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RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...2. A local vision for schools With the demise of LEAs, many schools will be run by multi-academy trusts (MATs) – chains of academies run by the same sponsors. Many trusts operate a number of schools, sometimes in different local authority areas. Some may know more about the local community than others. The only answer the Department for Education has for
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How do we solve the social care funding problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do we solve the social care funding problem?

...2 billion; she’s promised an additional £8 billion for the NHS. In the absence of affordable insurance products to cover potential care costs of hundreds of thousands of pounds – whether at home or in a care home – the only fair solution is to pay for this small element of care the same way as the NHS, through income tax. If people with more valuable property are...
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How good were the pollster's predictions?
Science, Maths & Technology

How good were the pollster's predictions?

...2 chance (an implied probability of 15.4%). Only the Almanis crowd forecasting platform expressed any real doubt, putting the chance of a Conservative overall majority at a relatively paltry 62%. In reality, the Conservative party lost more than a dozen seats net, ending up with 318 – eight short of a majority. Labour secured 262 seats, the Scottish National party 35,...
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Should Economics and the Environment work together?
Society, Politics & Law

Should Economics and the Environment work together?

...the level 2 module DST206 ‘Environment: Sharing a dynamic planet’ develops understanding of some of these ideas further. You can find out more here: http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/dst206 If you would like to find out more about the United Kingdom National Ecosystem Assessment (UKNEA) information is available on their website here: http://uknea.unep-wcmc.org/...
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Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence

...2% and 6%. It’s important to recognise that even official statistics on false reporting can and have been inflated by other factors. Sometimes police record cases as “no crime” or “unfounded”. This can happen when it’s difficult to attain sufficient corroborating evidence. There is, however, a big difference between the inability to demonstrate in court that...
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Heritage in war
History & The Arts

Heritage in war

...2. The obligations mentioned in paragraph 1 of the present Article may be waived only in cases where military necessity imperatively requires such a waiver. As Fehrenbach makes clear, such laws have, in the past, been more honoured in the breach than in the observance. However, prompted by recent carnage in the Middle East and elsewhere, the militaries of all nations, and...
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Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

...2 m long. Has been used to coat a wide variety of components from pen nibs to the rocket nozzles at the rear of the space shuttle, but is usually used for cutting and forming tools such as compaction dies for ceramics, air bearing shafts (W2C at 500°C) and aluminium extrusion dies (W2C). Free standing shapes, such as crucibles, tubes and plates, can be produced by...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...2 It is not easy to draft a script that pulls from dozens of others written over many years, but the authors have done an admirable job. The script is packed with exciting scenes that lead to a climax that, like any good script, leaves us with more questions than answers. It is hard to describe the thrill of seeing all these characters band together to fight the greatest...
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