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Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...public lecture in Oxford in the early part, I think from memory it was January of 2006. So we’d been working for three or four months and I then stood up and shared with academic communities in the world, ‘This is where we’re going.’ Lots of working papers if you look at the acknowledgements in the front of the Stern Review, tremendous interaction with – RH: But...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...health Susannah Cullen died in 1796 (Lovejoy, 2006). Her death was followed by Equiano who died in London in March 1797 and their eldest daughter Anna Maria after she contracted measles age four years in July 1797 (Downs, 2020). [Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano, the Queen's House, Greenwich]Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano (Photo by ©JRennocks)Show description The commemorative...
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Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...public transport alternatives and reducing the number of single occupancy cars and HGVs. You may wish to share these thoughts with fellow learners by posting your ideas in the Comments section below. Click to view the video extract (8 minutes). NEIL OLIVER Edinburgh reaches over the Firth of Forth with two great bridges. While the famously robust Victorian rail bridge is...
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Sniffing out disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out disease

...public all the time. But sometimes breath is difficult, for instance when the sample needs to be stored. So over the years, we have in fact sniffed breath, blood, serum, urine, poo, sputum and skin. And there’s no need to stop there, in fact any bit of a person can be sniffed depending upon the illness. The diseases or conditions we have applied this approach to include...
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Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Society, Politics & Law

Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic

...public housing and worked at low-paid jobs to save money for college. He also volunteered for local politicians. That led to recommendations for paid work and eventually Hussen got a job working for a Liberal Party candidate who eventually became Premier of Ontario. He left that to become president of the Canadian Somali Congress and community organizing. But Hussen is...
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Remembering Gary Slapper
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Gary Slapper

...publications. His column in the Times delighted many and his vast collection of stories and legal anecdotes informed and amused generations of law students. His book on the English Legal System written with David Kelly informed and educated generations of law students fast becoming a leading text on the subject and one of the books found on every law student’s...
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...publication and review, each post offers the ability to report a post that an individual believes violates the rules of the site. When messages are reported, we will review them as soon as practical. If a commenter has a direct question about an aspect of a piece of content, we will - where practical - invite the original author(s) of that content to respond. Please note...
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Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...public policy making based on systems theory. I worked in the Cabinet Office on energy policy, I was the external member on the Metropolitan Police Modernisation Board and the principle tutor in the Top Management Programme - a 6 week course that was a gateway for the very top civil servants. I have also worked for the Welsh Government, for a think tank called Demos and...
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