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A special bond: How equine-assisted services helps families impacted by domestic abuse

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A multidisciplinary research team investigates the potential of equine-assisted services for horses and humans.

For millennia, humans and horses have enjoyed a special relationship. Recent research shows that working with horses can improve human mental health and wellbeing. Professor Ann Hemingway is part of a multidisciplinary team that has demonstrated that equine-assisted services can improve outcomes for families impacted by domestic abuse and mitigate the conditions that fuel it, and believes that the benefits […]

Neoliberal traits in school curricula-instructional design: Post-pandemic opportunities for change towards the common good

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Chris Green calls for radical and systemic change in the modern educational system in schools and to update the curriculum to reflect modern views for the issue-savvy youth

Calls for systemic change to Western education systems are growing louder, following seismic social activism over the past few years and the emergence of an increasingly connected and issue-savvy youth. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education have become the trigger point for change. Chris Green, a specialist in educational reform, says it’s time to turn our backs on […]

The Wolfson Foundation: 65 years of philanthropy

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The foundation has created a special £10 million COVID-19 support fund for cultural organisations and health charities.

An independent grant-making charity based in Central London, The Wolfson Foundation has awarded some £1 billion to more than 14,000 projects in the UK from Cornwall to the Shetland Islands since its establishment in the 1950s. Chief Executive Paul Ramsbottom explains how academic decision-making is at the heart of what they do, and how they’ve adapted in the face of […]