February 7, 2011 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BOOKS
Gant’s well-researched book about American journalism advances the debate on who and who is not a journalist in the 21st century. But rather than solicit predictable opinions from both sides of the fence; the Harvard-educated media and corporate lawyer enacts the First Amendment as the ultimate weapon in settling the argument. As someone outside the…
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November 24, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BUSINESS WORK & EDUCATION
As someone who has already accrued debts from student loans at undergraduate level en route to my PhD studentship, I fully support the decision by students across the country to demonstrate against tuition fee increases. Thousands of students who paid undergraduate fees at the current level of £3290 leave university with debts of £25,000. So…
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July 13, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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COMMENT
In her paper entitled: White Privilege, Male Privilege, Peggy Mc Intosh reflects on the daily effect of white privileges in her day to day life. Number 46 on her list is: “I can choose blemish cover or bandages in ‘flesh’ colour and have them more or less match my skin.” Mc Intosh seeks to explain…
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July 11, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BOOKS
Changing Lives is a refreshing deviation from the many books that go through the technical and practical aspects of embarking on a PhD. As I prepare to start my own doctoral study in three months time, I was interested to read a book that allows you to share the stories of six women who took…
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July 6, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
The writing is on the wall. We are a nation who is getting fatter. Our children are getting fatter, and globally obesity has become a worldwide epidemic. The Social Trends Report 2010 compiled by the Office for National Statistics and released last week, reveals that in 2008 almost a quarter of the adult population in…
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June 8, 2010 /
Deborah Gabriel
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HEALTH AND WELLBEING
It does not surprise me to learn that according to a new study, people who are paid to lose weight lose more than those on traditional diets. I’m sure that cash incentives can persuade people to do just about anything. But yesterday, as Prime Minister David Cameron spelt out the scale of Britain’s debt –…
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