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Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...students, Londoners, Europeans, and others. Many participants posted reflections about their own sense of belonging. But others reflected upon aspects of citizenship that evade national borders and state-led responsibilities, and communicated a sense of the good citizen as someone who enacts diversity, openness and respect. Here’s a few comments: I am (citizenship)...
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After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?

...student, Abid Naseer, was jailed after plotting to copy the IRA’s 1996 Manchester bombing. Security sources estimated that hundreds would have been killed in the planned attack on the Arndale shopping centre, using a car bomb and suicide vests. That this is an apparent suicide bombing shows some form of complexity. Recent attacks in the UK have been relatively crude,...
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Should Economics and the Environment work together?
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Should Economics and the Environment work together?

...students and other academics I often observe them falling in to different camps. Many, including geographers, focus on the environment and that this ‘should not’ be coupled with the economy. And yet there are also environmental economists, some sitting comfortably within the geography discipline, that focus on the connections and benefits of considering environment...
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Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
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Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...student Amanda Duffy was murdered after a night out with friends. In a landmark trial in 1992, there was only one suspect in the case, Francis Auld. Despite forensic evidence that could link Auld to Amanda’s death, he received a “not proven” verdict, which meant the jury deemed there was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt. Despite this acquittal, Amanda’s...
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Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London
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Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London

...distribution of political power and economic resources between and within countries. Today’s economic and political inequalities thus help to shape future vulnerabilities to environmental change. If you are a student you can watch the film on the Environmental Studies Virtual Learning Environment, in an extended version of this article. More from Geography Matters...
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...student that is keen to learn will ask the most searching of questions. Parent governors often ask questions that some professionals will never think to ask, either out of “professional respect” for an individual’s office – particularly if they share the same professional field – or because they are afraid that the question may seem at worst too basic, or at...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet...Fifty years ago, a meteorite crashed near the Murchison village in Victoria, Australia. What lay upon the ground was 100kg of dark scorched rock, emitting fumes akin to methylated spirits. It was identified as a very special type of meteorite, having...
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Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
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Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?

...student in The School of Physical Sciences, looks at Phobos - one of Mars' moons and how space agencies are going to investigate its composition...Mars might be smaller than our own planet Earth, but it hosts two moons as opposed to one. These are Phobos and Deimos and are the only other moons in the inner Solar System, yet remarkedly little is known about them. The...
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