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World Toilet Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Toilet Day

...children under five years old die from diarrhoea linked to unsafe water, sanitation and poor hygiene For more information, visit the WaterAid UK website. Water in Ethiopia In Ethiopia, 65% of people don’t have access to clean drinking water. In this video collection we take a glimpse at the struggles Ethiopians go through each day, just to survive. We look closely at...
Would you recognise county lines exploitation?
Society, Politics & Law

Would you recognise county lines exploitation?

...children or vulnerable people who are coerced into it by gangs.’ (National Crime Agency (2021) County Lines). Often those groomed or coerced by county lines gangs do not realise that this is what is happening to them until it is too late, by which time the law is unlikely to provide them with any defence if they are charged with a criminal offence connected to their...
Darwin's world-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...it has vastly expanded, hoping to draw in a wide range of audiences, both young and old. Darwin the collaborator The letters show that Darwin was a very generous correspondent, and in particular how positive he was to women scientists. Darwin the mentor and family man Darwin was very open minded and supportive, both of students whom he didn't know and of his own children....
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...research, discusses the potential of biofuels, and then answer the following questions. [You may find it helpful to listen to the clip once, then read the questions before going back to listen to the clip again, pausing where appropriate to make notes.] Interviewer So in terms of say the basic person on the street that was coming into science with sort of very limited...
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Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...research which seems to come from the other camp. Previous research estimates that UK’s GDP would be 2.25% lower as a consequence of EU withdrawal. Recent research estimates the benefits from EU membership to be of the order of 12% in GDP per person terms. Such estimates suggest that the benefits from Brexit, once properly estimated, will likely have a hard time...
Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties

...researcher being too close to their subject. In response to the first question, the seminar brought together scholars from history, intelligence studies, political science and English literature, along with former participants in the CP and relatives of former communists. This enabled discussions of different kinds of dual loyalties, for example of members working for the...
Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative

...research has always sought to challenge Western media and think tank-led narratives that have a mutually reinforcing and often negative effect on the UK government’s policies, and those of its allies. Much of what we read in the press, or even in so-called informed analysis by purported experts, is subject to heavy bias, often from vested interests. My main object of...
What does clay tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does clay tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...research into the clay surface of Mars...Today Mars has only a thin atmosphere, and its surface is very dry with the possible exception of some localised and temporary water seeps. However, ancient eroded valley networks that were discovered by orbiting spacecraft in the early days of exploration prove that water flowed across the surface in the remote past. The branching...