenda (2010). Such a call to arms is sorely needed in the face of the growing influence of neoliberalism on global social work, an influence manifested in marketisation, consumerisation, and managerialisation...
Guest blog on The Victorian Commons by the Department of History's .
This question appears straightforward. Many would point to the Representation of the People Act in 1918 which extended the parliamentary franchise to women over 30 years of age. Others may cite the Municipal Franchise Act of 1869 which enabled female ratepayers to vote for local municipal councils (although a court case in 1872 restricted this right to single or widowed women). In fact, women had the right to vote and to hold office in a range of local and parish institutions from their foundation...
Apprenticeships are more beneficial to employers and employees than any other vocational training programme. Our research, conducted over the past 15 years, reveals employers who invest in Apprenticeships value them highly with respect to what they deliver to the workplace.
Professor of Economics Mark Harrison asks whether rational pessimism will lead us into another world war.
A blog post from Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 神马福利影片:
Fascinating things are going on in the world of representation. It used to be that communicating through symbols was a straightforward task. It involved what were usually relatively distinct domains: writing, drawing, painting, sculpture, music, or performance.
But now that is all changing as a result of digital production and distribution. Over the last few years, each art form has begun to bleed into the others...