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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...class action was brought and the injustice was rectified. We are just beginning to see the potential of big data and the matching of data sets. There will be many unforeseen consequences of this new technology – both positive and negative. Statistics are developing as a result of what technology can allow us to do. There will be new and exciting possibilities in the...
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Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...classes or meditation help them. I teach my patients meditation exercises as they are easy to use in bed. Here are two very simple, but highly effective, techniques: Meditation This is simply focussed relaxation, and aims to stop you running thoughts in your mind that may be causing you stress and stopping you sleeping. By distracting you from your worries your mind has...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...English may not prove to be a permanent phenomenon. It took centuries for Global English to develop and, like Latin, it may take centuries for its influence to decline. The global linguistic future is already looking more complex. Language learners in some parts of the world are already queuing for classes in Chinese, Spanish and Arabic. Read more articles like this...
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Lifecycle of the Car Industry
Money & Business

Lifecycle of the Car Industry

...class of vehicle. Toyota, Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat, and other big manufacturers soon jumped onto what continues to be a very profitable bandwagon.The market for full size people carriers is now in its mature stage. As their share of the market dropped, Renault created a smaller version of the people carrier – the Megane Scenic. Once again other manufacturers have seen the...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...class interests. It represents little more than a political assault on the foundations of the post-1945 welfare state and the idea enshrined in the post-1945 social contract that the state has a vital role to play in reducing inequalities by providing benefits and services. Courting the super rich Instead today, across the world national state governments and...
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Article 15 mins
Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...class in terms of their emotional development?” If your child does struggle with things at school, it can also be handy to ask the teacher to focus on your child’s strengths, by asking something like “what have you noticed in terms of what my child does really well?” Because all children will have certain strengths and areas for development. For further...
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How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ability/disability) that confer different experiences of advantage/disadvantage, privilege and discrimination. [Stephen Lawrence] A watershed moment in policing in England and Wales occurred with the publication of the MacPherson Report (1999) after the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The...
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Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...class discussion there was a whole issue of racism, as well as in talk from the head about ethnic diversity, linguistic diversity and so on throughout the school, and I think that those three issues are central to thinking about childhood as differentiated. One of the things to always be the case was that people talked about children as if they were somehow unitary, by...
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