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How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?
Digital & Computing

How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?

...as internationally famous researchers, and as lab technicians as well as professors. Clem Herman does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Halloween: What’s the devil got to do with it?
History & The Arts

Halloween: What’s the devil got to do with it?

...in an edgy world lurks behind the dressing up in costumes (even ones with devilish horns and a tail) and pretending to be spooky. So, Halloween has nothing to do with devil worship and everything to do with having fun while honouring our deceased loved-ones and remembering that the world is a somewhat tricky place to live in. Spook yourself with more ghoulish articles...
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Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...et al., 2020) and, in 2021, there were 214,256 abortions in England and Wales (Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, 2023). Except for the work done by Fiona Bloomer and colleagues (2017, 2023), in the Northern Irish context, little is known about abortion in UK workplace contexts. Abortion is also highly stigmatised and is often seen as an ethical rather than a...
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...frameworks to enforce any of the standards remains to be seen. Countries will need to select standards that suit both their economic and educational agendas. An important shift is needed so that schools can strategically select EdTech they know will help children’s learning. This article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...article reports on UK research with 99 home-educating families. Children had originally enrolled at school and been expected to remain in mainstream formal education. For example, one parent ‘assumed they would go down the same route as me and go to school and then maybe uni.’ Another believed ‘they would be supported as an individual throughout the mainstream...
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How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...America offering lie detection services using FMRI. There are also several neuromarketing companies, using FMRI to gain insights into consumer thought and behaviour. How FMRI Works is adapted, with permission, from an article produced by the University of Oxford FMRIB Centre. You can read the full introduction to FMRI on their website. Discover more content like this...
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How to read the news
Society, Politics & Law

How to read the news

...article meant to be a factual recounting of events, or is it a piece of commentary which is built around the writer’s opinion of the events? [How to read news body images EN] More and more reporting is opinion-based these day, and while there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, it’s useful to distinguish between the two. Opinion-based reporting includes the...
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Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...et decorum est pro patria mori", but if it is sweet and decorous to die for one's country, in a stuill higher degree is it to perish in defence of the eternal principles of justice and humanity, without which "The pillar'd firmament is rottenness And earth's base built on stubble" There is, too, our duty to the children, that perennial source of hope and joy, without...
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