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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...public assistance if they are unable to work – due either to personal circumstances or fluctuations in the employment market. However, there is a novel idea that is now gaining popularity—the creation of universal basic income. Supporters argue that it would promote economic security, increase consumption, decrease inequality and allow individuals the resources to...
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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...publication in 1913 of England in 1815, in which the French historian Elie Halévy (1870–1937) argued that the growth of Methodism in this period was a key factor in the British avoidance of revolution. Later scholars gave their attention not only to Methodism but also to the role of the wider Evangelical movement, including Wilberforce and Evangelicals within the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...public services such as the National Health Service (NHS). Second, the UK’s tax and state benefits system also has the effect of some redistribution of income – some of the taxes raised collectively are transferred back to individuals and households. Of course, the people receiving benefits will often be different from those paying taxes such as Income Tax, but many...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...publication of Being a Beast, a book in which veterinarian/barrister Charles Foster describes living in the wild as a badger, fox and stag. The protagonists of film and book may have little in common but they share a desire to escape the narrowness of being human. People who identify as other than human have been described (and describe themselves as ‘animal-people’,...
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Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...public form, and how responsible they feel for the diverse ties that make up their online network. The fact that manipulation by the algorithm isn’t the only issue here means that other solutions, for example raising people’s awareness of the possible consequences that their online actions have, can help encourage debate. We have to recognise that the impact of...
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Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...public, engaging millions with his bestselling books. As a 15-year-old, his most successful book A Brief History of Time had me captivated with relativity and quantum theory. This is the true strength of his legacy. Matthew Bailes, ARC Laureate Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for...
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The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...public benefited from large quantities of cheap slave-produced imports. The Decline of the Slave Trade In spite of this, during the nineteenth century, Britain was to play a leading role in the abolition of the slave trade. Its Parliament passed laws to abolish the trade in 1807 and to stop the use of slaves in British territories in 1833, though it granted slave-owners...
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FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...public school children due to the requirement of online learning platforms unavailable to CG schools and students (Dawadi et al., 2020; Devkota, 2021). Hence, intervention in the post-pandemic period was seen as particularly necessary. The programme involved hands-on project-based learning sessions conducted at FabLab Nepal. The course took an interdisciplinary approach...
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