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How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?
Digital & Computing

How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?

...world. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee published a report on Women in Scientific Careers, which says: It is astonishing that despite clear imperatives and multiple initiatives to improve diversity in STEM, women still remain under-represented at senior levels across every discipline. But while I agree with much of what the report goes on to say, I...
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Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?

...World Championship events – grass court (Wimbledon), hard court (France) and covered court (different venues). However, it was only the grass court championships at Wimbledon that was attracting the top players. So, as tennis was booming in the US and Australia it was decided that these three countries, along with France, should host the four Official Championships....
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Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society
Society, Politics & Law

Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society

...world. However, in the longer term, the over-recruitment of women to the industry could be detrimental to gender equality. Call centre jobs are notorious worldwide for their high levels of turnover, absenteeism, employee burnout and emotional exhaustion. Agents are at constant risk of angry outbursts from customers, sexual harassment and outright abuse. If women are...
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Future of Empowerment
Society, Politics & Law

Future of Empowerment

...world around them...Transcript The empowerment era The 21st century has been called the “empowerment era”. Values such as work-life balance and flexible employment are now firmly part of the mainstream. Yet these advances have been offset by the loss of labour power linked to the decline of trade unions and the emergence of the “gig economy”. Indeed, these...
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Introducing Geography Matters
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Geography Matters

...world right now with module material. For example Oliver Zanetti’s video ‘Syria, Spitzbergen and seeds’, looks at the effect of the war in Syria on the environment, the way that a lot of seeds are being decimated by the war, linking plant research being done in Syria before the conflict with an international seed bank in northern Norway. Geography Matters aims to...
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Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation
Society, Politics & Law

Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation

...world’s concern. This was arguably a calculated move. It’s unclear whether Riyadh expected such a response from the Iranian protesters at its embassy gates in Tehran and factored this into their calculations, but the Saudis knew well enough that their neighbouring state and its citizens were likely to respond angrily. They can count on the blind solidarity of the...
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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...world of politics. Jane Griffiths MP: Politics is about power, and nobody should forget that it’s about power and your personal relationships shouldn’t be. Charles Kennedy MP: Occasionally in public life there is a need to lie, and I think we’ve got to be honest with people about that. I actually think people understand that. For example, the Chancellor has to lie -...
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Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...World War which Sir Rudolph Peters developed British anti-Lewisite (BAL) or dimercaprol to counter. His design criteria for BAL were simply that it should be non-toxic itself and that it should form a stable and water-soluble compound with the arsenic that could then be readily excreted from the body. BAL is an example of chelation therapy and is also able to treat...
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