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What’s the big deal about virginity?
History & The Arts

What’s the big deal about virginity?

...socially accepted alternative to marriage and motherhood. The great importance assigned to Mary’s virginity can also be related to an increasing trend within Christian churches to present sex as sinful and to dissociate Jesus’ birth from sexual intercourse as far as possible. From this point of view, sexuality (female sexuality in particular) has been regarded as a...
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
Languages

Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...social media platforms, and being targeted by vitriolic abuse has become an occupational hazard for public figures. We view terms which attack, demean or belittle people and communities on the basis simply of who they are as highly offensive So what does this tell us about today’s society? Is there any particular significance to people’s current attitudes to swearing,...
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Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
Science, Maths & Technology

Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy

...anti-inflammatory drugs could stop dormant cancer cells that generate metastasis from “waking up”. If clinical trials confirm these results, we will soon be able to offer the patients treatments that specifically target dormant cancer cells. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Try a free health and social care course...
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Does the 2017 election show that the UK has a broken electoral system?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the 2017 election show that the UK has a broken electoral system?

...social media. It also highlights how many small parties such as the Greens and UKIP withdrew their candidates to assist a bigger party of their preference in some key marginal seats. The conclusion, therefore, is that the surge for the two major parties was often linked to people using their vote tactically rather than strongly supporting either. “Wasted votes” were...
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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?

...social welfare, can also be difficult to evaluate meaningfully on anything other than a long-term basis, regardless of whether they are funded by donations or by charging fees. This is why the 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...
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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

...social care, early intervention, and housing services have been particularly affected. The policy of austerity has had an especially large impact on those young people most affected by knife and gun violence. They no longer have access to the Educational Maintenance Allowance, Connexions Careers Service or housing benefits, and youth support services have been decimated....
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Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...work. It would allow information sharing in the public interest. Simple regulation would also ensure that if a practitioner was unfit to carry out their healthcare duties they can be prevented from doing so, or concerns be raised. This would necessitate a register of healthcare practitioners. Yet these conditions mirror closely what already happens. The General Medical...
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Stuck in the middle of a pandemic: are international students migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Stuck in the middle of a pandemic: are international students migrants?

...work in the retail and tourism sectors but now find themselves with either no jobs and income, or in the precarious position of having to work outside of the home. As university accommodation was shutting down everywhere some also lost access to housing. All these problems haunt their lives as students. Government regulations around minimum face-to-face attendance can no...
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