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Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...community? Should you concentrate on one age group? Should you alter the curriculum? What is the relationship between general education and specialist education? These were the questions that we asked. I don't think they had been asked very profoundly in England before, and I don't think all universities in England ask them now. But one of the advantages of being a new...
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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...community life. But secondly, it also affects the psychological need for respect. What he has in mind is what Stephen Darwall has called recognition respect. That is the recognition by our peers that we are a person with interests and a life worth living. It also affects the ability of people to take part in the reciprocal nature of mutual respect. Not because people in...
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Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes
Society, Politics & Law

Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes

...communicating it. We can all try to envision these journeys separately, but only by showing them side-by-side can one really see the inequality of their situations and the possibilities open to them. AC: Why did you think it was important to juxtapose the journey of someone who acquires citizenship by investment with those of a skilled worker and a refugee? NV: We wanted...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...Community (now EU). John Hume, leader of the SDLP (Social Democratic and Labour Party), then the largest nationalist party in Northern Ireland, forcibly argued that as both the UK and the Republic were now partners in a wider European partnership and union, this reduced the political and psychological significance of the border. If the continent of Europe, which witnessed...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...community and media alike. The study has been led by one of my supervisors, Tamsin Edwards, former lecturer at The Open University, now at King’s College London. On top of this coincidence the timing happened to be in a way that I was long enough in my studies to be part of this encounter. After all it seems to be about being at the right place, at the right time with a...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...community halls and churches to boxing clubs and pubs The case for a second referendum Andy Price, head of politics, Sheffield Hallam University Regardless of whether you voted Leave or Remain, the 18 months since the referendum have shown what a challenge Brexit is to deliver, and some of the long-term impacts the UK’s departure from the EU will have. This is why the...
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The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...communications, exchanges and the rule of law, was emerging from the ashes of feudal economies and despotic governments. This new commercial society, Smith argued, could make ordinary people richer and freer. Yet far from enthusiastically cheering on all the new developments he was observing, Smith was all too aware of their dangers and drawbacks. He pointed out that...
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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...community service orders used and do offenders re-offend? My own passion was education, and so I worked in both the Schools Inspectorate and the Further Education Funding Council. We help to monitor the examination results of the schools and other education providers. The sorts of questions we would investigate are: Given the background of the students in this school,...
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