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To restore or not to restore?
History & The Arts

To restore or not to restore?

...social role clearly is important here (the same could be said for the historic centre of Warsaw, which was also reconstructed). The process of reconstruction itself raises a host of philosophical issues. To reconstruct something is to recreate it as it was – one aim must be some degree of authenticity. But what should be recreated? The house as it was in its heyday? Or...
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Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...social science methods, it aimed to provide new understandings of how cultural knowledge and identity are mediated through child language brokering and to explore whether young people were aware of translating cultures. Arts-based methods gave the young people (aged 13-16 years) who took part a chance to talk about migration, language brokering and identity and our focus...
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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...social disorder, there’s now a general acceptance that the involvement of fathers is important for children’s healthy development. In the past, it might have been acceptable for fathers to act simply as breadwinners and to leave bringing up the children to mothers, but not any more. Increasingly, it seems, the only good father is one who is present – and not only...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Going Public

...social goods. Do companies that “go public” sacrifice service, quality and ethics for the sake of meeting the economic needs of their public investors? Lawrence Mitchell examines the history of Wall Street and how its recent downsizing might be a good thing for the general public in his article “Wall Street has finally begun to downsize, but how did we ever let it...
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Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...social media lets us share words, pictures and videos, online office suites allow us to publish documents and spreadsheets, code repositories allow us to share code, sites like Shinyapps.io allow you to publish specific sorts of applications, and so on. So where do initiatives like a domain of one’s own come in, which provide members of a university (originally), staff...
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Systems thinking: a select glossary
Money & Business

Systems thinking: a select glossary

...social histories, where experiencing is a cognitive act. Purpose Objective, goal or mission of the system; the raison d'être which in terms of a model developed by people is to achieve the particular transformation that has been defined. Resources Elements which are available within the system boundary and which enable the transformation to occur. System An integrated...
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Danielle Martin
Education & Development

Danielle Martin

...social obligations was something I found too overwhelming.’ She’s a busy mum (and soon to be even busier with another child due) and therefore enjoys ‘the independent and flexible learning’ on offer as ‘I need to be able to study around my family commitments.’ But it wasn’t simply a case of finding The Open University and embarking on a degree once more,...
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Melanoma: an emerging concern
Health, Sports & Psychology

Melanoma: an emerging concern

...Social Care courses and qualifications. What is melanoma? Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer that arises from melanocytes, the cells responsible for producing melanin, or colour in the skin. The incidence of melanoma has been increasing globally, with 132,000 cases reported annually among the adult population. While it is commonly associated with older adults,...
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