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‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...managed fairly is through co-operation between the different nations who fish them. It’s easy to understand why UK fishermen resent the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy. The quota shares that the UK government agreed to on entering the EU were less favourable compared to the French, for example. The way that the UK government allocated its share of the EU total catch...
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Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...manage your emotions, it’s almost this dialectic of fear and pleasure that you really need to manage. But the rollercoaster example is interesting because some of the skydivers that I interviewed in that research were quite critical of that similarity being made between rollercoaster rides and fairground attractions and skydiving because with skydiving it is all about...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...managed to maintain their fitness ready to peak for a 2021 Olympics/Paralympics were faced with further difficulties when it came to qualifying for the games. Many qualifying tournaments and competitions were cancelled due to COVID-19 giving athletes far fewer opportunities to qualify. For many, participating in an Olympic or Paralympic Games is a once in a lifetime...
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What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love

...managing conflict and improving their connection together. [a pair of wings, separated, in a rainbow of colours] Lesson 4: Establish boundaries One of the most common causes of relationship dissatisfaction is frustration caused by uncommunicated boundaries and expectations. We often forget to have these discussions because our partner is supposed to already know and act...
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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...managed throughout its history. Welfare Susan Harkness, reader in social policy, University of Bath The reversal of the decision to cut tax credits provides welcome relief to the 3.3m families who would have been £1,300 a year worse off next April. Yet, while the announcement is to be welcomed, the longer term outlook for low income families is worrying. The reversal...
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Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...management of national and global health risks. 1: Disruption to maternal care and reproductive services Target 3.1 of SDG3 aims to reduce the global maternal mortality (i.e. where a woman dies from pregnancy related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy) ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030 (UN Women (2020)). Improvements in...
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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...managing overlapping forms of oppression linked with gender, race and disability (Malcolm and Green, 2025). The Triad of Oppression In our early conversations, born out of the informality and authenticity of friendship, we had distilled our research interests into a deceptively straightforward question: ‘what is it like to be a Black mother raising an autistic child in...
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10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...project managers involved. When the Russians get divorced living in a flat they’ll use British lawyers to service their needs in that, and so there’s a sort of economy built around that. That’s the British service economy. So that’s another example of this kind of move upmarket. And the third of course are those intellectual property type industries, like...
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