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Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...careful. These days, a typical opinion poll will involve asking maybe 1,000 or 2,000 carefully chosen people which party they intend to vote for. The people are chosen, as far as possible, to match the population of the area or country being polled, in terms of age, gender, some measure of social class, and probably other features such as work status (employed,...
My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...care and he was testing me as a Chinese teacher. I could not allow him to carry on behaving like that and I had to stop him. It wasn’t easy for me, as he started to talk about his culture. “Having a cup of tea is our English culture, Miss Yang”, he said cheekily. Having contacted his mother, the ‘tea’ issue was finally resolved, and I was very pleased with his...
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...care this new constitutional animal." Embed from Getty Images In May, the campaign was disturbed by a leak of campaign materials The normally secure printing of government materials fell apart as referendum leaflets leaked. Copies of the pamphlet putting the government case were sent to the Daily Telegraph; not realising it had a scoop, the Telegraph thought they'd been...
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...caring. Social psychological research suggests that such complementary stereotypes are particularly effective mechanisms for obscuring gender inequality – much more so than overt misogyny, which is easy to recognise and challenge. By affording scientific validation to complementary gender stereotypes, sex difference research may help to bolster enduring gender...
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...care for two women. Food was also provided at the disembarkation point and all migrants were registered by the Libyan Coast Guard. The migrants, the majority from Nigeria, Guinea and Senegal, departed from Azzawiyah in one rubber boat. Following the assistance, the migrants were transferred to Tajoura detention centre, where IOM will follow up with further assistance...
The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...care for the students, willing to see strikes run until our members are broken financially. However, despite there being no strike pay, members again stood firm, knowing that the conditions we teach in are the conditions our students learn in. The NUS was clear on that too, and supported us. So with intensive lobbying, our strikes have prompted government intervention...
How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...care of ourselves and follow the ‘Five Pillars of Ageing Well’ advice so that we increase our chances of full recovery, should we be affected by the virus and/or remain in good health and keep our physical and mental wellbeing after the pandemic is over. As we know, we start ageing the moment we are born, but it demonstrates more significantly when we reach a certain...
Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...of scenery, the splendid & strictly correct antique costumes, all taken from the best works & models, — the excellent grouping of every scene, the care with which every trifle was attended to, — made it a unique performance. There was very appropriate music, composed by a Mr Hatton. Parts were touching beyond belief, & we came back deeply impressed & enchanted....