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Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?
Society, Politics & Law

Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?

...systems like the UK, prime ministers are appointed on the back of their ability to command a majority in the legislature. Beyond reaching the majority threshold, additional seats act as a buffer in the legislature. Their value is to allow parties to continue to pass legislation, and to govern effectively, even in cases where their own members abstain or vote with the...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...System or IELTS). IELTS Band 6 requires English skills far beyond those required for everyday participation in the wider community; essay writing for example. IELTS (including the ‘general’ IELTS) was designed to test formal ‘school’ English skills, and therefore discriminates against migrants with limited education, such as refugees and humanitarian arrivals. It...
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The dark side of American populism in the Trump era
Society, Politics & Law

The dark side of American populism in the Trump era

...system of slavery. The southern model was defeated, the slaves emancipated, and Confederate leaders and sympathisers left to mourn their project as a “lost cause”. But the culture of white supremacy was far from defeated, and radical right-wing social movements and organisations have troubled the US ever since. The most notorious group, the Ku Klux Klan, was borne of...
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John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation
Science, Maths & Technology

John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation

...systems he had devoted his life to improving. Barlow had lived an odd and adventurous life, scion of a rural political family; cowboy-poet at an American liberal arts college; lyricist for the legendary jam band The Grateful Dead; co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (a charitable pressure group); and biotech entrepreneur devoted to using single-celled...
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No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals
Health, Sports & Psychology

No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals

...systems of privilege and oppression, it’s most concerning how few texts even mention consent, and how many assume that sex equates to penis-in-vagina intercourse, often depicted by endless images of young, white, slim, non-disabled, normative male/female couples. When the panic around the messages young people receive about sex so often focuses on sexually explicit...
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Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...Office for Science https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/663885/Future_of_the_sea_-_sea_level_rise.pdf Accessed 25th January 2020 Humphreys, D. (2019) ‘Climate Change: an introduction to a heated debate’, Chapter 1, in Jehlicka, P. and D. Humphreys, D. (Eds) Environmental Policy in an International Context, Milton Keynes, The Open University Jehlicka, P. and D......
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...system. ...Transcript The Prisons and Courts Bill proposes new laws emphasising audits and league tables of prisons and a legal responsibility for both prison staff and the secretary of state for justice to ensure that prisons reform offenders. The bill was published following a white paper on prison reform, and the announcement in November 2016 of the government’s...
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A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...system formed 3 800 000 000 first evidence of life 440 000 000 evolution of first land plants 400 000 000 evolution of first land animals 3 000 000 evolution of first hominids (human-like creatures) Developments in science and technology Developments in communication 35 000 fluent human speech 12 000 first human settlements 9 000 use of stone tools 6 000 first primitive...
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