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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?

...families. Bangladesh’s garment industry has its flaws, some of them deep - the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse is just one tragic reminder. But, in a city of mud-drenched poverty, the absence of a garment industry would make things worse. So I was worried to hear a delegate at the Digital Development Summit, held in London last week (March 13), predict that robots will...
Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ

...Family members sometimes want to grieve for the future that they’d assumed you’d have, but you’re not responsible for their future dreams or their feelings. The only thing you can do is focus on making yourself happy. 3: Take your time working things out [multiple clocks depicting time] Finding out what you desire can be difficult – and this is made a lot harder...
Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
Miscellaneous

Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...families on Milton Keynes Council They will debate: If school is really bad for us, what do we need to do? The panel will be moderated by Richard Garner, who has been a journalist for over 40 years - writing for the Times Educational Supplement (TES), and former Education Editor of the Mirror and the Independent. He is the author of The Thirty Years War, a book about...
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...family in Dartford, Kent. After education in botany and secondary teaching at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool, she went to Ethiopia in 1968, working at the Institute of Agricultural Research and lecturing at Addis Ababa University for many years. Alongside this she worked extensively in a number of grassroot development projects, which in her later career...
Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Lord Byron

...family. I have attended Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. I am also well-travelled, having set foot upon Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Greece, to name just a few. After the publishing of Hours of Idleness, a particularly hostile review was published and I decided to pen the satire English Bards and Scotch Reviewers anonymously...
Daisy Main
Miscellaneous

Daisy Main

...family member suggested I try something completely out of my realm of interest, so I chose ‘Introducing mammals’, and I ended up loving it! Will I use it in the future? Probably not, but at least I know about thermoregulation in mammalian fur!’ she joked! Interested in languages, she was on the lookout for free materials: ‘I was so happy to see how many Chinese...
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Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...family. Help others Maybe you want to give something back to the community this year, or help an individual? Take a look at our free badged open course on volunteering and our interactive to help others stay safe online. More free courses on volunteering and cyber security: Working in the voluntary sector Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Get fit You can...
Cultural differences in mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cultural differences in mental health?

...family members which provide on-going support, and the nature of the work available which makes it easier for someone recovering from psychosis to engage in productive activities. The other side of the coin is that there are concerns that, as developing countries lack the mental health infrastructure of industrialised countries, there are many people who are not receiving...