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How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...public life. Kerala-born blogger Inji Pennu, who now lives in Florida, describes Facebook as: …a place where we could gather around with other women and tell the world, I do not want men to grope me while going to school, I do not want men to tell me what to do at offices, I do not want my parents to give me off in a wedding. In late July of 2015, a politician in Kerala...
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True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...public was asked? We've dug through the archives to find some stories from the 1975 EEC Referendum...The decision to call the referendum was taken by Prime Minister Harold Wilson - but Tony Benn was instrumental in persuading him There were many pressures on Harold Wilson to find a way to settle the question of EEC membership. His predecessor, Ted Heath, had taken the...
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What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...publication of its Global Strategy report, it has steadily embarked on being less of a global player in the course of the last three years. Pressured by Russian belligerence and unprecedented migration flows, the EU has slowly but perceptibly abandoned its ‘out-of-area’ commitments in favour of guarding its borders on land and at sea. An engaged Clinton presidency...
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Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...publication – a la the Spycatcher affair in Britain in the 1980s. Several questions have arisen since Fire and Fury’s release, particularly regarding the reliability of some of Wolff’s claims as well as the book’s ‘usefulness’: has it provided any new insights, has it merely helped the Trump administration’s war against the American media, and so on. My take...
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The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...public service among the government departments or local elected representatives. They had more praise for the army, which played a high-profile role in the initial disaster response. Their cynicism about local officials is hardly surprising. The pressure of political patronage diverted aid away from the most needy, despite both acute need in the most affected areas and a...
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How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 30(3), pp. 221–34. Taylor, M. (2017) ‘Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices’, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 11 July 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-work-the-taylor-review-of-modern-working-practices (Accessed 16 November 2022)....
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The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...public lottery. Sloane, however, was not alone in assembling such collections. The famous surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) amassed some 17,000 objects and specimens during his lifetime. These were bought by Parliament for £15,000 and eventually housed in the Royal College of Surgeons, where they are still on display. Another collector was Joseph Banks (1743-1820) who...
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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...public so the challenge is more accessible and of a more general nature. I am not sure I invert the teacher learner role, it’s more about thinking creatively about what is being taught, why and how. Maybe how these methods can be used not for teaching but as deconstructive tools. Learning is political- what curriculum is chosen is going to affect people’s...
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