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Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...children each of us has are 0, 2, 4 and 2. The mean number of children per person is the number we’d each have if they were divided out evenly between the four of us. In total there are 8 children, so the mean number is 8 divided by 4 - which is, of course, 2. What happens if a new colleague joins us, and the new colleague has 3 children? Well, now the total number of...
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Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...from Australia suggests there are many reasons why children subjected to bullying don't ask their teachers to get involved. Kenneth Rigby shares some of the findings...[Ghost in the classroom] 'Ghost in the classroom' by Ben+Sam In Australia approximately one student in five is bullied at school every few weeks or more often. Many of these students suffer serious...
How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...researchers have also found that reminders of death increase our desire for fame and for children, both of which are commonly associated with symbolic immortality. It turns out that we do want to be immortalised through our work and our DNA. When asked, we do not seem, perhaps not even to ourselves, to fear death. Nor would we guess that thinking about death has such...
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...centre. Milton Keynes has plenty of wild areas, grasslands, forests, lakes and an impressive river, the River Great Ouse, which forms its Northern border – although as a large urban jungle, Milton Keynes’ biodiversity is reduced and further under threat due to the present ecological and climate crisis. In terms of its socio-economic profile, Milton Keynes was depicted...
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...research on doping may illustrate some of the topics and arguments that make up a contemporary issue identify how contemporary issues, such as doping, often benefit from a little social context and/or background history to help explain the present day describe how the framing, arguments made and overall evaluation of a contemporary issue benefit from a critical approach...
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...research environment...Universities – whose name derives from the Latin ‘universitas’ meaning ‘the whole’ – must foster inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are valued, and all academics receive equal support regardless of gender, background or identity. Despite institutional efforts to address inequity as populations have become increasingly...
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...Research shows that although the gender gap is slowly narrowing, women and girls are still significantly less likely than their male counterparts to be physically active and play sport (Sport England, 2019a; 2020). Women also occupy much less of the sporting workforce in roles such as coaching (UK Coaching, 2018), managing, performance and development directors, and other...
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...research from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism 17% of murder prosecutions in England and Wales use the doctrine of joint enterprise to secure convictions. Morrison soon found there were hundreds of others like her, campaigning against the murder convictions of family members and friends. Among them was Janet Cunliffe, the mother of Jordan Cunliffe who was convicted...