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Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...Adults differ in their opinions on personalised books and that difference is attributable to their broader views on childhood and their professional background. Designers and publishers of children’s personalised books believe that they create ‘magical experiences’ for children. Teachers, in contrast, told us that they find such products ‘scary’. Then there are...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...adults and children. [Homeless man with sign] Traditionally, homeless people have been subject to social and political processes that seek to organise them into one of two demoralising categories: ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’. The statutory homeless assessment framework in the UK functions in ways that seek to divide homeless people into categories of ‘priority...
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Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...adult, such as a teacher or school counsellor. A new two-part ABC documentary, Bullied addresses the question of how victimised students can receive help from their school. Part one of the documentary describes the intense suffering of an adolescent victim and the frustration and anguish of his family in finding that the school is not taking any effective action to deal...
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The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education
Society, Politics & Law

The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education

...adult education makes monitoring particularly difficult, so there is a natural weight given to the data around tertiary education. What this tells us so far reflects just the same issues as primary and secondary education – that wealth has a massive impact on access to university education. [Tertiary attainment between rich and poor diagram] There are vast differences...
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Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...adults and two children were killed, media reports often focus on the need for better law enforcement and driver education. Safety campaigns can only work if people think the messaging is relevant to them and choose to change their behaviour. But psychological research shows that many people are overconfident in their driving abilities and think it’s ‘normal’ to...
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Languages

What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...adults also they can serve an educational purpose. The fact that they’ve evolved from similar basic practices as all other forms of writing means that examining how they work can be an excellent prism for understanding human communication in general. And they’re especially insightful for understanding the increased role that’s played by technology in our life –...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...adult Perseus by sending him on a quest to retrieve the head of the Gorgon, Medusa. This became Perseus’ most famous exploit, closely followed by his rescue of the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. [Perseus and Andromeda] Fig 1 Perseus’ story was a popular one for the ancient Greeks and Romans. Although important versions of it have been lost – such as plays by...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...adult airtime accounted for nearly 70% of children’s viewing, children were still exposed to high levels of junk food advertising. Therefore, as the WHO has repeatedly stressed since 2010, children’s overall exposure to junk food marketing needs to be reduced, wherever it’s encountered. And now, as the broadcast era cedes to online media dominance, ethical and...
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