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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...Project fear’, and even attacking dissent as treasonous. The danger of allowing an ingroup narrative to remain unchallenged is that it delegitimises debate about the terms of Brexit, becoming a de-facto mechanism of silencing dissent. It also risks polarising and dividing the country, whilst disempowering the 48% percent who voted against leaving. Ironically, whilst the...
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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...project for the group. It soon became clear that there was a wealth of ability and resource within the group. I decided to support group members’ own confidence in taking leadership. Their challenges included developing a group repertoire and sound where some membership was regularly changing, or had mixed ability, nationalities and the challenges of singing outdoors....
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...projects to produce new adsorbent materials to recover valuable metals from waste streams (Chaves et al., 2022). This has the benefit of reducing the need for future mining and the environmental impacts associated with it, such as deforestation, contamination of soils, pollution of local waterways, an increase in noise level and dust as well as the formation of spoil...
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Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...Project.” He was referring to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s base erosion and profit shifting (Beps) project to stamp out tax avoidance loopholes internationally. “Under Irish law, non-resident companies are chargeable to Irish corporation tax only on the profits attributable to their Irish branches by reference to the facts and...
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...management corporations. Politics moved away from the idea of making society better, and instead became about the prediction and management of risk. Transcript The political narrative, hollowed out by simplification and often intentionally contradiction, took on a surreal aspect. As Curtis is fond of saying, ‘nothing quite made sense anymore’ as politicians’ stories...
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Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...introduction into it of the principle which Jacquard devised for regulating, by means of punched cards, the most complicated patterns in the fabrication of brocaded stuffs. It is in this that the distinction between the two engines lies. Nothing of the sort exists in the Difference Engine. We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...project that we run in partnership with Aberlour so we manage the project but Aberlour which is a national children’s charity, they deliver the service, so each unaccompanied asylum child that comes to Scotland will have the right to have a guardian. This is actually funded by the Scottish Government, and the role of the guardian is to work with a child, not just to...
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The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...project will also involve a young person steering group, ensuring that the views of young participants are integral to the project’s progress. Through this research YSS and the CRC will examine the lasting impact on the well-being of children and young people who are exposed to traumatic media coverage, helping them heal and thrive in the face of adversity. You can:...
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