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Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...out for a stroll, eat a pizza, go to the cinema, and so on. But on the other hand, even as a prisoner, I am likely to be free in many respects. I am free to think about whatever I want to think about. In all but the cruellest prison regimes I will be free to pace around my cell, do a few push-ups or stare blankly at the wall; I'll also be free to write a letter to my...
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Languages and the refugee crisis
Languages

Languages and the refugee crisis

...challenges ahead could be the first step towards a future of peaceful and happy co-existence. Explore more about languages on OpenLearn Find out more about the European Day of Languages Discover what learning languages can do for you Try our language courses for free! Explore more about languages Go back to the menu Try our language courses for free! Go back to the menu...
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Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...out a salient policy meme that says you can’t grow variable renewables without a proportionate increase in storage,” Professor Keith says. “We could cut electric sector carbon emissions to less than a third of their current levels using variable renewable, with natural gas to manage the intermittency. But this will require us to keep growing the electricity...
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Are things changing in world rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are things changing in world rugby?

...out in the first round, something which hasn’t happened for a long time and England has never failed to progress to the knockout stages. Group A seemed to be a group with an unfair weighting of good teams and Wales being unseeded is one of the anomalies of the competition in 2015. The initial hyperbole about England in the media lead-up to the competition made...
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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...out of steam Many of the Kirchner era’s banner initiatives have worked hard to meet the unfulfilled social demands of the neoliberal 1990s, and by doing so, the Kirchners have forged a strong political identity of combative resistence against neoliberalism in all its forms. But the antagonism that founded Argentina and Latin America’s “post-neoliberal consensus”...
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Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...out of mathematics in the senior years of schooling. Evidence of this influence on children’s thinking can be seen in this quote, where Kristie, another participant, was describing her friends’ attitudes towards mathematics: “Maybe some just don’t enjoy it the way I do, they just think maybe it’s not their subject. They might enjoy English.” Promoting positive...
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What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...out that, within the school year, these five randomly selected kids achieved the greatest gains in academic performance in the class. Obvious evidence for a Pygmalion effect! Ethical experimental research designs to investigate the Golem effect are much more difficult to come up with (Babad, Inbar and Rosenthal circumvented the ethical problem by studying teacher trainees...
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The Language of Brexit
Languages

The Language of Brexit

...out her views on hard or soft Brexit by saying her goal is a red, white and blue Brexit. The word is clearly active in English. Speculation that other nations may start a process of withdrawing from the EU has led to many parallel constructions. Some seem to work well. Frexit seems to be the only possible term for a possible French exit. Others seem problematic. Would...
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