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Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?
Education & Development

Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?

...fact remains that many adult men – and women – are still highly uncomfortable talking about periods. And given that Plan International UK found that almost half of girls aged 14 to 21 are embarrassed by menstruation, it’s time this changed – period. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. More on periods Transcripts...
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Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...reduce injury. This is encouraging because children who are taught correct technique from a young age are more likely to retain safe tackle behaviours if they continue to play rugby. And this of course helps to reduce injury rates, and makes the sport safer at all levels of the game. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Catalonia: What happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

Catalonia: What happens now?

...Article 155 of the Spanish constitution to impose direct rule over Catalonia, dissolving its parliament in the process. Catalan leaders rejected the validity of this move and, by association, the election itself. They argue that Madrid has no right to intervene in their declaration of independence from Spain in the wake of a disputed referendum on October 1. Rajoy’s...
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Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...article or even blog, the respect and recognition that the whole piece may deserve. In this article, we will consider the benefits of thinking more expansively about sources, look in more detail at sources in todays’ digital environment. To conclude, I will share one of my favourite books with you, favourite in part due to its readability, combined with extensive use of...
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Why limited-time offers make shoppers say 'bye now', not 'buy now'
Money & Business

Why limited-time offers make shoppers say 'bye now', not 'buy now'

...psychological factors, particularly when consumers are not subject to high time pressure. This article was originally published by LSE Business Review, and is based on the authors’ paper ‘Take it or leave it: experimental evidence on the effect of time-limited offers on consumer behaviour’, presented in this year’s Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society....
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Why are public companies vanishing in America?
Money & Business

Why are public companies vanishing in America?

...article titled “Eclipse of the public corporation,” Jensen (1989) argues that public corporations are inefficient organizational forms because private firms can resolve agency conflicts between investors and managers better than public firms. His prediction initially appeared invalid. As shown in Figure 1, the number of public firms increased sharply in the first half...
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How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...et Decorum est, Owen’s shocking poem about a gas attack is not without significance; the 24-year-old officer wrote it two days later. The Shropshire lad then returned to France in 1918 and was killed one week before the Armistice on November 11. [The Conversation]Finding the place of this historic meeting adds another piece of information to our knowledge of the war...
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What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?
Society, Politics & Law

What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?

...prey to the old Turkish phenomenon of “tutelary democracy”, where for decades a powerful military peered over the shoulders of a weak government. [The Conversation]But for now, it seems the Mugabe era is over – and as far as Zimbabwe’s most important backers go, that’s a start. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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