This study aimed to explore the allocation of family work among male carer/female breadwinner couples in comparison to traditional couples, in an attempt to identify the most change-resistant aspects of gendered family roles. A sample of 236 parents with children from birth to 5 years old completed extensive questionnaires about their…Continue Reading Doing and undoing gender in male carer/female breadwinner families
Month: October 2019
How Does Variation in the Body Composition of Both Stimuli and Participant Modulate Self-Estimates of Men’s Body Size?
When measured in units of body mass index (BMI), how much variation in men’s self-estimates of body size is caused by i) variation in participants’ body composition and ii) variation in the apparent muscle mass and muscle tone of the stimuli being judged? To address this, we generated nine sets of male CGI bodies representing…Continue Reading How Does Variation in the Body Composition of Both Stimuli and Participant Modulate Self-Estimates of Men’s Body Size?
Fear-Related Signals in the Primary Visual Cortex
Neuronal responses in the primary visual cortex (V1) are driven by simple stimuli, but these stimulus-evoked responses can be markedly modulated by non-sensory factors, such as attention and reward [1], and shaped by perceptual training [2]. In real-life situations, neutral visual stimuli can become emotionally tagged by experience, resulting in altered perceptual abilities to detect…Continue Reading Fear-Related Signals in the Primary Visual Cortex
The Rise of Character Education in Britain
What is character education? Why has it risen up the political agenda in the UK in recent years? And what does it mean in pedagogical practice? This book addresses these questions, challenging the individualistic and moralistic ideas underlying the clamour amongst politicians, educators and authors to promote ‘grit’, ‘resilience’ and ‘character’ in schools. Closely examining…Continue Reading The Rise of Character Education in Britain
Academic Fellows in Parliaments: Impact, Lessons and Challenges
Parliamentary Fellows on the Political Studies Association (PSA)/House of Commons Fellowship Scheme (also launched in November 2016) hosted a workshop in the House of Commons on 16 November 2018, together with Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) staff. The purpose of the workshop was to inform an evaluation of…Continue Reading Academic Fellows in Parliaments: Impact, Lessons and Challenges
Care(Less)
Originally posted on HARG by Claire Markham Care(less) is a new 360° film work by artist Lindsay Seers. Using a combination of lens based and digital 360° images, viewed within a virtuality headset, Seers explores the hallucinatory and embodied effect of VR. In this, her first work using virtual reality technology, visitors can experience what…Continue Reading Care(Less)
How Public Engagement Became a Core Part of the House of Commons Select Committees
This article explores the role of public engagement by select committees of the House of Commons. It shows that committees’ public engagement activity has been transformed since 1979, when departmental select committees were introduced. We start by outlining the different elements of public engagement, showing that it entails a wide range of types of activity…Continue Reading How Public Engagement Became a Core Part of the House of Commons Select Committees
Masculinizing Care? Gender, Ethics of Care, and Fathers’ Rights Groups
This article contributes to theoretical debates around caring masculinity, especially attempts to integrate feminist ethics of care with masculinities scholarship. I apply ethics of care and masculinities theories to an illustrative case study of fathers’ rights group (FRG), (Real) Fathers 4 Justice, who, I argue, employ aspects of care perspectives framed as a “new man/new…Continue Reading Masculinizing Care? Gender, Ethics of Care, and Fathers’ Rights Groups
Comparison of individual and group-based load-velocity profiling as a means to dictate training load over a six-week strength and power intervention
PURPOSE: To explore the effects of two velocity-based loading methods over a six-week strength and power intervention in resistance trained males. University of Lincoln, College of Social Science Research Harry Dorell, University of Lincoln, School of Sport and Exercise Science Joseph Moore, University of Lincoln, School of Sport and Exercise Science Thomas Gee, University of…Continue Reading Comparison of individual and group-based load-velocity profiling as a means to dictate training load over a six-week strength and power intervention