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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...cast anxieties and doubts over their future aspirations. BREXIT a looming new insecurity The issue of Brexit came up for most of our interview partners. They are worried about how these political developments will affect them. Ronaldo is a very determined young man from Bolivia, who follows his dream to become a policeman, which he could not realise in Spain: The main...
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Article 5 mins
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...sand, to produce cement for concrete coastal defences on their own shoreline. Other villages were waiting for government intervention, because, in their view, and in their moral economy, not acting independently of government was the correct thing to do. Communities like this appeared to have very little local economic activity other than the tiny ‘warung’ enterprises...
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Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...aluminium compounds, which are then immobilized until the soil itself is moved by erosion. Eroded soil entering watercourses may release its phosphorus, especially under anoxic conditions. SAQ 16 What changes occur to iron(III) compounds (Fe3+) as a result of bacterial respiration in anoxic environments, and how is their solubility affected? Answer Bacterial respiration...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...sand and rocks can become uncomfortably hot, even in the UK. The darker solids are, the more short-wave radiation they absorb - black cars become hotter inside than do white ones on sunny days. The most common design using water as a heat absorber is a flat glass plate set above a waterproof black surface (Figure 4a). Water flows slowly between the two, becomes heated and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...cast). Constitutional amendments passed by parliament must be put to a referendum and require not only a majority of the electorate, but also a majority of the cantons. Moreover, the Swiss system also allows the people to propose a constitutional amendment by collecting 100,000 signatures (about 2 percent of the current electorate). As we have learned to our peril in the...
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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...casting animals as characters with minds that are recognisably human. This superimposition of human minds and animals serves as a medium for transmitting and teaching moral and ethical values, in particular to children. It does this by drawing on the symbolic connection between nature and society and the dilemmas that this connection can be used to represent. Fables have...
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Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...casting as a benevolent Irish-American priest is an indication of a more positive American attitude towards Irish Catholics and their religion compared to earlier decades. Historian Lawrence McCaffery argues that such films challenged the idea that Catholicism was an alien and subversive force in American life and that Irish Catholics could not be fully integrated into...
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Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...sands company that was very upset about that but that’s great! So this tar sand’s a terrible thing in terms of climate change. So I imagine I’m an optimist in the way looking at the general public of the world, but a pessimist in thinking how long actually this might take. How does the public perceive companies like Green.TV One thing that we find at Green.TV is...
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Video 30 mins