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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...more 'democratic' family structures; differentiated employment opportunities for women in the service and leisure industries, shaped by longer histories of class privilege and disadvantage; new ways for people to refuse to do what they are told. All these and more are there, even 'just' for a pre-teen girl with money to spend and a school pencil case to buy. Find out more...
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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...money carefully in her stays for safety; nevertheless it was stolen from her! From the age of thirteen she had terrible eczema, possibly triggered by her poor relationship with her stepmother. The poet Percy Shelley was already married when he became involved with Mary. They began to meet secretly by Wollstonecraft’s grave. In 1814 Shelley left his pregnant wife to...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...money are being poured into artificial intelligence research and the development of products. Economic experts predict that the adoption of AI might add between 13 and 16 trillion dollars to the global economy every year by 2030. These extraordinary figures have been driven in good part by a form of AI known as generative artificial intelligence which allows neural nets...
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Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...money, or married women who are working for pin money’ (Delamothe,1988). Over and above the sexist nature of such arguments was research showing in one English Health Authority 11% of one parent families were headed up by nurses (Delamothe,1988). Remembering the nurses strike of 1988 The third dispute of 1988 occurred in December and was solely a nurse’s dispute on...
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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...business, I have many kind of people. Moreover, even though I have a son. I will still teach him how to drill. Because I want continuity. INTERVIEWER So you say, you are proud to hand over this profession to your– JAMES ALABAMA ADEJARE Confirm. I am proud about it. I’m a borehole man. INTERVIEWER Thank you much Mr Adejare. (SINGING) Ladies and gentlemen, boys and...
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What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...business as usual: for example, it was British Petroleum who coined the idea of individuals calculating their ‘carbon footprints’. For over 300 years, Modern Western civilization has sought to overcome nature (including human nature), so much so that there is no part of the world where the imprint of humankind cannot be found. Hence the recent naming of a new epoch as...
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What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...Business and industry are often questioning whether what is taught in schools is the best preparation for a working life. How do you test creativity? team work? motivation? ethical behaviour? citizenship? responsibility? Ironically, while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it...
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How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...average score of the polls would have been Remain 50%, Leave 50%. In short, at least half of the error in the polls may be a consequence of the decisions that the pollsters made about to how to adjust their final figures. Polling a referendum truly is a tough business.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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