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Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...study and research, questions of authority are crucial. There is a long tradition of academic and scholarly ‘commentary’ which, in the days of longhand writing and print production of theses was very different to ‘crowdsourcing’ and other online methods of sharing ideas in use today. In Book 1, Chapters 1 - 5, Herodotus introduces some background to his great...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...studying for my first degree). I feel very lucky that I am now employed as a space scientist at a time when all this work is coming to fruition. Rosetta has now reached the bizarrely shaped rubber-duck comet and it has spent three months mapping its surface in the hope of finding a suitable spot to place its Philae lander. This is a huge feat in itself. It is the first...
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Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks
Nature & Environment

Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks

...study found that there was more opposition than support among those who know a lot about fracking (54% vs 32%), know a little about it (35% vs 27%), and those who are aware of it but don’t really know what it is (23% vs 13%). So, if emotion does not act as a total block to the influence of information, why does information often fail to decrease perceptions of risk? My...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...Studies qualification. Background Elective home education is becoming an increasingly popular choice for parents who are seeking a more suitable approach for their child’s education than is provided by a state-funded or independent school. While many parents opt to home educate as soon as their child reaches compulsory school age, others are deregistering their children...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...Studies qualification. The recent ‘Strengthening Home Education’ (2021) report commissioned by the DfE and the House of Commons Education Committee highlighted the need for research that explores the social outcomes of home education. In particular, employment is an area of society that we know very little about when it comes to the home education community. Members...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...study, we convened focus groups with men between the ages of 18 and 30 in London and the north of England, representing diverse backgrounds in terms of ethnicity, religion and class. The men we spoke to were keenly aware of influences – from family, peers, teachers, media – encouraging them to conform to certain models of masculinity. One said: “There is pressure...
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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...studied for his doctorate at the University of Glasgow, where he went on to teach. He’s currently with the Open University Philosophy Department. A specialist in political philosophy, here he gives Ever Wondered? political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli’s tips to climbing the greasy pole to power. "Politics is about power and we all know that power corrupts. So should...
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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...Study of Economics as if People Mattered, Fritz Schumacher refers to the ‘ecological problem,’ citing that issues for the use of natural resources of business are ‘neither technical, nor an economic, but primarily a metaphysical problem.’ This perspective relies on a sustainable structure as the focus of economic activity, such as land usage and the natural...
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