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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

...communicate your work, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. Reviewer #1 This ponderous script continues a never-ending storyline that has dragged on for many years now. Despite its girth, the script constitutes merely an incremental gain in terms of storytelling: you could say it goes “Knowhere.” While there are dazzling special effects, there is nothing...
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...community in the workplace. People who have to navigate complex, contradictory and sometimes hostile environments are vulnerable to burnout. If millennials are found to be suffering higher levels of burnout, this might indicate that they face more problematic environments. It is quite possibly the same stuff that stresses everyone, but it is occurring in new, unexpected...
How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...
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How the Good Friday Agreement changed my life...

...community platforms of realistic and authentic spokespeople, arguing to give peace a chance, through a victory to both ‘sides’ and lay the foundations for a better, more prosperous future, building on consent and strong expression of both North-South and East-West institutions. It worked. 676,966 voted YES, with a huge 82% turnout, delivering a 2:1 triumph and an...
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...communal activity) in the picture. Make sure that your roles and relationships in the situation are clear. Remember that you are not an objective observer, but someone with a set of values, beliefs and norms that colour your perceptions. References Checkland, P. (1981) Systems thinking, systems practice, Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons. Checkland, P. and Scholes, J....
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Olympics 2021: The story of how a small Shropshire town influenced the modern Olympic movement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Olympics 2021: The story of how a small Shropshire town influenced the modern Olympic movement

...communicated with ambassadors in Greece and London to encourage the restoration of the Olympics Games. One notable individual was John Gennadius, the Greek Chargés d'affaires, who later wrote to Brookes: “I cannot but feel indebted to you that you continue with this idea, the project of a revival of the Olympic Games." In 1880 Brookes took his boldest step towards his...
Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...community-based organisations that they are a part of, have also been working hard to improve this situation. For example, in New Zealand the youth-led organisation RainbowYOUTH has been delivering gender diversity workshops for over a dozen years. These types of educational interventions are sometimes referred to as “Trans 101” or “Introduction to Gender...
What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...communities the concentration of mercury in children's hair is correlated with the duration of breast-feeding. Reports of high mercury levels in mothers and children mostly come from regions where people eat a lot of fish; for example, high levels of blood mercury have been detected in people in the USA who identify themselves as Asians, Pacific Islanders or Native...
A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar
Health, Sports & Psychology

A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar

...communication) ‘Nowadays, all I have left is a ghost of an identity formed in a diagnosis. Sometimes my self-stigma or real stigma inhibits my career.’ (extract from Mental Health Foundation blog) Stephen Fry reputedly said that he thinks about mood variations as: ‘about finding a kind of mental umbrella: Hey-ho, it’s raining inside; it isn’t my fault and...