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Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos
Society, Politics & Law

Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos

...work on culture, who suggested people were shaped by a ‘structure of feeling’: this was ‘as firm and definite as “structure” suggests, yet it operates in the most delicate and least tangible parts of our activity’. With ethos being both structural and constitutive, it provides the lifeblood of institutions and actors, yet has the capacity to interact and...
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Ion implantation
Science, Maths & Technology

Ion implantation

...work-tables capable of carrying 1000 kg. Components with a small volume/surface ratio have a low thermal capacity and may have to be manipulated within the chamber to prevent an excessive temperature rise. No appreciable change in dimensions occurs and the process can thus be used in the final stage of production. The ion bombardment produces a slight polishing of the...
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Olympics 2021: The story of how a small Shropshire town influenced the modern Olympic movement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Olympics 2021: The story of how a small Shropshire town influenced the modern Olympic movement

...work of Coubertin; he was the first to formulate many Olympic principles – all sports, all nations, all people. In many ways Coubertin preserved Brookes’ life’s work; had the Olympics not been revived much of what Brookes had dedicated his time to would have been in vain. So, when you sit down to watch the Tokyo Games take a brief moment to consider that had...
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Choosing a Cosmic Name
Science, Maths & Technology

Choosing a Cosmic Name

...Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) was established to collate historical records and maintain the official catalogue of proper names for stars of scientific and historical value. A casual internet search will reveal a plethora of companies who will readily sell you the right to name a star. While a friend or family member might appreciate the idea of being presented with...
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Remembering Thatcherism
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Thatcherism

...work of Stuart Hall. His first article The Great Moving Right Show, written before Thatcher came to power and while Hall was still at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, was a prescient analysis of the ‘swing to the right’ that was taking place in British society. In this article, Hall outlined the way in which Thatcher and the radical right had put together...
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Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial resilience or moving the goal posts?

...working with the stakeholders involved. A recent study I was involved in investigated online home-based businesses, these are home-based businesses that carry out the majority of their key activities online, such as web developers, online stores and online community sites. The entrepreneurs involved demonstrated highly effectual approaches. For example, a number of them...
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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...work for your individual needs. But remember: you need to be careful if you are using machine translation tools in assessment. If you want to use them like any other dictionary, to look up words or short phrases, you need to stick to the assessment guidelines and mention them in the reference section as a source you have used, just like you would do with any other source!...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...work. It offers city dwellers day to day conveniences, like the GPS navigation apps which direct us around rather than through traffic jams. It generates data that cities could use to make spaces better too – for instance, that same traffic data that helps you avoid a tailback might in future help planners to improve road and public transport networks. This link between...
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