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Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on the findings of a research project called 'Invisible Witnesses' to explore these questions. In so doing he considers some of the implications of the 1950s stereotype for how scientists are perceived in the public sphere... Imagining Scientists Looking at the 'mad scientist' stereotype and comparing it with reality....
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Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?

...public more power to scrutinise secretive international trade deals like TTIP?] Will Brexit give the public more power to scrutinise secretive international trade deals like TTIP? From state aid rules and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to VAT on women’s sanitary products, a range of arguments have been presented as reasons for why Brexit can...
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How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...public services swept Europe, causing deep concern in Emilia-Romagna about the quality of public caregiving, write Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty in The Resilient Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady State Economy. “The vision that emerged was of care organizations actively supported and governed by the stakeholders—that is, the users of services, the...
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Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...public purse, via a series of bailouts – the first tranche of which had amounted to the tune of £850bn before the end of 2009. The financial commitments made by Governments since September 2008 have included purchasing shares in banks to enable re-capitalization, indemnifying the Bank of England against losses incurred in providing liquidity support, underwriting...
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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...publications/teachers-standards SEND Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25 EYFS https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2 Bower, C. (2019) ‘“Um, I was getting bullied at school because I didn’t believe in god”: one family’s experience of autism, school and home...
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Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...Publications Act 1959. This act is well-recognised as out-of-date and difficult to interpret. Prosecutions under the act have demonstrated that the public conception of what amounts to obscene behaviour is notoriously difficult to pin down. When the Crown Prosecution Service confidently prosecuted Michael Peacock in 2012 for producing DVDs featuring urination, fisting and...
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Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
Society, Politics & Law

Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result

...public spending. But when the Greeks appealed for help in December 2014, Europe said “no”. That is what ultimately opened the path for Alexis Tsipras. And the situation continued. Between January and July 2015, Europe refused to reopen talks. Now it’s September and the new support package that was discussed this summer has led to the further postponement of debt...
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Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?

...public will warm to Jeremy and his policies once they see more of him: Not. Going. To. Happen. If the Labour leader and his team think they’ve had a raw deal from the media – and from the Tories – since he took over, they ain’t seen nothing yet. Even on a level playing field (and it won’t be one) they’d still stand no chance: they’re miles behind on the...
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