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Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...money in the country. If someone has enough money to buy a certain number of government bonds or to purchase an expensive piece of property, they can bypass normal naturalization procedures and get citizenship much faster and without many requirements – such are residence in the country, or knowledge of its language or culture. Basically, those who can afford it, can...
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Horror and politics
History & The Arts

Horror and politics

...money worries) and political. Poems such as Queen Mab, with its call for revolutionary change, had been a direct challenge to the political status quo in Britain, and marked him out as a subversive if not seditious element in society. Shelley’s soon-to-be wife, Mary Godwin, was the daughter of two of the leading political thinkers of their era, Mary Wollstonecraft and...
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What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...money involved in transitioning the global economy to a zero-carbon future are mind-boggling. President Biden of the USA acknowledged that more needed to be done3 by the rich world to help fund climate mitigation policies and announced a doubling of their commitment to climate financing to $11.4 billion per year. Such huge sums are encouraging but it’s not only the...
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Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy
Money & Business

Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy

...business units in the top quartile in terms of engagement are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable than those in the bottom quartile. There are also many studies showing that satisfied employees drive business results. Management consultants Bain & Company found that inspired employees are almost three times more productive than dissatisfied employees. Companies...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...business practices that promote more socially and/or environmentally responsible trade, but more specifically ethical trading means taking responsibility for the labour and human rights practices within the supply chain. Faced with these challenges most companies have now developed and implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and ethical trading sit...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...businesses or points of interest. For many visually impaired people, BlindSquare business listings facility alone is an incredible boon. While sighted people get to know the shops and services in their vicinity just by looking around them, visually impaired people can find it hard to get to know new places. In our research, we found that people used BlindSquare to browse...
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Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?
Society, Politics & Law

Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?

...business, but it might also be argued to increase London’s dominance over the rest of the country. In contrast, you can argue that the rest of the UK would economically benefit from links to a variety of overseas hubs, rather than a total reliance on Heathrow. This is explored in more detail in this article from City Metric. The decision to expand Heathrow is, of...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...business model to follow as it illustrated just how easy it is to profit off deep-seated insecurities stemming from a lifetime of being treated as ‘less than’ (see Amin, 1990). It is worthy of note here that ‘locs’, a natural hairstyle that has historically been worn across several civilisations and cultures, has been and is often referred to as ‘dreadlocks’....
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