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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...economic. Leaving the EU will require that the UK borrow an extra £58 billion over the next five years. This is on top of falling tax revenues that could cost the government £66 billion. Under these circumstances, the continued funding of many public services, including the NHS, becomes unsustainable. The election of Trump will inflict parallel damages on healthcare in...
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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...economic geographer and I’m interested in borders because of what flows across them – people, money, goods – and what doesn’t flow across them. Now when the fences and walls started to go up on the inside of Europe, not on the edges of Europe, I got interested. Now, borders are supposed to be at the edges of sovereign territory, a place where access and entry is...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...economic inequalities within society. Further controversies around language and race [President Barack Obama] Obama legitimised AAE as a form of communication African American English (AAE) is an ethnolect spoken primarily by African American people within America. An ethnolect can be generally defined as a language variety that marks speakers as members of ethnic groups...
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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...economically and culturally. www.acic.org.uk WALES BAWSO BAWSO is an all-Wales, Welsh Government-Accredited Support Provider, delivering specialist services to people from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds who are affected by domestic abuse and other forms of abuse. For all general enquiries, Email: info@bawso.org.uk, or contact the 24-hour helpline: 08007318147....
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...economics. Nevertheless, it would require (i) an effective pipeline that breeds successful homegrown coaches and (ii) effective investment (financial and collective responsibility) from FIFA to support CAF and CONCAF in coaching development. Effective pipeline that breeds successful homegrown coaches[africa's teams and their head coaches] Before I delve into what I think...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...economic shocks, suggesting that shared norms organised around values are highly relevant to how societies function as they adapt to large crises. Crises can massively disrupt the framework of norms people usually inhabit - things taken for granted can no longer be assumed. This is the context the UK and practically any country is finding itself in now during the COVID-19...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...economic strategy of the political establishment in order to take advantage of the tourist industry. [Image of people in 1850 sitting around in a cafe together.] 'Un cafe cantante' by Jose Alarcon Suarez (1850) As opposed to other traditional dances of Spain, flamenco dancing has no direct links to religious spirituality; it is rather an existential response to being...
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Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...economic growth, life expectancy and levels of inequality for different countries – include environmental indicators such as wildlife populations, pollution levels, recycling rates and annual GHG emissions. Another often used environmental indicator is the ecological footprint, which is based on the availability of land and sea to support a population (see Box 1). Box 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs