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Has the coronavirus proved a crisis too far for Europe’s far-right outsiders?
In recent years, far-right political parties in Europe have capitalised on crises to build their support bases. Many have made it to positions of power as a result of these efforts. The financial crisis of 2008, the refugee crisis that began in 2014 and the ongoing debate around climate changeContinue Reading
The long journey to Uyghur visibility: An interview with French author Sylvie Lasserre · Global Voices
Inside one of Kashgar‘s oldest tea-houses in 2007. Photo by Sylvie Lasserre, used with permission. The situation of Uyghurs in China came to international attention quite recently, but for a long time it remained largely ignored. Global Voices talked to Sylvie Lasserre, a French author focusing on Central Asia, to findContinue Reading
Year One: ‘Without Optimism, You Can’t be a Farmer’
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Black, Asian and other minority groups are more likely to have lost their jobs in lockdown – new research
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global rise of anti-racism movements, such as Black Lives Matter, are the most prominent events to define our lives in 2020. The two events have not developed separately. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is severely racialised. Emerging evidence has already revealed wide ethnic disparitiesContinue Reading
Rugby: retired players more likely than other athletes to suffer long-term injuries
Many retired players report injuries last long after they stop playing. Roger Sedres/ Shutterstock Rugby brings a risk of injury at all levels of the game. But for professional rugby players, there’s an even higher risk of injury. And often, these injuries can last a long time. Our research foundContinue Reading
Neowise: an increasingly rare opportunity to spot a comet with the naked eye
Neowise seen from the International Space Station. NASA Neowise is the first bright comet to be visible with the naked eye from the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Another thing that makes this comet interesting is that it has a relatively long orbital period, meaning it was only discovered aContinue Reading
Four things that can bias how teachers assess student work
stockfour/Shutterstock The way that teachers assess students has been under scrutiny since the UK government announced that this would be one element of a range of evidence used to replace GCSE and A Level exams this year. Teacher assessment is a key part of university study, too. University educators playContinue Reading
Herd immunity: why the figure is always a bit vague
hobbit/Shutterstock Nearly 100 years ago, two British researchers, William Topley and Graham Wilson, were experimenting with bacterial infections in mice. They noticed that individual survival depended on how many of the mice were vaccinated. So the role of the immunity of an individual needed to be distinguished from the immunityContinue Reading
Mauritania: A racial pyramid seemingly resistant to change · Global Voices
The country remains divided by skin colour Photo of a traditional wedding in Atar in Mauritania by Radosław Botev, in free use on Wikipedia In ethnically diverse Mauritania, the government appears to have turned deaf ears to the demands of the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, continuing policies which reproduce systemicContinue Reading
Shamima Begum: what the legal ruling about her return to the UK actually means
Shamima Begum, who left the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl for Syria in 2015, should be allowed back so that she can effectively challenge the removal of her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal ruled on July 16. The decision – which the Home Office announced it would appeal –Continue Reading