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Killers or carers?
Nature & Environment

Killers or carers?

...becomes disturbingly visible for viewers, because the ‘animals’ we tend to think of as friends (in the UK at least), or non-human kin (Cudworth, 2011), are suddenly from the same species as those killed to reward human friendships. This thought experiment became real in the ‘horsemeat’ scandal of 2013, in which the widely publicised detection of horses’ DNA in...
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The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...becoming active. [Singers Sewing Machine Factory, Clydebank.] Singer and ‘scientific management’ Singer also imported new ‘scientific’ management techniques from the US in the form of ‘Taylorism’ which was becoming more widespread in Europe. These were closely intertwined with what became known as ‘Fordist’ style production processes. In the Fordist...
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Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...become Caliph in 656 CE. Five years later, however, Ali was assassinated, and Mu‘awiya took control of the rapidly expanding Muslim empire. Mu‘awiya, like Muhammad and Ali, also came from Mecca, but he belonged to a different clan, the Umayyads. Some Muslims regarded Mu‘awiya as a usurper who had no right to rule. Muhammad’s daughter Fatima had married Ali, and...
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Children and ethnicity
Education & Development

Children and ethnicity

...becomes associated with ‘being White’ and/or ‘being English’. [Dad, Mum and child] Where do children learn about ethnicity? There are many different ways in which children come to learn about ethnicity and consequently to develop a sense of their own ethnic identity. Parents and the immediate family will obviously tend to have a strong influence on children’s...
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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...become aware of some of the processes that are going on in the music. This deepens our appreciation of the music. These processes – the basic elements of musical language; the building blocks, if you like – include: Tempo: - the speed of the music Pitch: - the way in which notes appear high or low in relation to one another Rhythm: - the length of certain notes, from...
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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...becoming aware of the exploitation of children across the nations and regions of the UK although the targeting of our children and young people may take different forms depending on where you live. If you were to ask children and young people, they would describe child criminal exploitation as ‘when someone you trusted makes you commit crimes for their benefit’ (young...
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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...becoming more popular because they are cheaper than dedicated leased lines. This, however, involves different users sharing internet links to transport their data. Directors of business organisations are increasingly required to provide effective information security. For an organisation to achieve the level of security that is appropriate and at a cost that is...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...becoming harder to get those sorts of films away. That’s a very generalist perspective, but I think it is. Environmental programmes: How to get a commission I think it’s about finding the right way of telling them. I can think of a film made by a Bristol company that went out I think in the Natural World strand on BBC earlier this year, which I think was called...
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