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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...University; Dr Digby Johnson a member of The Social Affairs Unit (a registered charity); Bea Campbell a writer and journalist. Activity 1 Listen to the linked audio files, Evidence and Argument. You may want to use the titles and spaces on the attached document to make notes on the arguments while you are listening. Please click here to view document. Discussion...
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Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...university friends on a whim. Selling first at a music festival, they decided they could make a living, so they quit their jobs (in advertising – a surprising number of radical start-up rebels work in advertising before founding their own companies) to make juice drinks and smoothies full time. Innocent’s progress was rapid – within ten years turnover and profits...
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The story of the Welsh national anthem
History & The Arts

The story of the Welsh national anthem

...University’s music courses_.  _ When does a song become a national anthem? Some have been written for that purpose (France), others have been adopted (Scotland). Many take the form of a prayer or supplication (England), and some are a call to arms (Ireland), but it was the rural ballad ‘Glan Rhondda’ (‘The Bank of the [river] Rhondda’) that evolved to be...
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Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Currently in the UK, 13 families a day suffer the heartbreak of losing their baby before, during or shortly after birth. That’s around 4,500 babies a year. And an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage (Sands, 2023). Yet, while this number reveals the scale of the problem, much less is known about...
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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...University of Melbourne and Dr Andi Horvath, a science communicator. Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies … We’ve already tried it – ethyl methanesulfonate - as an alkylating agent and potent mutagen; it created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before it even left the table....
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Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?
History & The Arts

Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?

...university lectures explode into joyous life when someone cracks open a can; the recently established “Which University?” suggests that higher education is a decision similar to buying a washing machine. But Holmes? Surely Sherlock Holmes represents the height of intellectualism, the rationalist expert? As readers and viewers, we rely on Holmes’ expertise to solve...
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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...Harare, The Open University and University College London, United Kingdom. Southwick S. M, Douglas-Palumberi H, Pietrzak R. H. Resilience. In: Friedman M. J, Resick P. A, Keane T. M, editors. Handbook of PTSD: Science and practice. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2014. pp. 590–606. World Development Report (2017) http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2017 pp.195....
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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

...University. References [i] The 2018 information on child life sentence is derived from conversations with Children Rights International Network (CRIN) and an answer to a question asked by a TD in the Irish Dail. Thanks to James Mehigan for sharing this. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessary reflect those of The Open University....
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