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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...economic status, gender, race, religion, luck – are by and large outside the control of the individual. What second language learning research shows above all is that learning another language is not an easy feat. It requires a considerable investment of resources and it makes a huge difference whether you are learning in a supportive community or one that rejects you....
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...55(1), pp. 25–44. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae124. Reitmeier, L. & Lutz, S. (2025) ‘What direct risks does AI pose to the climate and environment’, London School of Economics and Politics. Available at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/explainers/what-direct-risks-does-ai-pose-to-the-climate-and-environment/ (Accessed: 15 January 2026)....
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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...economic gentrification. As a settlement, it traces its routes back to the early Dutch pioneers - it's named for a Dutch city - and became part of the city of New York in 1873, after its value as an independent agricultural centre had declined. The arrival of the elevated railroad seven years later brought a new rush of fortune to the area. A period of rapid property...
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Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
Education & Development

Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education

...economic, ecological, affective and relational. As part of Black History Month 2020, I was invited by The Open University to talk about this work. Transcript In the presentation, I specifically focused on the imperative to develop the stamina and capacities that could prepare us to address the affective and relational dimensions of decolonising work in higher education....
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Economic Affairs, 27(4), pp. 44–55. Gov.uk (2019) ‘Stop and search’. Available at: https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest (Accessed 11 February 2021). Gov.uk (2019) ‘Police workforce: England and Wales’. Available at:
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...Economic of Angel Island Immigration Station’. Cultural Geographies, 17, pp. 29–275. Ives, E. (2004) The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn. Oxford: Blackwell. Jamieson, B. (2015) Imhotep: The Egyptian Father of Medicine Proven by Historical Archives. Clifton: African Tree Press. Joseph, P. (2019) The Outrageous Neglect of African Figures in Art History. Available at:...
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Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...economic factors that can differ within and across countries, and within ethnic communities and families, provide some explanation for the persistence of this harmful practice. A predominant driver of FGM is the implicit and explicit pressure exerted by powerful long-standing socialisation processes that reinforce: conformity to societal expectations and norms a need to...
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Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...economic logic of recursion, data speaks to itself before it addresses the world around it. To distinguish between the epistemological and ontological layers is itself a political thought, for as long as the data trails of anonymity are linked to empirics, then subjects become culpable of acts of piracy (among others). The ways in which the empirical dimensions of data...
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