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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes You A Nicer Person’ (Barras, 2013), ‘Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction Makes You A Better Person’ (Schonfeld, 2013),...
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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...public services, as seen in the infographic in Figure 2 below. Additionally, trees have cultural and social functions, often being at the centre of ceremonies. One fun example is wassailing in Britain. Local trees play a huge part in all of our lives. With 1 in 3 tree species in the world threatened with extinction (Crowley and Justice, 2021), caring for these heroes is...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...Paper – Nov 2017 https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/uprooted-by-climate-change-responding-to-the-growing-risk-of-displacement-620357 Accessed 31st January 2020 Shelter Projects http://www.shelterprojects.org/shelterprojects2009/ref/B.1-Bangladesh-2009-Cyclone-Aila.pdf Accessed 29th January 2020 UNDP, 2020 https://www.adaptation-undp.org/explore/bangladesh...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...public speaking coach. We also have sessions with a divorce consultant in certain locations as well as hold wellbeing events. These are all free for members. [Mother and her baby] What our member's say about us Read what members say about ASPN: https://aspnetwork.org.uk/reviews Our achievements We were featured in various BBC media during the COVID-19 pandemic including...
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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...public speaking, event planning, how to mentor others, critical thinking, how to be a leader without the need for a title, to be trusted with other people’s money, kindness, generosity, bravery and strength. There was a strong ethos of “all roles are open to all”, so at various times I was a band leader, Sunday school teacher to the over 50s, choir director, an...
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How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...public high schools, for example, the “Muslim World,” appears in the 10th chapter. In condensing a thousand years of history – from the seventh to the 17th century – it focuses only on “Arab armies” and the rise of early modern Muslim empires. Such narrow focus misses out on the cultural exchanges during this period. For example, in medieval Spain, the...
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Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...publication of her work. She was desperately lonely, lacking friends with whom she could discuss her explorations of mathematics, and as a woman, she was forbidden from joining many of the scientific institutions of the day. She is known to have become a heavy drinker and to have experimented with opium. Worse still, she became convinced she had found a perfect scheme for...
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Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...public or bringing new slaves into the country. Popular support against slavery was also augmented by the extensive evidence compiled by the British anti-slavery abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, who produced detailed accounts of the barbarous nature of the slave trade on his wider travels around the Empire. By 1789 William Wilberforce had initiated an anti-slavery...
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