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A very British tradition

Telling the truth

21 Dec 2011

New research from Cambridge University and others shows that, with sensitive interviewing, young children can be reliable witnesses in cases of abuse...

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Is prison a solution or a problem? How does it feel to have your freedom taken away. Find out at the Festival of Ideas

Does prison work? / How to stay out of prison - Festival of Ideas

15 Oct 2011

Jason Hill was a persistent young offender who the courts and Youth Offending Services had given up on.

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The Old Bailey

Angels and Demons

02 Jun 2011

No country's legal system is made with children in mind, but that has not stopped large numbers of children from becoming involved with it. Last year...

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Justice sends mixed messages

Children’s evidence cross-examined

16 Mar 2011

Should young children be exposed to the traumatic experience of giving evidence in open court, or does the justice system need to change its approach...

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Babylon

Babylonian bounces back

29 Sep 2010

Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian is being lined up for an unlikely comeback, in an...

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Tigers

Scientists plot key sites for tiger’s last stand

14 Sep 2010

Efforts to protect the wild tiger should be intensively focused on a few key sites if conservationists are to have any chance of saving it from...

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UN Geneva

When the talking stops

22 Jun 2010

From the collapse of the Doha Development Agenda to the ongoing impasse over climate change, the failure of governments to achieve real progress at...

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Ben's Crib

All things being equal

27 May 2010

UK law is different for men and women on issues such as maternity or paternity leave. Dr. Jude Browne’s research asks about whether our gender roles...

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Games!

Praise for research initiative on British Muslims

09 Apr 2010

A Cambridge University-led project which investigated what it means to be a Muslim living in modern Britain has won high praise as a model for future...

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Fabric of folly - weekly unique visitors

Risk initiatives seek to challenge the stats we’re in

21 Jan 2010

Two different projects which aim to improve our understanding of the nature of, and statistical realities behind, health scares, natural disasters...

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Arctic Sky

Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic

17 Apr 2009

Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...

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look of innocence

Muslim women face two-fronted struggle for equality

28 Jan 2009

European Muslim women are proud to live in and belong to Europe, despite facing a daily struggle against prejudice from both within and outside their...

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