We need to learn to coexist with wildfires the way many ecosystems do. We won't protect lives in the long term by trying to stamp the fires out.
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Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, with 19 academic departments spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management and economics.
The university is ranked 17th in the UK, 47th in Europe, and 118th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2014. This ranks Royal Holloway, or the College as it is known, in the top 1% of all higher education institutions worldwide.
The most recent REF confirmed that Royal Holloway sits within the top 25 per cent of universities in the UK for research which is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
In the 2015 National Student Survey (NSS) survey, Royal Holloway achieved an overall satisfaction rate of 89%, 3% above the national average, making it top among the University of London institutions and the larger universities in London.
Royal Holloway offers a genuine community experience, one that inspires individuals to succeed. Its 135 acre campus is located in Egham, 40 minutes by train from central London. The Egham campus was established by Thomas Holloway, a Victorian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social reformer. He was also responsible for building the College’s Grade 1 listed Founder’s Building.
Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria, and became a member the University of London in 1900. It merged with Bedford College in 1985 to become Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Aunque en España no haya grandes terremotos, la península Ibérica está geológicamente 'viva'. Tanto, que el mar Mediterráneo desaparecerá en unos pocos millones de años.
The long shadows of Cambodia’s edifices of wealth and progress conceal a deeper darkness.
An association with Brexit and a desire to win back the white working class aren't particularly appealing to minority voters.
Why tobacco giant isn't a credible partner for anti-cigarette smoking policy just yet, despite what they want you to think.
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What a cake can tell us about the law's view of homosexuality, religion, freedom of expression and the value of civic equality
What a group of ancient Roman philosophers can teach you about how to live in the 21st century.
As both beneficiary and victim of EU policies, yellowhammers are apt symbols for Brexit's divisions.
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From wealth, to the natural world, to genes and intelligence, a podcast exploring the theme of inheritance.
Scientists asked young people to draw what they would like the natural world to look like when they're older. Their imagination could help make conservationists more ambitious.
Games such as chess should be a welcome addition to the activities available for prisoners.
Researchers used a fax machine that wasn't even connected to the internet to break into a computer network.
John Lennon's Revolution was panned by the radical media as a 'petty bourgeois cry of fear' in 1968. Then, in 1987 it was claimed by Nike to be the controversial soundtrack of its most seminal advert.
Politicians on the right surely wipe with their left hand; and vice versa?
Vladimir Putin is a masterful politician. The US president he's dealing with is not.
It sparked a series of government resignations, but what's actually in Theresa May's Brexit plan?
Under the terms of the current treaty all commercial mining is forbidden, but rumblings of discontent are stirring beneath the ice.
As ponds dry up, so too does our connection to nature.
London should be one giant pigeon cemetery, but you rarely see the bodies.
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Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway
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Emeritus Professor of Geology, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Royal Holloway
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Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway
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Reader in Political Theory, Royal Holloway
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Royal Holloway
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PhD Researcher, Royal Holloway
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Fault Dynamics Research Group, Royal Holloway
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway
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Researcher (Political Science), Royal Holloway
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Executive Director, Institute for Cyber Security Innovation, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Criminology & Psychology, Royal Holloway
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PhD researcher, Royal Holloway
