2,770 search results
Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...systems; and urban planning and deprivation that doesn’t support physical activity or healthy food supply. In addition to all these – and interacting with them – is the promotion (marketing and advertising) of unhealthy foods in the media and elsewhere, which has been shown to increase children’s eating. From their earliest days, children recognise more unhealthy...
View article Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Article 10 mins
The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...systemic flaws and distortions had been serious, Walter grimly predicted huge losses in East Germany’s progressive social programmes now the Wall was down. As we walked around what was East Berlin Walter, then in his 83rd year, talked about the need for a radical rethink of socialist strategies, so our children and grandchildren would grow up in a better world. Those of...
View article The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Article 5 mins
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...
View article How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?
Article 10 mins
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...
View audio The Internet at 40
Audio 1 hr 33 mins
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...
View article The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Article 10 mins
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...
View article Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Article 5 mins
People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...systems must be appropriate to the occupants, this influences things like seatbelt locations and airbag deployment which could themselves cause injury if there is a poor match between design and occupants’ build. It’s clear that people’s physique will be a key influence in selecting a car. So manufacturers need to understand how factors such as: height, leg length,...
View article People, automobiles and statistics
Article 10 mins
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...
View article Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Article 5 mins