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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...system for those needs. Disputes with a school over the education, special needs or behaviour of the child, in some cases resulting in ‘off-rolling’ or exclusion. Between 2018 and 2020, I conducted research with 99 families, of whom almost three-quarters had intended for their children to be school educated. Parental expectations of schools Parents’ hopes for their...
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Exploring Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring Europa

...System exploration, in which Jupiter’s enigmatic ocean moon Europa will be front and centre. Here we look at what two upcoming missions hope to achieve and why this is important for space scientists and astrobiologists...Europa was first glimpsed up-close by the Pioneer and Voyager probes in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until the Galileo mission in the 1990s and early...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...systems proved to be highly effective and useful in specific domains; they proved to be as good, or even better than humans in making decisions within specific areas of knowledge. An AI designed for diagnosing childhood diseases or for viewing seismic data used in oil exploration would not be useful in other areas of knowledge. Optimism about the potential for artificial...
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Witches in popular culture
History & The Arts

Witches in popular culture

...system in need of reform by and for its female members. More than this, Tomasin becomes one of the gruesome hags who have murdered her baby brother. In this respect, The Witch echoes old misogynist fairy tales, which often feature actual or attempted infanticide, as much as it revels in the witch’s power to destroy an authoritarian patriarch. Eggers’ complex depiction...
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The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...system, and victims of sexual assault’. Despite the recognition, Biles’ withdrawal in Tokyo remains a disputed topic on social media with many questioning President Biden’s decision to award her with the honour. In conclusion, this study uncovered two significant findings. Firstly, the general public are unable to reach an agreement on athlete mental health, with...
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True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...think celebrity influence on politics is a modern invention, think again. In 1975, sportspeople, actors and even agony aunts swung into action to keep the UK in the EEC. Writing for British Influence, Robert Saunders says that the use of celebs was in a bid to offset the sense that the In campaign was pretty fusty: To its critics, 'Britain in Europe' reeked of privilege....
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10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...think you might share too much on Instagram? See if you're a model citizen or a menace to society with our game _Ministry of Sharing: Are you a safe sharer? _ 3: Fitbit [Fitbit stand] Wearable tech was unheard of ten years ago and deemed a bit geeky, but now it seems to be one of the most up and coming trends for an increasing health-concious market. One of the market...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...think that we are joking and we share their laughter.” In the 1990s, with the beginning of the digital revolution, R’ykanadar Korra’ti founded the niche publication Elfkind Digest, initially as a mailing list. “This is not … about role-playing or role-playing games: we’re elves. Deal with it,” wrote Korra’ti. “Initially I expected only to find other...
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