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First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?
Money & Business

First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?

...changes drastically and the amount to be paid no longer reflects the value of the goods to be supplied? To return to the recent headlines, Unilever, the owner of Marmite, produces a number of products overseas which are then brought to sale in the UK. If it costs Unilever, for example, 0.20 euros to produce in France a bar of soap and deliver it to a British supermarket...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...change perceptions is not new in the business world – euphemistic terms such as ‘downsizing’ ‘rightsizing’ and ‘restructuring’ may not sound as ruthless as ‘cutting jobs’ but they spell trouble for employees nonetheless. Such language practices are not restricted to business. Words such as ‘collateral damage’ and ‘rendition’ have been coined or...
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...changed clinical practice and been used for humanitarian advocacy”. Javid Abdelmoneim, chair of trustees at MSF-UK, gave me the example of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB). “We've done research that has resulted in reducing the regimen for MDR TB from two years to nine months, and having had that adopted by the WHO as a global standard.” Vickie Hawkins,...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...changing? And what does debate around this tell us about the importance that’s accorded to spelling in society in general? Since the standardisation of the English language in the 18th century, and particularly since Samuel Johnson’s dictionary was published in 1755, incorrect spelling has carried a particular social stigma. Being able to spell is often seen as an...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...change in attitudes has to do with a change in our social identity. Social identities are aspects of our personality that relate in some way to our social surroundings, for example, our nationality, the organisation we work for, or a club we are members of. People are usually nicer towards people that share their social identity (the “ingroup”), and tend to be meaner...
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Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions
History & The Arts

Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions

...changed this. When William Hume of Belfast's Cruisers Cycling Club rode a pneumatic-tyred, chain-driven safety bicycle at the Queen's College sports on 18 May 1889, he was at first jeered by the onlookers and by other contestants, but Hume's easy victories over the Ordinary riders in the bicycle races signalled the beginning of a dramatic revolution in cycling in Ireland...
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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...changes in thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with professionals and volunteers in these settings, either in conversation or through more formal dissemination of what you have come to know. What you share could be...
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Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge

...change of tone, silences, hesitations and abrupt changes in narrative. We held participatory feedback workshops with participants in Senegal following data analysis, an active dissemination approach which I found worked well in previous studies. Workshops enabled us to explore with participants the cultural nuances of recurrent phrases and emotional responses we found...
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