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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science. A unique team of early-career researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol in the UK is addressing this concern through environmental tests and direct engagement with farmers. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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The ability to travel to reach educational or employment opportunities is essential for ensuring social equality. By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today. This process is known as peripheralisation.

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STEM Statistics For 2023 (Education, Diversity, Careers)

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We cover every aspect of STEM, including preschool through 12th-grade education, college, and career, as well as discuss some of the social and economic challenges that STEM is experiencing. For instance, in the social sciences, women hold an impressive 64% share of the workforce. This is an increase of 45% since 1970.

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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Over four years, the team is recruiting 60 Mexican immigrant women a year, 30 of whom are randomly assigned to attend a weekly Tertulias group and 30 of whom are randomly assigned to the ‘control arm’ of the research project in which they do not receive peer support. I didn’t start out as a health researcher,” says Janet.

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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Eithne Quinn, a professor of cultural studies at the University of Manchester, is an expert on race, justice and culture, and she has shed light on this problem through her research project, “Prosecuting Rap: Criminal Justice and UK Black Youth Expressive Culture”. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: American Studies, Criminology, Cultural Studies.

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. Not only has Michael investigated why it occurred, he also played an important role in achieving marriage equality in the US.