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Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London
Society, Politics & Law

Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London

...course’, with the coast following its own natural erosion pattern. Conclusions Which strategy is pursued – hold the line, managed retreat or no active intervention - will depend on the estimated environmental and economic costs and benefits for the area of coastline in question. Building sea walls is more likely to make economic sense when more valuable land is being...
Kant on trust
History & The Arts

Kant on trust

...courses and qualifications [A pile of Kant books] Mistrust and suspicion are on the increase in our society; and confidence in our institutions is in decline. To understand why a “crisis of trust” is so serious, we must take account of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, who placed honesty and trustworthiness at the heart of his theory of how we should live. Kant...
A socially engaged spiritual response to the Climate Crisis
Nature & Environment

A socially engaged spiritual response to the Climate Crisis

...courses and qualifications I recently contributed to a Buddhist dialogue at one of the fringe activities in COP26 in Glasgow, I want to explain why I did so, based on my personal experiences, in particular working with young people in Myanmar and why I am doing a PhD with The Open University. In doing so, I would like to highlight why personal transformation is an...
What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?
History & The Arts

What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?

...course, Victoria herself is unlikely ever to have turned her hand at baking. According to the aforementioned biography, such matters were left to the team of confectioners and pastry chefs who kept her supplied with “the cakes and biscuits which, four or five times a week, follow Her Majesty to Balmoral, Osborne, or wherever else she may be staying”. The Queen-Empress...
57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part two

...course the change has only been rolled out in the US so far, and I'm not sure what gender terms Facebook has previously had available in South Asia, for example. However, even among those currently living in the multicultural US, there are many people who will understand and experience their genders in ways which are not captured on the list. For example, as I understand...
Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...courses, the prime minister’s aspirations for a more equal society could be met through higher education. Yet the most recent data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency demonstrates that the number of students enrolling for UK part-time higher education decreased by 6% between the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years. The proportion of undergraduates studying...
London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Society, Politics & Law

London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago

...course the bedroom tax. The London protests were a reaction to the effective social cleansing of working-class residents by Tory/Lib Dem coaliton policy. Local tenants' organisations and protest groups have also been formed to co-ordinate discontent. Meanwhile, Corbyn’s Labour is proposing the biggest social-housing programme since the 1970s. This is all exactly 100...
How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...courses and qualifications. Human nature [A group of children sitting on the floor looking up]Humans are not the strongest, fastest, or fiercest of creatures. And yet, put a group of us together and we have been able to inhabit every continent; develop science, law, art and medicine. The rise to our current position of influence is hard to imagine were we not able to...