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Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?
Nature & Environment

Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?

...out, the UK government should reform its allocation policies so that fishing rights are publicly owned, reallocated to ensure viability, incentivise better fishing practices, controlled by fishers, and help pay for management. Without reforming how fishing quotas are allocated, changes to UK fisheries from Brexit will only reinforce a broken system. This article was...
Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...out questions of belonging and community and how outputs can challenge simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'...[Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your art, in what sense are they...
Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?
Nature & Environment

Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?

...out the rising seas. Deluge danger Harvey’s biggest effect is through its intense and prolonged rainfall. A low pressure system to the north is keeping Harvey over southern Texas, resulting in greater rainfall totals. The reason #Harvey stalled - another low pressure system with northerlies to the north https://t.co/jBd591sq7J pic.twitter.com/Q8ACpcA49O — Martin...
Learning through spoken interaction
Education & Development

Learning through spoken interaction

...out more about the world from their parents or other people they encounter. From the start of their lives most babies will try to communicate by various means such as crying and making gestures and sounds. Over the next few years they will learn to speak in order to learn. Most people around them will help them develop speaking skills by talking to them and encouraging...
Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...out of 10,000 15-year old Zimbabweans lost one or both parents to AIDS in the same period. No country with such a large-scale impact of HIV/AIDS could escape economic and social challenges. But Zimbabweans stayed resilient and found a way forward. So, what is this resilience and how did they manage? According to the American Psychological Association (2014) resilience is...
Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...out at first-hand about the harmful effects of immigration detention on everyone involved in this complex system. But those who are detained, or re-detained, experience the most damage to their mental health from the lack of knowledge and understanding of when and how they will leave the centre, either released in the community or removed from the UK. And although the...
Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?

...out any measures to soften the blow. Prospect Theory explains why this might be...[Exit only sign] Gloomy forecasts for the post-Brexit economy, and a psychological tendency to gamble rather than accept certain losses, may boost public support for a giant leap away from the EU – despite the fact that most experts are advising a cautious small step. Parliamentary rebels...
Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...out of 10 (46% of children in prison) were from BAME backgrounds in 2018. This is a significant rise in BAME child prisoners from 2007 when it was 24%. As there are relatively small numbers of children in custody, a small increase or decrease in the numbers of BAME children in custody can make a significant change to the overall figure, but in recent times BAME children...