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Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...research centre, its library holding the largest science fiction collection in Europe. Although I have since then encountered several researchers who do cross these boundaries individually, the fields cannot be said to engage much with each other at all. The disciplines have separate research associations: the BSLS and the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts...
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Article 10 mins
Young lives: is now a good time to be young?
Education & Development

Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

...children and young people today, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the lives of children and young people. It focuses on some of the key issues in young lives such as continuing inequality and why some children and young people are more the focus of policy and intervention than others. It is written for both people working with, or intending to work...
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What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...children’s thinking and their concerns, there’s a lot to be said for creative play. This article explores the benefits and gives some top tips for creativity...[crayons with a young person drawing in the background] We all have the capacity to be creative, but we sometimes need a nudge in the right direction to spark an idea. Imagination is key – a stick can become...
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Article 10 mins
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...Centre for Languages and Cultures is encouraging and promoting the study of languages in the UK...In July 2015, the London Centre for Languages and Cultures hosted a Colloquium: “A Future for Languages in Schools?” Representatives from schools, universities, government, and language organisations discussed the serious issue facing modern foreign languages as a...
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Centreless grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Centreless grinding

...centres. There are several types of centreless grinding, all of which consist of three basic elements: Grinding wheel: The same types of grinding wheel are used for conventional grinding. Control (or regularity) wheel: This is a conventional rubber-bonded abrasive wheel on the same horizontal centre-line as the grinding wheel, which rotates in the same direction as the...
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Article 10 mins
Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane
Society, Politics & Law

Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

...centre. Since then, increasing categories of people have been subject to administrative detention, including irregular migrants, asylum seekers (the largest group currently in detention), stateless persons, children and people who arrived in the UK as children and it even played a role in the Windrush scandal. It’s now time for arbitrary immigration detention to stop,...
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Article 5 mins
Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...children come along and the survey found parenthood shapes relationship quality more than any other factor. Among survey respondents, who came from all ages and backgrounds, we found it was more difficult for parents to carry out relationship “maintenance” than it was for child-free couples. But again, LGBTQ+ parents scored higher on this than heterosexual couples....
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Article 5 mins
How can education contribute to sustainability?
Education & Development

How can education contribute to sustainability?

...children and young people reside. Not only did they post on the School’s Research Conversations: by and for Education researchers blog about how their views were set in much wider research internationally, but they also posted examples of their own practice change in personal blogs, something encouraged on the Masters in Education as a space for airing development and...
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