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Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...analysis and fracture mechanics and apply that to safety-critical components in the nuclear industry. I wasn't quite sure how my career and promotion prospects would develop – they employed a high calibre of people, so there was a strong professional ethos there, which I appreciated and enjoyed. Around the middle of the 1990s I had the opportunity to undertake one...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...of national authorities, insisting on better research in state projects, and better data in state development plans. The network and its news can also be followed at RedLBC‘s Twitter account and the hashtag #CienciaLatina. This article was translated for Global Voices Online by Hazina Cain-Houston, and originally published on Global Voices Online under a CC-BY licence...
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Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?

...data transcription or IT support. “So many international development actors are largely unprepared for the changes underfoot,” Melissa Leach, director of IDS, told the meeting. “The stakes in this, I must emphasise, couldn’t be higher.” Mass unemployment is one; loss of revenue for governments is another; and then there's the disproportionate effect on women...
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How do natural disasters affect mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do natural disasters affect mental health?

...data from Puerto Rico’s health department suggests that suicides were up nearly a third in September and October compared to the same period for 2016. Physicians know that extreme events can have negative impacts on mental health, causing symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But in a recent paper, researchers admitted that much is...
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The budget warns about danger ahead
Money & Business

The budget warns about danger ahead

...data described in the text] Note: The policy uncertainty index is constructed based on newspaper articles regarding policy uncertainty from The Times and The Financial Times. It counts the number of newspaper articles containing the terms uncertain or uncertainty, economic or economy, and one or more policy-relevant terms. In any case, the Chancellor announced measures to...
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Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context
Nature & Environment

Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context

...the nature of scientific knowledge, and it's relationship to policy making regarding climate change The Policy Makers The process of using scientific data to inform government policies with regards to safe-guarding the planet. A Sustainable Climate? A look at sustainable development, and it's implications faced by society and the environment, both now and in the future....
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What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?
Money & Business

What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?

...analysis is required, but it is easy to imagine an additional cost to UK-EU trade in the order of several billion pounds per year. Then there is also the risk of physical inspections. Depending on the nature and duration of the inspection, these costs could be anywhere between £52 and £1,540 per consignment. Ports would need to accommodate the increased demands for...
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Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative

...analysis by purported experts, is subject to heavy bias, often from vested interests. My main object of study, Iran, is exposed to crass generalisations about its government and ambitions which paint it as the regional bogeyman, hell-bent on pursuing a sectarian agenda in the region’s complex geopolitics. This is not to say that the Islamic Republic is an entirely...
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