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Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world
History & The Arts

Migration goes both ways: How Brits changed the world

...economic migrants or refugees who are fleeing conflict. [The Sons of England War Memorial, Toronto] Toronto's Sons Of England War Memorial Heading stateside Initially, the US attracted a large number of immigrant agriculturalists, most of whom were farmers who wanted to escape the agricultural depression in Britain. But once the American Civil War had ended, migrants...
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Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...economic development perspective, over a purely scientific assessment. Brexit threat Yet these issues are perhaps nothing compared to the prospect following the fast-approaching referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU. But is this really a threat to science? Look at Switzerland, it is a successful research nation and isn’t part of the EU. While it is hard to...
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Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...economic status, and are able to give and take in providing mutual support. People may be changed by their friendships, but this is not usually the main reason for engaging in them. Friendships are about having fun and for some people part of preserving a friendship may consist of taking their problems to a professional instead: ‘It is much easier to talk to a stranger...
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Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...economically and socially resilient in comparison with ‘footloose’ corporations that can wreak havoc through disinvestments and relocations. There are, of course, many more arguments that could be presented on either side. The jury is out, so I will close with a few questions that we hope to return to in a future update: What could be done to encourage entrepreneurs...
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What might the Trump presidency be like?
Society, Politics & Law

What might the Trump presidency be like?

...economic and social changes in the US – primarily, though not solely, working-class whites. With this uncanny skill, he has magnified a form of identity politics the Republicans have long been using to appease and mobilise their base. This experiment in political engineering began in earnest back in the early 1990s. It was until recently an insidious thing, usually...
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Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...economic constraints mean that not everyone can get the care that you would want for them. We see how difficult it is to manage the daily pressures in a busy hospital and how this comes down to meticulous planning, organisation, good and bad luck, and ultimately what happens can be out of the control of many individuals no matter how skilled or senior they are. We see...
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After Manchester: Pause, and carry on
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Pause, and carry on

...economic, political and social, in the make-up of these attackers. If Donald Trump has groped towards a kind of truth in his usual, idiosyncratic response – and he very well may have done just that – with the claim that these people are first and foremost society’s “losers”, then we must examine what it is exactly that makes them so. Again, none of this is to...
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What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?
Society, Politics & Law

What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?

...economically active) and the bad (not working). Access to benefits, healthcare and pensions is promised to the good while the most vulnerable remain ignored – not forgotten, mind you, as they seem to have been deliberately excluded. How the status will be evidenced is also another matter. Is a system of ID cards going to be implemented? Will it apply only to a specific...
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