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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...public transport and regulations within housing. To give one example, women I spoke with who lived in one accommodation facility run by SERCO said that they had been told they would be reported to the Home Office for leaving bedroom doors open that could be a fire hazard. In this way, everyday actions become border offences. [A piece of paper is stuck up on a yellow...
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Article 10 mins
Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...public engagement. She's looking off to the left of the image and dress in a black blouse and trousers. There is a man behind her also waving and smiling.] Spot the face of change. Reuters/Chris Keane Both have also had to confront serious questions about the inclusiveness of their “revolutions”. Corbyn’s laudable effort to make sure his shadow cabinet was...
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Article 10 mins
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...public and private money are being poured into artificial intelligence research and the development of products. Economic experts predict that the adoption of AI might add between 13 and 16 trillion dollars to the global economy every year by 2030. These extraordinary figures have been driven in good part by a form of AI known as generative artificial intelligence which...
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Article 5 mins
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...public letter explaining the motivations behind his crusade. It stands in striking contrast with his hopeful 1957 sermon. His “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” responded to a newspaper advertisement from eight local clergymen urging King to allow the city government to enact gradual changes. In a stark change from his earlier views, King devastatingly targeted white...
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Article 5 mins
‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism

...public criticised this decline, and Muhammad Ali, who had been chastised in the 1960s, was later championed as a human rights spokesperson and the model against whom modern athletes were vilified for their absence of activism. Although Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf used their platforms to engage in political activism in the 1990s, there was an undeniable slump, with...
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Article 10 mins
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...public debate about the need to combat racism and ensure inclusion for minorities in order to bring about an authentic democracy. Celebrating Black History Month is one way to contribute to this. However, there is still some reluctance to acknowledge the profound link between our colonial legacy and the way that racism works. Because of this, what has been called a...
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Video 40 mins
Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...just by women. This article is based on my doctoral study: Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland, published by the Open University in December 2024: https://oro.open.ac.uk/101454/. All of the participants have been given pseudonyms in this article but they have all given permission for their full audio interviews to be accessible in a public Irish archive....
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Article 5 mins
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...health services and by local authorities is known as ‘public service’ translation. Other prominent forms of translation include localisation, videogame translation, subtitling, dubbing and audio description. Many aspiring translators are attracted by the idea of literary translation of fiction, theatre or poetry. This is an area in which it is difficult to make a...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs