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Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...central to, debates about the need to decolonise institutions and accompanying curriculums. These ideals are framed by notions of inclusion, race and racism. For some this will be regarded as simply just another diversity tick-box exercise; however this is an ongoing process rather than a quick fix. There is no single definition of decolonisation, and some may question...
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What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...Central to the mentoring programme was the development of a one-to-one relationship between the mentor and mentee. This was originally envisaged as comprising six sessions, completed over a three month period. Shadowing: The second component of the programme was to give mentees the opportunity to ‘shadow’ their mentor in work or enterprise related activities. Examples...
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Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?

...central government so that they can take steps to control Tiger moth lepidopterism with the help of our diagnostic kit,” he says. A. caricae is found in the Indo-Australian tropics up to Vanuatu, and its caterpillars are known to produce severe itching, especially amongchildren, the elderly and diabetics. Anjana Mohan, a medical scientist at Aster- MIMS, said often...
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Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe
Nature & Environment

Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe

...central to EU policies and decision-making. We need a new vision for Europe. The UK is not alone in facing the challenges that arise from an increasingly globalised world, where inequality is bad and getting worse. In the 1980s, the richest 10% of the population in OECD countries earned seven times more than the poorest 10%. They now earn nearly ten times more. Coupled...
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Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...central Uganda. It works as a language of inter-ethnic communication, of wider communication and as a lingua franca. It is used in all domains: education, media and telecommunication, urban hip-hop, trading and in church. The status of English English gained its status as the language for government officials and aristocrats during the colonial period. It was associated...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...central factor in the government response to this issue. How has London adapted to the challenge? In 1953 the decision was taken to protect the city with a barrier downstream at Woolwich which could be closed when high tide was forecast. The Thames Barrier was completed in 1982. Without the barrier 48 square miles of London would flood: Southwark, West Ham and...
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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...central and waterside locations in the two cities, such as the Northern Quarter in Manchester and Salford Quays, the former docks on the Manchester Ship Canal, since redeveloped as the home of MediaCityUK. Towards East Manchester, you may have also noticed the influence of private equity group, Abu Dhabi United Group, involved in a cluster of new developments in close...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...Central, based on the recent paper by Kulp and Strauss (2019). References Blackmore, P. (2013) ‘Climate Change: causes and consequences for development’, in Butcher, M and T. Papaioannou (Eds), New Perspectives in International Development, Open University Burdett, M. (2018) ‘Societal impacts of climate change: Sea level rise’
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