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Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...OU, compares his daring mission to Mars with Beagle II with Charles Darwin's epochal voyage to the Galapagos in the orginal Beagle. He discusses the parallels between the two expeditions, comparing both their scientific approach and their equipment. Darwin's professor An introduction to a museum of comparative biology at UCL in London, named after Darwin's biology...
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Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...become a millstone, especially if the company grows and the rebel’s choice becomes one that everyone makes. Ker-ching This is exactly what has happened to a series of small British companies before BrewDog that all started out as rebellious newcomers to well-established markets. Innocent Drinks is probably the best known – the foundation story tells us that it was...
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Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?
History & The Arts

Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?

...become collateral damage. In Homer’s Iliad, for example, the greatest Greek hero, Achilles, withdraws from the fighting over a dispute about a girl, and allows his companions to be butchered by the Trojans in his absence. Far from being distressed by the suffering that his actions are causing his friends, Achilles prays that the gods will make the Trojans victorious so...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...becoming homeless. The ramifications of the economic fallout of Covid-19 are slowly becoming apparent and it’s crucial that we avoid the same crippling austerity measures that led to the sharp increase in homelessness and an unprecedented wave of evictions between 2010 and this year. To prevent a repeat of that scenario, radical and meaningful policy initiatives must to...
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How a new First Minister of Wales is appointed
Society, Politics & Law

How a new First Minister of Wales is appointed

...becomes the Senedd’s nominee for the office of First Minister. However, it is possible that other names might be put forward. For example, one or more of the other parties in the Senedd might put forward their leaders’ names. Doing this is largely symbolic, perhaps as a message to the governing party or to try and win policy concessions from the Welsh Government. It...
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Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK

...become even bigger...This content is associated with The Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. With England being the host nation and Northern Ireland competing as well, the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro tournament is an opportunity for every home nation to capitalise on the growing popularity of girl’s and women’s football. At the elite level the...
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Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...become increasingly evident that the system itself highly problematic. However, the one aspect of the asylum process which has drawn most attention recently is that of immigration detention, perhaps the most widely recognised area of contention in the British asylum system. While the plethora of in-depth research on this area can be found elsewhere (see Border...
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An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...become very influential in social work since its integration in the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families (DOH, 2000, 2001). The ecological perspective sees the world as a highly complex web of interacting systems which are mutually dependent (perhaps the food chain is the best-known example). When applied to social work, human society is...
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