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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

...system less hostile and more humane. ...Britain’s increasingly brutal regime of “migration control” has come to a head. After almost two years as home secretary, Amber Rudd resigned on April 29, apologising for misleading parliament of deportation targets, amid public revulsion at the treatment of British people who had come from the Caribbean half a century ago....
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Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...systemic racism in the publishing industry requires systemic changes. Swapping a White child with a Black child does not change the rules of the publishing game. Most popular personalised books portray children as the heroes and stars of their own stories. This might be empowering to some, and insulting to other, children.Most popular personalised books portray children...
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Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

...systems is to formulate effective responses on all three fronts; and to measure effectiveness, we need metrics. Demonstrating the efficacy of biomedical interventions is relatively straightforward. Likewise, we can measure the effectiveness of interpersonal interventions to improve knowledge and change behaviours. But intervening on the social/political level is more...
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What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do we know about the seven Earth-like planets?

...think this star is wearing shades. With a mass of only 8% of the sun’s and shining less than 0.1% as brightly, it is at the small, faint end of the “red dwarf” star type, barely able to power itself by nuclear fusion. Proxima, the nearest star beyond the solar system (4.24 light years away), where recently a single planet was discovered, has 12% of the sun’s mass...
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Fused deposition modelling (FDM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Fused deposition modelling (FDM)

...system. Three-dimensional structures can be formed by adding material onto previously deposited material...FDM cannot handle overhanging structures with much success. Therefore, systems are often equipped with a second extrusion head for depositing 'sacrificial' material. This is commonly dissolved in a solvent that does not affect the properties of the build material....
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Article 10 mins
What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...system it is very open. In addition to the source code being openly available, a key feature of blockchains is that in principle every user has their own copy of the entire blockchain. In fact, there is no central or master copy, simply the multiple copies held by the volunteers in the user community. Volunteers are rewarded for their effort through a number of...
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Social Science
Society, Politics & Law

Social Science

...systems of belief. Complementary approaches Comparing social and natural sciences, the need for both perspectives for full understanding. Influence of Social Science The impact the study of social science has had since the 19th century. Knowledge - what is it? The relative status of different kinds of knowledge, scientific knowledge and its supposed objectivity. The...
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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...system. So I think being very aware that not all things are equal and being able to react to that and give people the support they need has been really important for us. And it wasn't easy. Those first three or four months, I was still working in technology at that point, was a Herculean task. To be able to get everybody the tools that they needed to be able to do the job...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs