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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...law in constituting citizens and migrants as well as the different spaces and journeys informing migrations, mobilities and immobilities. This will was followed by an open exchange between all participants on the ethical, political and artistic issues raised by Syed's work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings...
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What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?
Money & Business

What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?

...law subjects charity trustees to a range of duties designed to prevent abuses of power, such as the duty to account for the stewardship of the charity’s assets, the duty to participate actively in the charity’s management, and the duty to plough any profit back into the charity’s services and not distribute it to private hands. There is also an overarching duty to...
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Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...laws were used to understand the physics of motion. In 1687, Newton wrote that gravity affects everything in the universe. The same force of gravity that pulled an apple down from a tree kept the Earth in motion around the sun. But Newton never puzzled out the source of gravity. Philosopher David Hume’s 1738 ‘A Treatise of Human Nature’ was a big influence on...
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...law enforcement and gang policing. A special report, Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV) was launched in November 2011. This £10m programme contained proposals to tackle the causes of gang and youth violence, as well as tough enforcement measures targeting violent criminals. By the end of 2015, EGYV was supposed to “have turned around the lives of 120,000 of the most...
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Gwneud Nodiadau Effeithiol
Education & Development

Gwneud Nodiadau Effeithiol

...law. Peidiwch â gorlenwi'r dudalen. Defnyddiwch ymylon llydan fel bod lle i ychwanegu nodiadau ychwanegol maes o law. TREFNWCH EICH NODIADAU Trefnwch eich nodiadau fel eich bod yn gallu dod o hyd i'r hyn rydych yn chwilio amdano yn hawdd. Os oes gennych sawl tudalen ar un pwnc, cofiwch gynnwys rhifau tudalennau. Ychwanegwch deitl at eich nodiadau a'u dyddio. Cofiwch...
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Multiculturalism Bites
History & The Arts

Multiculturalism Bites

...laws imposed by a majority? John Horton discusses this difficult question. Susan Mendus on Toleration The concept of toleration has a long history; Sue Mendus shows how present day debate is informed by 17th Century discussions. Nancy Fraser on Recognition and Multiculturalism Recognition and respect are key ideas when it comes to achieving political equality. They are,...
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First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?
Money & Business

First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?

...law, an extreme alteration in exchange rates could be considered an external event (such as a natural disaster or fire that destroys goods about to be shipped) that prevents the performance of a contact, known as a “frustrating event”. This, however, can only work when the contract itself does not make provision for the consequences of external shocks in what is...
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Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...law dating back to 1959. The aim of the bill is ostensibly to prevent children from accessing pornography. Age verification may be defendable if it could be done without submitting sensitive information. But it seems likely that it will involve registering a credit card with pornography platforms, increasing the number of sources holding information about our online...
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