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Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...Central European countries into an era of democracy and brought with it the capitalist values which started to replace the socialist principles of the previous regime. One of the consequences of this political move was the opportunity for migration – citizens from the former Eastern Bloc could now visit the Western countries and while working opportunities were limited...
Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...centrally important to the organisations strategic capability? Film is a highly competitive market. When organisations face the need to cut costs in key areas, they have to decide which activities are central to it achieving competitive advantage and therefore sensible to retain control of these capabilities, and which can be outsourced often to lower cost suppliers....
Wales: Culture and identity
Society, Politics & Law

Wales: Culture and identity

...Central to this identity and a source of national pride, is rugby, which is deeply embedded in the national consciousness and explored in ‘Rugby and welsh identity’. Away from the sports pitch, this collection also looks at place and belonging, gender and race, nationalism and language, class, work, and political and cultural representation in Wales. This material...
Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Asteroids

...Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth? Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet. [Satellite Phobos orbiting around Mars planet. 3d rendering] Phobos – an asteroid...
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How data is making our cities smarter
Society, Politics & Law

How data is making our cities smarter

...central data hubs for data which is shared, other data is collected and used by small and large companies and local and national government too. It’s a fragmented landscape. As smart city technologies become increasingly common, new debates will need to take place about the usage and storage of the data the smart city is based on. Do we trust those collecting data about...
Why do we feast on so much chocolate at Easter?
History & The Arts

Why do we feast on so much chocolate at Easter?

...Central and South America. Chocolate was part of the “Food of the Gods” among the Mayans of southern Mexico, Guatemala and neighbouring areas before and during the Conquest. Chocolate is made by roasting and grinding (conching) the seeds of a variety of cacao called “Theobroma”, that is “Food of the Gods”. Mayan knowledge is remembered in the Latin name given...
Shakespeare: For All Time?
History & The Arts

Shakespeare: For All Time?

...Central Park, features a Caesar who wears a red tie and an orange wig. The apparent parallels with Donald Trump have caused outrage in conservative media. A Fox News report on the production was entitled “Shakespeare in Park Depicts President’s Murder.” As a result of the controversy, some of the Public Theater’s commercial sponsorship deals have fallen through....
60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Invisible Hand

...Hayek, argued that this ʻhands offʼ approach actually works better than any kind of central plan. But the problem is, economies can take a long time to reach their ʻequilibriumʼ, and may even stall along the way. And in the meantime people can get a little frustrated, which is why governments usually end up taking things into their own more visible hands instead....