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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...history. They’re probably the most widespread and enduring example of a ‘regime of identification’. The term ‘regime of identification’ refers to systematic efforts made by administrative bodies and governments to identify and register their populations. The regimes we’ll study in this section had some very different aims, but they share some common...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...history, as there might very well be in a place that began life, in the usual English fashion, under the Britons and grew into municipal consciousness in the fostering care of the Romans and the ruder nurture of the Saxons, Danes, and Normans. Lords it had of the last, and the great line of the Earls of Shrewsbury presently rose and led Sheffield men back to battle in...
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Article 10 mins
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...family- and carer-friendly policies that allow flexible working patterns (Collins et al., 2021), and additional training, support and resources. In the UK positive discrimination and in the USA affirmative action are considered ways to promote equity. In either case, preferential treatment is given to people from an under-represented group, for example to increase their...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...history (for him) in the form of the American Revolution for confirmation of this fact. As Shelley put it in his poem: “Then will oppression’s iron influence show; The great man’s comfort as the poor man’s woe.” How to achieve peaceful and lasting change in modern societies remains an unanswered question, and one that’s ripe for fresh action and inspiration....
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Article 5 mins
Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...history. They take a pragmatic view of her wheeling and dealing and lapses of judgement, arguing – not unreasonably – that there’s probably no politician who has reached her level of power without sailing close to the wind. For Trump’s most vehement supporters, meanwhile, a Clinton victory would simply confirm that the system is, as their hero likes to proclaim,...
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Article 5 mins
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...history of addressing LGBTQ issues, so Anna’s episode was unlikely to attract a particularly trans-supportive audience. For us, this made it the ideal show to study transgender portrayals and how they might influence viewers across the ideological spectrum. Do minor subplots make a difference? Because HH&S had consulted on the storyline, the members of USA Network’s...
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Article 5 mins
Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...history. Eleven workers died in the explosion and sinking of the oil rig, and more than 4 million barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have estimated that the spill caused more than US$17 billion in damages to natural resources. I served on the bipartisan National Commission that investigated the causes of this epic blowout. We spent six months...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...history at school; philosophy and biology at university. He was equally at home in the worlds of literature and science. And one of the great features of his theory is that it links our biological being with the meanings that constitute our experience. Becoming a great scientist was Freud’s initial ambition but - for practical reasons - he eventually turned to what we...
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Article 10 mins