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Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?

...economic zone, such as the maquiladora system in Mexico. Special maquiladora plants are used to assemble goods from other countries for export back to the country of origin while avoiding export and import tariffs. These are typically used in low-skilled industries such as clothing and are designed to take advantage of lower labour costs rather than advanced technology....

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Society, Politics & Law

Politics, knowledge and social change during the COVID-19 pandemic

...economic, political and social tensions. For example, in my hometown of Leicester in central England a protracted spike in COVID-19 cases in July 2020 brought to light the terrible conditions that garment workers, many of whom are South Asian migrants, are forced to endure. As lockdown hit, the online retailers were seeing growing demand and so pressed their clothing...

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Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...economic inequalities. This means shifting away from a punishment-orientated response towards one grounded in helping and supporting all people in society. For children and young adults in trouble, greater leisure facilities could be made available, such as youth clubs; adventure playgrounds; and educational programmes in music and art. Adult lawbreakers could be helped...

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Science, Maths & Technology

Low pressure die casting (counter-pressure casting)

...economical with alloys of zinc and aluminium. Typical products include aluminium alloy wheels, cylinder blocks, guttering and beer barrels. Materials: Dies are usually grey cast iron, although for long production runs, alloy cast iron or tool steel are used. Process uses a wide range of aluminium alloys, nearly all of which contain silicon to improve fluidity. Relatively...

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Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...economic and social systems represent a massive undertaking to achieve them within the 12 year window recommended in the IPCC 2018 climate change report. This demands a level of attention in the UK that is comparable to the UKs war effort during World War II. Such efforts must focus not just on immediate carbon targets but engage more comprehensively with the need for...

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Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...Economic and Social Research Council, plans to explore some of these questions. This two-year study will be working with Action for Children, a national voluntary organisation, to examine the relationships between male and female professionals and teenage boys in contact with welfare services. Underlying this research project is a concern that the ‘male role model’...

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Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...economic transformation of the Amazon based on the conversion and degradation of its natural ecosystem – its forests – is gaining momentum (see the interactive map from the University of Maryland). Yet, there are also many examples of the sustainable exploitation of the Amazon’s natural resources alongside the protection of its biological and cultural diversity. A...

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History & The Arts

English monsters

...economic change – change that brought prosperity to some but suffering to others. The dog was an emblem of what was wrong with things, as it is in King Lear when Lear is brought face to face with the ‘Poor naked wretches . . .’, those subjects he has ‘. . . ta'en / Too little care of . . .’. As unique as Shakespeare’s presentation of his theme is, as a...

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Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?