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Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...world by an 18 year old radical. First and foremost the young Shelley issues a pointed condemnation of the militaristic stance of the British establishment, along with stanzas that are vehemently anti-monarchist and implacably opposed to the abuses of wealth that were prevalent at the time: “Man must assert his native rights, must say; We take from Monarchs’ hand the...
Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...World Series final between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, in which the former ended a 108-year losing streak. Early voting means that for millions of people, the election is already over: their votes are cast. They just want a result. Of course, there are still plenty of people making calls, putting up (and sometimes tearing down) yard signs, trying to...
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...world where trade is underpinned by the mutual recognition of standards which are constantly and collectively updated, interpreted and litigated. Even if EU laws are copied into British law via the ‘great repeal bill’, that means little without the cooperation mechanisms which make them operative. You may say that your pharmaceutical product confirms to our safety...
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...world of the story (what media scholars call “transportation”) and the emotions evoked by the storyline. We found that “Royal Pains” viewers who saw Anna’s story had more supportive attitudes toward transgender people and policies, and we found a cumulative effect of exposure to transgender entertainment narratives. The more portrayals viewers saw, the more...
Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...world who would see games involving Liverpool Football Club. They were both part of a long-running campaign which saw ordinary men and women take on the powerful – the police, the government, and what was at the time a mass circulation newspaper, The Sun. It was a campaign that was ultimately successful. (End of Mini Lecture) Hillsborough plus thirty years In 2012, The...
The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...World should be arranged. Moreover, their range of experience is limited to moving in circles of people who share the same social outlook and who have always had comfortable and mostly debt-free existences. Those at the top of Government are even more likely than the average MP to be drawn from a privileged elite for whom poverty, benefits and discrimination can only be...
Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...world, discourse around digital technology in the academe can often result in polarising categories. On the one hand, we find the glorified hype of the Web 2.0. version of the university: the digital classrooms of the future where education is free and democratised for all. On the other, one-dimensional stereotypes of ‘digital natives’ glued to iPhones and academics...
Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...worlds of literature and science. And one of the great features of his theory is that it links our biological being with the meanings that constitute our experience. Becoming a great scientist was Freud’s initial ambition but - for practical reasons - he eventually turned to what we would now call psychotherapy. He began by studying what others were doing in this field,...