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What is National Insurance and what is it used for?
Society, Politics & Law

What is National Insurance and what is it used for?

...change National Insurance rates for the self-employed, the OU's Jonquil Lowe explored why the proposals had proved so controversial...[National insurance form ] A tax called national insurance has become the centre of a row within Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. The recent budget announced a rise in the tax for the self-employed (from 9% to 11% on profits above...
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Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...change in the size, shape, or colour of a mole or the appearance of a new growth on the skin. The ABCDE rule (Asymmetry, Border, Colour, Diameter, Evolving) can help in identifying potential melanomas. Melanoma can present in various ways, making early detection challenging. Common signs and symptoms include: Changes in existing moles: Melanoma often arises from...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...change structures and processes that sustain institutional and individual racism?...A theoretical framework or paradigm that seeks to uncover the ways that institutional, structural, and systemic racism operate and manifest in people’s lives and in society is Critical Race Theory (CRT) (Bonilla-Silva, 1997; Ladson-Billings, 1998; Solorzano and Yosso, 2000; Delgado and...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...changes reflect increased public awareness of autism, and developments in how it is diagnosed. 5. Autism has the same rate of occurrence worldwide Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... DEBATEABLE Estimates of ‘prevalence’ vary from one country to another, but as is the case with the statement that autism is on the increase, this may be due to factors such...
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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon Allport, a Harvard academic published ‘The Nature of Prejudice’. In one of the thirty-one chapters, he discussed how prejudice between groups might be...
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Brain-inspired computing: a new paradigm for sustainable AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain-inspired computing: a new paradigm for sustainable AI

...change its electrical resistance when a voltage is applied, and it remembers that change even after the power is switched off. This is useful because: it can store information without needing constant power it can process and store data in the same place, just like a synapse. An array of memristors, if scaled properly, could run AI tasks using a fraction of the energy...
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Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...changes to Alice’s body in Wonderland, and this is not the only instance when Carroll takes a sideways look at religion. Social conventions too are challenged. Where well-behaved children were expected to be seen but not heard, Alice insists on having a voice. She asks questions that often show adult behaviour to be irrational, contradictory, and unjust; especially when...
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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...changed UK politics but it’s brought out some of the nastiness in our political life – something that potential immigrants might want to consider. Paul Cairney, professor of politics and public policy, University of Stirling The truth is we don’t know what will happen in Scotland following the Brexit referendum, even though it is tempting to say that Scottish...
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