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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...profile attempts by the UK government to seek investment. Fourth, global civil society movements might resist such shifts but it is doubtful whether they will achieve significant change from outside formal politics. Having said that, global civil society resistance might succeed to put pressure on political institutions and thereby mitigate the impact of Brexit and Trump...
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Centreless grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Centreless grinding

...profiles can be ground and several diameters of workpiece may be finished simultaneously. Endfeed grinding: Tapered work and headed work having a shank length too long for the wheel face, thus precluding infeed grinding. Diameters up to 200 mm, with tolerance of ±0.0025 mm. Internal grinding: The outside diameter must be ground first, since the internal diameter is...
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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...profiles, such as on LinkedIn. The three available on the Masters programme are: [Digital badges available on the Masters programme] The PDP badge: This can be gained at the end of the Masters journey during the multidisciplinary dissertation module E822, mapped against the elements of the Employability Framework [Digital badges available on the Masters programme] Peer...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
Languages

What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...profile image to facilitate this. Since the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris particularly, the rallying of expression around hashtags of support or condolence (e.g. #JeSuisCharlie) has become the online counterpart of the candlelit vigil, creating spontaneous global communities united in mourning. But in some quarters this ‘ecstatic sharing’ is devaluing...
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Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer
Society, Politics & Law

Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

...us this, and a new government strategy – particularly one published after such a high-profile and devastating murder – should have reflected this. Instead, most measures have not actually been changed from previous years. The policy continues to expect women to keep themselves safe, while proposing to funnel money (and not very much) into new methods of “keeping safe”. These criticisms are not new. The Reclaim the Night ......
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Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...looked as though it would be a watershed year. It saw the release of three fairly high-profile feature films by young directors and seemed to offer the promise of a developing film culture that would steadily increase the presence of Wales on international cinema screens. House of America (dir. Marc Evans), Twin Town (dir. Kevin Allen) and Darklands (dir. Julian Richards) were all very different in tone and subject matter,......
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...profile and esteem of a company and its products. However, there are also public dangers to this strategy. Often a less than reputable product can improve its public perception through sponsorship. This is perhaps especially the case in which less than healthy or downright unhealthy items are made to appear to “good for us” by their association with a top athlete or...
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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...profile sporting events to be held in the UK. In addition, many more people will spend money watching games live in pubs and bars, while spending on food from supermarkets typically increases by around a third during such big sporting events. Infrastructure Host cities have already benefited from £85m in infrastructural enhancements as they prepare for the tournament....
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