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  • A ‘learning disabilities commissioner’ without a learning disability is a waste of time

    Michael Richards, Edge Hill University Calls to appoint a commissioner to look after the interests of people with learning disabilities have been growing louder since the shocking story of Ian Shaw became national news. Shaw, 34, was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year after spending nine years in secure hospitals where his condition wasn’t spotted.…

    August 9, 2017

  • Abuse of women MPs is not just a scandal – it’s a threat to democracy

    Laura Bliss, Edge Hill University Following the intense election campaign of 2017, Labour shadow home secretary Diane Abbott spoke out about the racist and misogynistic abuse she received online. Abbott revealed that she was subject to a litany of abuse on Twitter. In a recent Westminster Hall debate, she described the comments she received as…

    July 18, 2017

  • Exercise can be punishing – but here’s how to stop thinking of it as a punishment

    Andy Levy, Edge Hill University The fitness industry is said to be worth £4.4 billion in the UK alone. But, despite medical research telling us that exercise will help us live longer, the majority of people do not engage with health and fitness. Could it be that exercise is still considered a punishment – as…

    July 10, 2017

  • Feltham ruling shows youth custody fails to meet needs of vulnerable childre

    Sean Creaney, Edge Hill University and Michael Richards, Edge Hill University By placing a 16-year-old child with mental health issues in isolation for a prolonged period of time, Feltham Young Offender Institution in London breached his human rights and contravened prison rules, the High Court has ruled. The ruling came a few days after Her…

    July 10, 2017

  • Searching questions need to be asked about the Grenfell Fire

    Dr Howard Davis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Whether in the form of a public inquiry, as announced by Theresa May on June 15th, or through an inquest, offering the possibilities of a narrative verdict by a jury, questions following the Grenfell Fire need to be searching and wide ranging. Limited inquiries often neglect…

    June 16, 2017

  • In the future your ambulance could be driverless

    Keegan Shepard, Edge Hill University The revolution in driverless vehicles will make many jobs obsolete. In the US alone, it is estimated that driverless vehicles will wipe out 4.1m jobs. Truck drivers, delivery drivers, taxi drivers and Uber drivers will be out of work, and sooner than you might think. But automation can be a…

    June 15, 2017

  • The impact of a course related Holocaust visit on University students’ social relational skills

    Dr Anna Bussu, Dr Peter Leadbetter and Dr Michael Richards The concept of Emotional Intelligence (EI) was introduced by Mayer and Salovoy (1993) in the early 1990’s who define it as a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this…

    June 9, 2017

  • Google’s latest Go victory shows machines are no longer just learning, they’re teaching

    Mark Robert Anderson, Edge Hill University Just over 20 years ago was the first time a computer beat a human world champion in a chess match, when IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat Gary Kasparov in a narrow victory of 3½ games to 2½. Just under a decade later, machines were deemed to have conquered the…

    May 26, 2017

  • Voters with learning disabilities are being excluded from this election

    Michael Richards, Edge Hill University There are more than 1m people with learning disabilities in the UK and the number is expected to increase. These are people who face exclusion from society more than ever – particularly when it comes to voting. Not enough is done to enable their participation in the most basic democratic…

    May 26, 2017

  • Cannes gets an added dose of drama as Netflix makes its festival debut

    Roger Shannon, Edge Hill University The red carpet has been rolled out and the stars are taking their photo calls as the aristocracy of the film industry gathers at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for the 70th annual film festival. From Afghanistan to Zambia, film makers, buyers, screenwriters, distributors, critics, academics and cineastes bunker…

    May 18, 2017
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