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60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU
Society, Politics & Law

60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU

...institutions. By 1961, however, the Suez crisis (a failed British, French and Israeli military intervention in Egypt) and the acceleration of decolonisation had helped to demonstrate the limitations of this strategy. As a result, Britain applied for membership of the EEC. Again, the choice to join was made because the British government felt that the UK would benefit from...
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...institutional capabilities that may ultimately turn out to be unfounded. The latest indication regarding this is the leaking of news of the conversation between Jean-Claude Juncker and Theresa May, with German media reporting a UK government that appeared to have unfounded confidence in the outcome of Brexit and in the process of negotiation. While the report in German...
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How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
History & The Arts

How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars

...institutions. Many European politicians, however, are much less keen to use it in official settings, either because they feel they’re surrendering some of their negotiating power if they do, or because it gives the wrong impression to their constituents back home. In other words, despite its global status, English still has strong symbolic associations with the UK. An...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...Institute of Education, the EPPSE team followed 3,000 children from the age of three to 16 – their entire compulsory schooling life. That team substantially extended the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales to evaluate and research the quality of early years settings. In the UK, the revised scales have been used in collaboration with over 45 local authorities to...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...Institute of International Affairs. Present management strategies within the oil majors have failed to deliver value to shareholders, and profits are declining sharply, Stevens says. Impact on climate Meanwhile, growing public and governmental concerns over fossil fuels and their impact on the climate, together with a sharp drop in prices, are threatening the survival of...
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Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...institution they represent – Hogwarts - will become Harry’s real second home, the place where he can become his true self. In the final scene of the first book, when Harry and his friends are about to catch the train home at the end of term, Harry says ‘I’m not going home, not really’. If the Harry Potter series embodies its hero’s search for home and family,...
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Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...institutional practices, norms and values. The brokering, which takes place across many spaces including school, healthcare, banking, housing and more, also takes different forms: face-to-face communication, telephone discussions and reading text and documents. Most importantly, it usually occurs between the child or young person and two or more adults, and can involve...
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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...institutions, and local stakeholders, including settlers, loggers, ranchers, Coca-farmers, miners and indigenous communities) the ecological dynamics of the Amazon being poorly understood; the impacts of various interventions being difficult to predict the increasing pressures to both exploit the natural resources present in the Amazon (hardwood, minerals,
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