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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...course, the contributions of their children. The evidence of Australia’s successful 70-year-old immigration program shows that such a new English language test is not necessary. Many Australian citizens originating from non-Anglophone countries would never have passed the proposed test and may still not have ‘proficient’ English after many years in Australia. Yet...
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Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?
Nature & Environment

Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?

...course, a natural feature of our climate. But the extreme impacts of these recent storms, especially in Houston, has understandably led to questions over whether climate change is to blame. How are tropical cyclones changing? Tropical cyclones, called typhoons in the Northwest Pacific and hurricanes in the North Atlantic, are major storm systems that initiate near the...
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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...course we tak' account of Christmas" said a Perth man, "gi'e us th' chance, we tak' anything; but,mon, ye should be we' us for Hogmanay!" Children of Arras Even the poor survivors of the devastating districts will have their Christmas dinner. I know of one underground refuge in Arras where some happy children will be assembled and fed. There is a pathetic little Christmas...
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Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...course of 10 years. WRI and a network of partners developed the “Green-Gray Assessment” method, an economic analysis tool that helps decision makers compare the potential values of natural infrastructure investments alongside the costs and benefits of traditional infrastructure. WRI and others have tested the assessment in places ranging from the United States to...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read literature The...
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Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...courses and qualifications [Black necked storks] During the long history of life on Earth, the generally slow pace of evolution has been punctuated by dramatic mass extinction events, during which, over a relatively short period of time, a very large number of species became extinct. There are thought to have been five such events, of which the most recent occurred at the...
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
History & The Arts

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

...courses and qualifications [Franz Ferdinand approaching his Gräf & Stift car] On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. To understand the importance of this event, imagine the Prince of Wales and his wife being assassinated while...
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Two kings, two very different coronations
History & The Arts

Two kings, two very different coronations

...courses. [The Royal Coronation of H.M. King George IV]The Royal Coronation of H.M. King George IVShow descriptionWestminster abbey during the coronation of George IV, George IV is seated on a raised platform with spectators surrounding him. Although coronation ceremonies are characterised by tradition, they are also important opportunities for new sovereigns to...
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