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'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...account ecosystem services have been developed. This coupled with increased environmental awareness of business/government/public has resulted in improved appreciation of the value of ecosystem services. There have been many examples of initiatives that attempt to value ecosystems services. From the famous applied example of the Catskills Watershed Corporation supplying...
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Herodotus 'The Histories'
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories'

...account as discourse: this group said this, the other group said that, I for one cannot say for sure . . . In this way, he reproduces the ‘enquiry’ effect, with the result that to be a reader of Herodotus is to become an historian. Find out how by following the links in the menu below. The Hestia Project The Hestia project brings this enquiry into the 21st century...
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Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...regulator. Animation 6 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and social work service users? [Witness to harm - Video 6] Transcript Animation 7 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and social workers? [Witness to harm - Video 7] Transcript If you would like to find out more about the project, take a look at the Witness to harm, holding to account project page....
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Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...account in the first edition of her book The Creative Mind Four “Lovelace” questions A detailed discussion with Professor Margaret Boden about the relationship between computers and creativity in terms of four 'Lovelace' questions The relationship between imagination and creativity A philosophical dialogue between Mike Beaney and Berys Gaut concerning Gaut's views on...
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Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...Growth Agendas The development of brownfields sites in terms of growth, using East London as an example,. The victims of such development and the potential cultural and social loss. Divergent Agendas How are agendas defined, and what is lost in a shift to governance over government? The possibilities for democratic accountability and the problems of local councils....
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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...account. "Of course we tak' account of Christmas" said a Perth man, "gi'e us th' chance, we tak' anything; but,mon, ye should be we' us for Hogmanay!" Children of Arras Even the poor survivors of the devastating districts will have their Christmas dinner. I know of one underground refuge in Arras where some happy children will be assembled and fed. There is a pathetic...
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Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...accounted for between 40%-50% of all children in prison. It is also important to highlight that significant numbers of children in custody have drug problems, learning difficulties, mental health problems and have witnessed or experienced physical or sexual violence. 45% of children in prison in 2018 were assessed as having a substance misuse problem. 89% of young people...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...accounts of the same event. As a result, by reading through his account and having to judge the veracity of the statements from different witnesses, we too engage in ‘enquiry’ and become historians. Even in the 5th century BC, history was as much about what was most likely, based on one's powers of reasoning and knowledge of the world and the way it works, as about...
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