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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...education system also play a part in sustaining the country. A recent World Bank (2017) report shows that the proportion of the shadow economy is very high in Zimbabwe which might have resulted in less commitment which is “measured as protection of property rights, contract enforcement, and lack of arbitrary expropriation without proper compensation”. It is also...
How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?
Science, Maths & Technology

How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?

...education, defence and so on, and also includes spending on social security benefits. Central government spending and local government spending are both included. The amount covers the whole of the UK HM Treasury also publishes figures on the payments between the EU and the UK government and estimated the net contribution in 2016 to be £8.6 billion. Its figures differ to...
Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...education is needed to inform teachers of the different intervention methods now available and how each can be effectively applied. Recognising that bullying is a problem of dysfunctional relationships is the starting point. The solution, often overlooked, lies in helping students themselves to think about the difficulties they may encounter in relating to each other and...
Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
OpenLearn Ireland

Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...understanding the historic and ongoing impact of these important heritage sites, as well as fully realising their future potential. -- The ‘Our shared built military heritage: the online mapping, inventorying and recording of the army barracks of Ireland, 1690–1921’ project was funded by the Higher Education Authority’s North South Research Programme 2022–2024....
Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...education for employees, line managers and HR professionals alike is needed around all forms of pregnancy endings so that these experiences are no longer silenced. Where such information is readily available, this signals an inclusive organisational culture and helps to destigmatise abortion/termination. Any policy or support mechanism in this area should include...
Why books are a lifeline for prisoners
Society, Politics & Law

Why books are a lifeline for prisoners

...education centre, some prisoners were talking about books. The conversation was not of favourite authors, or what they had read recently, but of families, the future, of life outside. Relaxed and emotionally open, it was an unusual conversation for any group of men. In the confines of a prison, it was remarkable and moving. By a quirk of timing, I was visiting two prisons...
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...education, health care and addressing the issues in deprived communities, campaigning within US elections is often determined by simple issues such as ‘tax cuts’. These benefit the rich substantially more and do not significantly alter the landscape of hardship and insecurity many US citizens are experiencing. The US has a history of presidential candidates who emerge...
Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...education about the Victorians. Yet few have dared to expose this material in any significant quantity, to highlight the presence of very graphic violence in multiple, even connected, entertainment genres. Violent entertainments fulfilled an important function in the evolution of modern British culture and society. They began to flourish right at the very moment when...