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History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Society, Politics & Law

History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration

...work. This left space for the growth of radical parties such as the British National Party and the more recently formed UK Independence Party (UKIP). UKIP was founded in 1991 to oppose the Maastricht Treaty but became more visible in 2004, when it began speaking out more loudly about migration from Europe. That year, it won 12 seats in the European parliamentary...
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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...working class The growth and spread of trade union organisation By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Clydeside region was one of the most significant industrial centres in the entire UK. Its factories, engineering plants and shipyards had been instrumental in fuelling the expansion of the Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century. With...
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The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)
Science, Maths & Technology

The Material World: On Chesil Beach (getting closer to Titan)

...work in the laboratory, it seemed that the material on Titan was probably granular or grainy. Could it be Titan's version of sand or gravel, produced by the continued action of flowing liquid over the underlying bedrock - which, in the case of Titan, would be methane flowing over ice? He produced many sample surfaces in the laboratory but knew that natural processes on...
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Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...work. (Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1st century CE) is studied in Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds.) Ovid presents the reader with a numinous landscape in which anything can happen and where human beings might suffer traumatic transformations into wild animals or find themselves rooted to the spot as trees. The fascinating thing about such 'fantasy fiction' is that it...
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How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...work commitments. Most are women, often juggling caring responsibilities alongside studying. Many were the first in their families to embark on higher education, and 22% reported disabilities or long-term health impairments. Many respondents managing mental health problems, medication, hospital visits and declining mobility viewed part-time study as a lifeline. Only 15%...
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...working with nature’ is also seen as an important strategy. Since the mid-1990s DEFRA has been producing Shoreline Management Plans (SMP) for areas of coastline in England and Wales. These are controversial as they sometimes take a strategy of non-intervention. There are three strategies that can be used when managing sea level rise: Non-intervention Managed retreat...
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Riding the carousel or partners for life: what makes an effective coach–athlete relationship in tennis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Riding the carousel or partners for life: what makes an effective coach–athlete relationship in tennis?

...worked with four coaches since Wimbledon last year. There has been speculation on this high turnover of support particularly when we see that the coach who supported her to victory in the US Open, Andrew Richardson, did not have his contract renewed following the tournament. Indeed, more recently following the parting of ways from her last coach in April of this year,...
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Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...work. With the right investment, it is an exciting opportunity to allow communities and police to work effectively together...There are some obvious positives for the police arising from communicating with communities via social media, including that it allows them to directly post a story which bypasses the ‘frame’ it might be given by traditional news media....
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