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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
History & The Arts

A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...worked At the start of LGBT history month in February 2017, the government announced it would pardon 49,000 men of sexual offences for homosexuality. While this is an important nod to justice, it is also a reminder of everyday injustices suffered by LGBT people in Britain when it was still a crime to be gay. Nearly 50 years ago, in July 1967, the government voted to...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...work and can be integrated into the healthcare system.” The study adds to "mounting evidence" that community health workers working in routine care facilities can effectively deliver the psychological therapies sorely missing in many resource-poor countries, according to Vikram Patel, psychiatrist and professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in...
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What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?
Digital & Computing

What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?

...work? Encryption is simply a way for two or more users to exchange messages securely. Encryption algorithms are like a box with two locks. For example, if a user called Alice wants to send her friend Bob a secure message, she puts it in the box and locks it with her key. Then, she sends the locked box to her friend Bob, who can only open the box and read Alice’s message...
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...worked together to eventually limit dangerous global heating, Glasgow’s COP26 will be worth a mention...Find out more about The Open University’s Environment qualifications. [Photo taken at COP26 in Glasgow. Banner says 'We can do this if we act now'.] Measuring progress in the international climate negotiations Beyond fine words, promises and pledges, there are at...
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Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...work? TCFD has four pillars. For us they might translate as: Take control Identify and assess the climate risks you face Decide how to manage them Set targets to reach where you need to be Deciding to ‘take control’, I start with my main assets: my home, my earning capacity, and my savings. Checking information produced by the environment agency, I discover that,...
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The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction

...worked seemingly reaching a plateau, this has led to a long awaited improvement in productivity. Whether this can be sustained, given the UK’s very poor recent record, remains to be seen. All of this has partially offset the adverse effect of the uncertainty surrounding the Brexit process. Only partially, though; it has not offset things entirely. While output growth...
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Selling Empire: Exhibitions
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Exhibitions

...worked with the massively popular exhibitions held in London between 1851 and 1925. The Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace showed Empire products alongside equally prominent British, European and foreign displays. It was not until 1886 that Empire clearly took centre-stage in an exhibition. [Crystal Palace] 'Festival of Empire' By the 1911 Festival of Empire,...
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Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...works and what doesn’t. One approach is to find the right places to plant relevant storylines within existing programmes. Natural history, travel, adventure and landscape shows all draw good audiences, and often have opportunities to weave in appropriate reference to climate change. This can be seen in the BBC’s Countryfile and Springwatch, and Channel 4’s Grand...
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