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From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?

...public confidence in England’s prospects of securing their first major football trophy since the men’s World Cup triumph in 1966. With the men’s team suffering a penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy in the final in July 2021, it was the Lionesses who ultimately achieved the feat of ‘bringing football home’, clinching an extra-time victory over Germany in the final...
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How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?
Digital & Computing

How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?

...public queries. A frequently used phrase in Bangladesh these days is ‘Digital Bangladesh’, which is the idea that IT can be used in administration and governance to ensure transparency, accountability and answerability at all levels of society and state. Although there is visible progress in terms of Bangladesh's digitization in other areas, many elected MPs and...
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Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?
History & The Arts

Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?

...public interest in their lives. Swift’s 2014 singles “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off” satirise the media portrayal of her as “a girl who’s crazy but seductive but glamorous but nuts but manipulative”, and Plath’s Lady Lazarus turns the tables on “the peanut-crunching crowd”, exploiting them as they seek to exploit her: There is a charge For the...
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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...public debate are essential for making societies more peaceful, tolerant and harmonious. Whereas superstitions can provide a refuge in ignorance and uncertainty, human beings are at our best when we can freely use our minds to examine and understand our natural worlds. Lucky pants What does that mean today? While there’s no harm in wearing those lucky pants if they make...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...public comments can give us more insight. Early years A key ingredient in Edwards’s success was a genetic blueprint that meant he had raw speed on the track (according to his biography, his best 100m time is 10.48 sec). Speed as you approach take-off in triple and long jump is one of the key pre-requisites of success, since it translates into horizontal distance when...
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The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...public campaigning of these women ensured they had the support of Glaswegians across the city. Before the two days were finished the council agreed to settle the equal pay claims and to implementing a new JES to address the inequalities going forward. Settlement of equal pay claims This process was not straightforward, with every worker needing to complete paperwork in...
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Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...Public services, such as sanitation and roads, have often been limited or not provided in informal settlements due to their virtual invisibility in spatial maps such as google earth. Residents of informal settlements are using remote sensing data to created detailed maps of the areas. One example of this type of mapping is Map Kibera. These maps can aid evidence-based...
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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...public good into a commodity. Researchers Rich Goulding, Adam Leaver and Jon Silver have been compiling data on new housing developments in Manchester and Salford in order to understand who is involved in the construction of new housing apartments in Greater Manchester and where in the world those companies and financial actors are located. As part of our new Geography...
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