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The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...profile role in the initial disaster response. Their cynicism about local officials is hardly surprising. The pressure of political patronage diverted aid away from the most needy, despite both acute need in the most affected areas and a massive, generous international operation to meet that need. Local politicians and officials grasped opportunities to cash in on the...
Tubman: The Moses of Her People
History & The Arts

Tubman: The Moses of Her People

...profile, and was one of the main areas of political contention between the North and the South. Northern abolitionists celebrated the Railroad as a mighty blow against the slave system. Tubman herself was in touch with the abolitionist leaders, and made public appearances at abolitionist rallies, despite her need for anonymity. Meanwhile, southern slave-owners abhorred...
My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...style. It is supposed to be authoritarian and formal, where the teacher stands in front of a class and explains the textbook, and students sit and listen. Students stand up to greet teachers as they walk into the room, and sit quietly afterward taking notes and doing exercises. Unfortunately, my honeymoon period didn’t last long. A student, who sat at the back of the...
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...style struck voters as far more genuine than the highly cautious and controlled Hillary Clinton. As the brash and unpredictable Trump positioned himself as an agent of change, Clinton seemed like the establishment’s candidate, an impression that proved fatal to her campaign. Indeed, Trump used Clinton’s deep experience in the White House, Senate and State Department...
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...styles in the examination and to take students’ previous performance into account in university selection. However the sheer size of the system makes it difficult to see how change will be rapidly achieved. Teaching and learning In most Chinese schools students will be mostly learning through listening, note-taking and reading the textbook. Activities such as problem...
Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...et al. (2016) argue that resilience is much more complex and that its determinants could include a range of biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. An interplay of these different factors certainly goes a long way in explaining how Zimbabweans respond to stressful situations. The country’s consistently high literacy rate over the years, underpinned by a...
Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board

...et al (2019 ) have argued that the EMB underlay two-thirds of this change, Higgins and Varian (2019, 2021) argue that ingrained consumer preferences (for instance for Danish over empire butter, and Argentinian over Australian beef), and consumer price sensitivity, amongst other things, meant the impact was far less. Examining the data for trade shifts after key product...
Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...et al, 2015). Those people that do get professional help still value other forms of support with informal sources being widely used. In a survey about support for mental health problems in the UK (Open University 2011) 71% of respondents reported receiving informal support from family and friends. Get professional help, but confide in people closest to you also. It’s...