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Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Society, Politics & Law

Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?

...simple: more detainees equals more profit. Despite growing evidence of poor mental health in detention, there appears to be no rush to change the policy of indefinite detention. It is not just the management of migration, but management of misery and suffering which has now become one of the most profitable activities. The “security market” is highly oligopolistic,...
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Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser

...simple (“Clinton is raising your taxes and I am lowering your taxes”). Never mind the truth Clinton seemed close to exasperated at times as Trump sniped at her supposed 30 years of inaction, and she eventually put forward a list of her achievements as senator and secretary of state, particularly on children’s health and women’s rights. She noted she had her name...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...His story is uncomplicated yet satisfying, and he doesn’t force us to think about any of the difficult aspects of heroic behaviour that regularly crop up in other myths – such as Achilles’ terrible anger, Oedipus’ incest, or Odysseus’ willingness to lie. Rather, the appeal of Perseus lies in this simple heroic narrative, a classic tale of good defeating evil....
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...simple terms resilience is: “The ability to use personal qualities to withstand pressure.” (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2016, p. 136). When discussing resilience in the sporting context the terms ‘stressor’ – referring to the demands placed on the athletes, such as in training and competition, and ‘adversity’ referring to a personal (such as bereavement) or...
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How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...simple. You need to download one of many special ‘wallet’ applications available for most computers and smartphones. You must then create a Bitcoin account, your wallet application will then generate a pair of public encryption keys – one private (known only to you) and one public (copies of which will be shared with other Bitcoin users). You are then ready to go....
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Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...simple terms, change is the process by which something becomes different. It is an inevitable part of life, whether it is a change in a job (moving to a new job, changing to a new computer operating system, moving to a new desk), a change in a relationship (new partner or colleague, death of a family member) or a change in life circumstances (retirement, redundancy, birth...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...simple. Now at a much more multicultural school in Buckinghamshire, I had plenty of multicoloured labels on my seating plans to designate the Department for Education’s ‘targeted groups;’ English as an Additional Language, Pupil Premium, Special Educational Needs, School Action. All of which categorically avoided identifying Black and brown students and the need to...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...simple - keep your supply chain costs as low as possible and your customers happy. An introduction to the Supply Chain game Dr Paul Walley of The Open University provides the story behind the game in a short video below. Transcript DR PAUL WALLEY Many years ago a professor from MIT in the United States developed a classroom game that simulated coordination across the...
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