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I don’t want to be a downer because spring is springing and life certainly does feel a lot more normal than it did a few months ago. But, two years on, I can’t shake the feeling that we’re moving out of the pandemic without really talking about the residual traumas it has wrought on our social and emotional lives.
A new survey from the King’s College Policy Institute is doing just that, though. It reveals that a third of people say they are lonelier than they were before the pandemic. Nearly half are seeing friends less and leaving home less. People feel different and not in a good way. It’s sobering reading but a good reminder that we are still in recovery mode.
Also today, with the government proposing yet more changes to the student loan system, would a graduate tax be better? And why people really do want your feedback.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Bobby Duffy, King's College London
A third of people say they’re lonelier and sleeping less well. Many feel life will never return to normal.
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Angus Holford, University of Essex
A graduate tax would remove the language of debt from the system.
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Pam Birtill, University of Leeds
People tend not to provide constructive feedback – even when it would help the other person.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Massimo D'Angelo, Loughborough University
If talks succeed in ending the violence, it would cement Turkey’s role as a key regional power broker.
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Christoph Bluth, University of Bradford
The policy introduced the chilling concept of ‘escalate to de-escalate’.
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Politics + Society
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Irene Zempi, Nottingham Trent University; Amina Easat-Daas, De Montfort University
Ignorant assumptions about what the headscarf means fail to recognise how integral it can be to a woman’s identity.
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Jeremy Williams, UCL
Governments acted swiftly to reduce homelessness during the pandemic. Their actions could tell us how to end it permanently.
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Michaela Benson, Lancaster University
It has been a hugely controversial bill - but some of the proposals will actually help certain communities fighting for British citizenship.
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Health
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Matt Cotterill, University of Leeds
Embryo glue and endometrial scratching are just a couple of the add-on procedures people can choose from.
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James Brown, Aston University
Melatonin may play a role in protecting people who have had a heart attack, but the evidence is still unclear.
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Business + Economy
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David Bailey, University of Birmingham; Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath
A month when the cost of living crisis will be harshly felt.
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Arts + Culture
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Serena Dyer, De Montfort University
Depicted as a restrictive and painful undergarment, the corset is often depicted as a symbol of women’s oppression in period dramas.
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Science + Technology
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Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol
The first sabre-toothed cat-like predator was not much larger than a bobcat, but it had long teeth and a strong jaw to cut through thick skin.
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