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• Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

  Emma Brice's PhD asks the question: have technological developments changed how we view and understand privacy in contemporary society? This was inspired by how we, as a society, talk about privacy and privacy loss.

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• The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation

  Sue Nieland explains why you're never too old to be political.

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• The trouble with teaching physics

  Do you find physics easy or hard to understand? Katherine Langford looks at reasons behind this.

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