New research from Professor Les Mayhew, Professor of Statistics at the Business School (formerly Cass) and Head of Global Research at ILC-UK has called on the Government to focus on incentivising healthier lifestyles from ...
Economics & Business
Nov 12, 2020
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Unforeseen circumstances force low-income families to quickly move from one home to the next, a process that helps to perpetuate racial and economic segregation in the United States, research shows.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2020
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Among the many problems and inequities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic are disparities in the U.S. educational system. While the abrupt shift to digital learning has been challenging for many kids, students of color and ...
Education
Jul 21, 2020
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A U.S. woman who said she was visiting England to do a study of the late World War II codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing walked into the prestigious boys' boarding school he attended and asked to see a collection ...
Other
Feb 2, 2020
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Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2019
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The recent student-led climate protests reflect the need for schools to provide opportunities to nurture their students' global, environmentally conscious minds. Modern education isn't only about teaching kids the traditional ...
Education
Nov 1, 2019
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More than five years after Flint's water crisis first hit the news, the city has successfully lowered the lead levels in its water.
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2019
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While Indigenous populations such as the Houma tribe on Louisiana's Gulf Coast are especially vulnerable to environmental change, mistrust fomented by the tribe's history with overt discrimination, forcible relocation and ...
Environment
May 3, 2019
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One of the more elusive goals of education research is answering the question: what makes one school perform better than another? The evidence base is growing, but so far the answer is: it depends.
Education
Apr 4, 2019
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Wars. Politics. Dynasties. Nationalism.
Mathematics
Apr 2, 2019
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