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Vikings - just misunderstood?
History & The Arts

Vikings - just misunderstood?

...economics which have come to define modern living are nothing new. Back in the first millennium AD, the Vikings were experts at exploring these very issues. Between the 8th and 11th century (the Viking Age), Europe saw significant technological advances, not all of them Scandinavian – the Anglo-Saxons, Frisians and Franks were equal players. To understand these changes,...
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...economic opportunities. But this also led to alarming increases in the rates of addiction and imprisonment in black ghetto neighbourhoods. Criminalisation of poverty For the last four decades, poor black communities have also had to contend with the 'punitive turn' of social policy. Federal government, through legislation and increased spending, led on tackling racial...
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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...economic organisation and division of labour: What is termed globalization is the culmination of a process that began with the constitution of America and colonial/modern Eurocentered capitalism as a new global power. One of the fundamental axes of this model of power is the social classification of the world’s population around the idea of race, a mental construction...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...Economic experts predict that the adoption of AI might add between 13 and 16 trillion dollars to the global economy every year by 2030. These extraordinary figures have been driven in good part by a form of AI known as generative artificial intelligence which allows neural nets to create new text, music, pictures, videos and voices. Artificial intelligence was getting...
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Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools
History & The Arts

Opening up history: teaching transatlantic slavery in British schools

...economic afterlives of slavery within the present. I find the way that this history connects people, places, and ideas over time fascinating – it gives meaning to the work, even if that meaning can sometimes be difficult and complicated to grapple with. 4. What is your research project about? My most recent project focuses on the teaching of slavery in British schools....
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...economic terms at least, can be attributed to the formation of the Premier League with the increased funding from television companies, including the recently formed Sky TV (Goldblatt, 2014). It was the investment from Sky TV that proved to be turning point for English professional football. [Empty football stadium] Today Premiership football is exported globally, and a...
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Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...economic disadvantage are more likely to encounter barriers at all stages. Limited access to resources and longer waiting times all contribute towards later identification and lower rates of diagnosis. Later identification and lower rates of diagnosis are also more common for racialised communities. In addition to some of the issues already covered, racialised communities...
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Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...economic inequality, an under-resourced public education system and the intentional sabotage of bipartisan politics (mostly by the Republican Party), the United States is dangerously divided. As Abraham Lincoln warned in 1858, “a house divided cannot stand”. The election of Raphael Warnock will be interpreted as a beacon of hope, and maybe it is – the tireless work...
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