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How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?
Education & Development

How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?

...System 2020 Update. This includes communities’ concerns about racial disparities in stop and search. In November 2020, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched an action plan to address concerns regarding the disproportionality of the use of police powers against Black Londoners. The action plan also outlines training for police officers and an increase in Black officers...
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The Internet at 40
Science, Maths & Technology

The Internet at 40

...system. Pioneers: Donald Davies Donald Davies, a British pioneer of the early internet, explain his key contribution to internet technology - chopping data into small packets that could be transmitted across the netwrok and recombined at the other end. Pioneers: Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, talks about where the idea came from and...
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Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...system could infringe the IP rights of a third party. This may occur if the training data used to create the LLM contained third party materials that are protected by IP rights without that third party’s permission. It may also arise because the user included third party IP content in their prompts when using an LLM. You should not upload content or IP belonging to a...
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The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...think and behave differently when emotions are higher? They argued against traditional thinking that emotions lead to irrational behaviour, but instead proposed that understanding your own emotions and those of others may allow us to manage and adapt our behaviour in a positive way, and it is these skills they called ‘emotional intelligence’. Salovey and Mayer’s...
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Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Education & Development

Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual

...think another big reason why I would say you should definitely go to an in-person graduation is because when studying, it can feel like when you’re talking about it with others they look at you like it’s a different language altogether. It can be a little isolating in that way as something you could talk or write about all day, for others merely just being polite or a...
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Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...systems, and this extends to operating a migration system in line with international non-discrimination protections. That said, a person cannot claim asylum unless they are on US soil. The executive order will generally suspend issuing visas for 90 days for Iranian, Iraqi, Libyan, Somalian, Sudanese, Syrian and Yemeni citizens under the US visa-waiver programme. An...
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What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...System, the central bank of the United States. Before I get to Quarles and his qualifications, it’s important to understand the Fed and what it does. Its decisions are vital to every person on the planet who borrows or lends money (pretty much everybody) since it has enormous influence over global interest rates. Its board of governors also influences most other aspects...
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What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are nerve agents - and what do they do?

...system. Fortunately, the sarin used was impure, otherwise the casualty list would have been much longer. As it was, 13 people died and several thousands got sick. Although there were claims that VX was used during the Iran-Iraq war, until recently, the only known human fatality caused by VX occurred when two members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult used VX to assassinate a...
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