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Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

...histories such as How to Survive a Plague, United in Anger and It's a Sin show us that HIV stigma, and the response to it were messy, political, confrontational and often theatrical. However, in the intervening decades, the concept of HIV stigma has itself been transformed: HIV stigma has been metricised. Like all diseases, HIV has bio-medical, interpersonal and...
Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...history of philosophy are going to receive favour over others. Hume's clear prose style, scientific outlook and rigorous logic will be preferred to Rousseau, with his appeals to the emotions and grand rhetorical flourishes. From this perspective the six philosophers on our Journeys are not representative of the subject (although Wittgenstein, as always, is a special...
Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics
Languages

Can I use 'we' and 'I' in my essay? Introducing corpus linguistics

...History students) then an internet search wouldn't be any help at all. To answer the question in the title to this article, we'd get a more accurate result by searching a collection of student writing such as the British Academic Written English or 'BAWE' corpus (pronounced 'boar' like the animal). This corpus contains not just essays but also lab reports, case studies,...
How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...History syllable by the age of 14 is not unheard of. Once they have found their passion, they do not need to wait to be 16 to take an exam. Taking an exam in a subject takes much preparation beyond choosing the subject. [Photo of an empty exam hall] Choosing the examining board England has four main examining boards: AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. Each examining board decide...
Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...history of the Moon - stretching all the way back to when it was formed around 4 and a half billion years ago. We’re able to unlock its secrets by cutting it up into very thin slices - which you can see in great detail under this virtual microscope - which you can click onto at the end of the video. It is a very intuitive tool so please experiment with it. These are...
Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...of the public. With an ethos of inclusivity and respect for diverse realms of economic expertise, the seminar series will bring together those working on current challenges across a broad range of research interests: Social Policy, Personal Finance, Innovation, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Health, Inequality and Employment, Philosophy and History of Economics....
Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?
Education & Development

Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?

...History [Lesbian/Feminist Dialogue” at Barnard College (a vintage black and white photograph by Crawford Barton in 1973). ] A rare historical photograph clearly indicating asexuality inclusion in 1973. Pollner, F. (1973). Lesbian dynamics. Off Our Backs, 3(6), 7-7. On the Kinsey Scale, (first published in 1948) Asexuality is listed as "X", which indicates "no...
The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education
Society, Politics & Law

The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education

...history and culture of some groups and not others. By one measure, around 40% of the global population have no access to education in a language that they understand. Where supportive policy does exist, the report highlights how realities on the ground can make it impossible to implement: In the Mopti region of Mali, only 1% of primary schools provided bilingual...