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European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?
Health, Sports & Psychology

European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?

...out for? The big three Spain are the holders of the title and have won the last two tournaments whilst Germany are the world champions so these two are major contenders. However, the Spanish squad is in transition with new players such as Nolito and Morata replacing Torres and Mata in the squad. The German squad still retains the majority of their World Cup winning team...
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What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?

...out the May government's plans for the next two years. In Ben Williams' view, it showed a wounded prime minister on the backfoot...[The House of Lords Gentlemen at Arms preparing for the 2017 State Opening of Parliament] The Gentlemen At Arms prepare to provide a bodyguard for the Queen during the 2017 State Opening Of Parliament Theresa May’s 2017 Queen’s speech was...
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Why Brexit would be bad for employment rights
Society, Politics & Law

Why Brexit would be bad for employment rights

...Out campaign, the EU’s influence on UK employment rights amounts to intolerable meddling. Consecutive Conservative Party general election manifestos, for example, have promised to “repatriate” powers over employment rights from Brussels to the UK. Until recently, the current government had implied that it would not support a continuation of the UK’s EU membership...
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Horror and politics
History & The Arts

Horror and politics

...out in a Baroque mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva in the early nineteenth century. The writer of the screenplay, Stephen Volk, has said that the film was his homage to the Hammer horror films of the 60s and 70s. In an interview with the journalist James Payne, director Ken Russell described it as ‘a pre-Raphaelite romp’. Both descriptions speak to the influence...
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Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...out attack on poverty and has thrown down the gauntlet to universities to deliver on social justice. He will be aware that many universities already have a proud history of widening participation to students from groups traditionally under-represented in higher education. Disadvantaged youngsters were 70% more likely to enter higher education in 2014 than they were in...
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Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...out more about Children's University. Mae'r casgliad yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This collection is also available in Welsh. Free online courses Take a look at a selection of courses below, or browse the whole OpenLearn site by subject. Learn about our planet [Children Uni - Subject icons] Are you curious to know about more about the planet we live on? Discover...
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What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...out in the starkest of terms by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change1 (IPCC) in their August 2021 report. They state that there is no room for doubt that climate change is the result of human activity and that the ‘scale of recent changes across the climate system …are unprecedented.’ United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres2, warned that it is...
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In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...out text messages and let us use voice commands to make phone calls. Allocating attention to other tasks, can lead to our driving performance suffering and putting lives at risk...[Car technology] The retired football star David Beckham received a six-month driving ban after being photographed using his hand-held phone while driving. Unfortunately, Beckham is not alone in...
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