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Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes

...economic success, its leading role in the Atlantic Slave Trade and its often violent, exploitative colonial rule. These historical narratives also perpetuate a crude racialised hierarchy between white and black. The stories that underpin this ‘whitewashed’ history are selected because they conform to this frame – so that influential, successful Black figures in...
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...economic aspects of sustainable development. Sustainable HE teaching and learning models Few studies have looked at how the design of HE teaching and learning systems impacts energy consumption and carbon emissions (let alone other potential environmental impacts). A complex question! Some of the earliest research was pioneered by The Open University with the first major...
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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...Krishnan, C. N. V., Partnoy, F., and Thomas, R. S., 2016, The Second Wave of Hedge Fund Activism: The Importance of Reputation, Clout, and Expertise. Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-9; Journal of Corporate Finance 40, 296-314, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2589992...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...economically valuable visitor attraction whose familiar face can sell shortbread, whisky, ales and tea towels. Nevertheless, Burns remains relevant at another level. At the best of the Burns suppers, attendees will have been reminded that Burns spoke for no one party, but for humanity itself, warts and all. More than this, he acknowledged the connectedness of all living...
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The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919
History & The Arts

The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919

...economic effects of a world at war. When we focus on the war’s end, the Armistice is often taken as the conflict’s end-point. Yet new research has shown that for many peoples across Europe, especially in central, eastern and southeastern Europe, the fighting continued. New nations were born in a crucible of violence, governments and ruling regimes were overthrown, and...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...economic resources to adapt to the effects of climate change with protection measures, such as sea walls, nor the means to cope with the consequences of large storms and devastation of people’s homes and livelihoods. The people of Bangladesh are used to living with water and the sea. The south-west of Bangladesh is characterised by low-lying lands, with dwellings and...
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Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...Economic Forum (weforum.org) Social intelligence is often linked with the use of emotional intelligence. This involves an interplay between emotions (the affective domain) and thinking (the cognitive domain). Stavrou Theodotou (2020) uses the work of Mayer and Salovey (1997) to identify four cognitive abilities that illustrate emotional intelligence: Appraisal and...
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Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding the realities of invisible disabilities

...economic implications when people are prevented from fully participating. What needs to happen next? A key step is to reduce the expectation that people must continually prove their disability especially in informal or public contexts. This involves developing a culture where individuals are more readily believed when describing their needs or accessing
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