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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...statistics show underperformance, it is surprising, but important to note, that Zimbabwe’s nutritional crisis is not that alarming given the exceptional situations people in the country were facing. For example, while nearly 37% of children were anaemic in 2015 (Zimbabwe Demography and Health Survey, 2016), this level of anaemia is lower than that of economically...
How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?
Science, Maths & Technology

How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?

...Statistics say about the UK's actual net contribution to the EU budget?...[Euro notes hanging on a fence like some sort of visual metaphor. Look, it was either this or a picture of that bus.] The financial relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU) continues to be a major talking point as the terms of Brexit are negotiated. In 2016, the government spent...
30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...statistics are just as important if we really want to understand the underlying issues. The Quarterly Survey team has always tried to engage with the individual to ensure that the practitioner’s voice is heard.” The Special Issue report features personal accounts from small business specialists who were directly involved in establishing the Quarterly Survey, a review...
Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...statistical foundations to support the anecdotal research throughout. Monro observes that the ‘academic marginalisation of bisexuality […] has created a substantial gap in contemporary sexualities literature’, but the key findings of this book will certainly come as no surprise to bisexual members of the LGBT community. Participants in the research stage identified...
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...statistics qualifications. Sex can strengthen the couple's relationship and facilitate a unique sense of emotional closeness. In the throes of passion, thoughts of domesticity and the outside world can dissipate. Sexual intimacy tends to fluctuate over the life course. It ebbs and flows as life takes over and time for intimacy dwindles. While identified as one of the most...
Collective Creativity
Money & Business

Collective Creativity

...Statistics on creative industries output and productivity are regularly published to indicate their primary significance to the national economy. Meanwhile, the discussion of creativity itself arises less frequently, perhaps because it is confusing or too ephemeral to warrant a meaningful discussion. Tellingly, government cultural policy is now set on a definition of the...
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...statistics from 2022 show that 50% of drivers broke the speed limit on a sample of 30mph roads. The roadside breakdown group RAC’s 2023 annual report on motoring showed that 25% of drivers admitted to regular, illegal phone use. It’s easy to assume that this is due to people not truly understanding the risks of such behaviour, but the report also showed 95% of drivers...
Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...M. (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Nurse Education. UK: Routledge. Statista (2019) Global active usage penetration of leading social networks as of February 2019. Available at: www.statista.com/statistics/274773/global-penetration-of-selected-social-media-sites/ (Accessed 22 January 2022). Now take a decision-making activity Discover more content like this...