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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...become lower than the risks of staying in. They worry, in particular, that staying in the EU would expose the UK to its troubled experiment with the Euro Area. In its present form, the 17-member Eurozone may be destined to underperform the UK and US economies because of the limits it imposes on freedom of budgetary action, and the problems it causes for less dynamic...
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...becoming endemic, even if the chances of actually being directly affected by such events remains vanishingly small. Read: The Nice attack and the corrosive effects of anxiety Anthony Morris of the University of Technology in Sydney explores the French attacks through the prism of the nation's literature: Yet the spirit of critique lives on in their literature, most...
Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...student Stephen D in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat – who developed a remarkable sense of smell after a night on speed, cocaine, and PCP – was, in fact, an autobiographical account. His final book, On the Move, was the most honest, as he revealed he was gay, shy, and in his younger years, devastatingly handsome but somewhat troubled. A long way from the...
Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...students. The Scottish media were also in attendance. The 2016 edition in the Poverty in Scotland series contains up to date data and information about many of the different dimensions of poverty and their impact in Scotland. Contributors focus on specific areas of poverty and consider some of the ways in which these can be addressed by policy. Here the emphasis on ‘the...
Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit

...students will have to start paying higher fees, and whether families could lose access to child benefits. Those working could be asked to apply a work permit of some form. Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which is one of the two main treaties establishing the European Union, states that every person holding the nationality of a member...
COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...student, represents COVID19 quarantine with a photo called 'Anguish'. Fleeing political persecution, she recently moved to the UK with her family from Venezuela. This self-portrait provokes a profound sensation in the viewer as the troubled eyes stare out commanding our attention. The two hair colours suggest conflicting emotions – safety and danger, disease and health....
How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?
Digital & Computing

How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?

...students, some of whom will of course become the next generation of scientists and engineers themselves. This report is important in setting out specific recommendations which should make a difference in helping more women reach senior positions. But in my view it shouldn’t just be about those high achieving women at the top. Yes, it’s symbolic to have women in senior...
How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...students who were considered lazy and poorly motivated on the basis of their English expression; or consumers who did not manage to return faulty products within the warranty period because shop assistants pretended not to understand them. Mundane interactions such as these have broad social consequences. Far from interacting on a level playing field, NESB speakers have...