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Sociological insights to help understand people’s lives and their challenges

The destructive and dehumanizing effects of racism are quite rightly receiving increased attention. In this short, introductory text, Neil Thompson welcomes this new emphasis but warns against the dangers of oversimplifying complex issues. This is an ideal book for anyone…

Neil Thompson’s Lesson for Living – Compartmentalize home and work

How to manage a range of pressures is a challenge that we all face. A very worrying (but sadly not uncommon) scenario is when we allow home and work pressures to combine to overwhelm our coping resources. An alternative strategy…

Police–school partnerships and the war on black youth

This article discusses the growing presence of police officers in British schools, under a resurgent police–school partnerships policy agenda in the ‘war on gangs’ and serious youth violence. It argues that while efforts to coordinate law enforcement and education implicate…

Guide to environmental sustainability

Awareness of climate change as a serious global issue has dramatically increased in recent years. As a result, sustainability has risen higher up the agenda for organisations and it has become increasingly important for HR professionals to incorporate sustainability into…

Four pillars to engage and support ‘hard-to-reach’ workers

The success of workplace mental health efforts depends not just on offering resources and benefits, but actively engaging workers to understand what’s available and how to access help when they need it. However, leaders often find certain workers are “hard-to-reach,”…

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