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Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...think about a model in which there’s two sectors to obtain healthcare, there’s a private sector and a public sector. It’s sort of like you have Coke and Pepsi. If you start taxing Pepsi, then people are probably going to drink Coke,” she explained. “We can see that in healthcare, too. And that’s great if the private sector is homogenous and well regulated, but...
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...thinking. Held over the past two weeks in the UK, Malawi and India, MSF’s Scientific Days focused on infectious diseases and innovation – including an app that helps the charity map remote areas and the making of a bespoke autoclave to sterilise equipment for complex surgery. When I noticed a shortage of references during the presentations to similar work outside MSF...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...system. Poor spelling isn’t even, to paraphrase, unpresidented. In fact, Trump shares the trait with his political hero, Andrew Jackson. In 1833, Harvard University decided to give Jackson an honorary doctorate; one of their alumni, John Quincy Adams (who happened to have lost the presidency to Jackson five years earlier) boycotted the ceremony, saying that it was a...
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Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...thinking, and gender-affirmative psychotherapy; we introduce these ideas simply and clearly, and develop activities to enable readers to apply them to their own lives. The key methods that we employ to do this include: An examination of how gender is seen in broader culture, and how experiences of gender are located within this. Invitations to readers to engage in mapping...
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Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...system or 'AV'. But what happens when there is no vote – if an issue isn't addressed by the political parties of the day, or if the government retracts its election promises? Then there is protest, of course. Policed, of course, with 'legitimate force' used against any protesters deemed to be acting against the public interest (illegally). So a Climate Camp, a group of...
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Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...system and stick to it. Cards work for many people; if you are using the computer, remember to back up and keep copies. Use the internet wisely and well. The internet has proved an enormous bonus to historians. Many archives (such as The Times) are now available on the internet and there are many helpful sites. You can get birth, death and marriage certificates (from...
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Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...system. When deciding whether or not to use his savings, Philip may think about opportunity cost – the savings he uses to buy the music system will not then be available to purchase something else. He will also have to give up the interest he would have received on the savings spent on the music system. He might want to compare debt costs with the loss of income on his...
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Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth
Education & Development

Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth

...thinking as a postgraduate? Here you will find a number of OpenLearn courses to help with the skills needed for postgraduate online distance learning...[Illustration of people studying, teaching and reading, books and digitally on laptops and mobile] Perhaps you work with children and young people or are a teacher thinking about taking your learning to the next level? Or...
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