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Consent to take part in research needs to be much easier

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageIn the world of big data, the amount of paperwork for consent is old hat.Paperwork by Shutterstock

Imagine you are negotiating with a documentary maker to film your expensive and precious home. You are unsure about it, but are reassured that there are fixed procedures to follow; documents to sign and insurance policies to review. The producer seems...

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Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageWomen in the front row after cabinet reshuffle.Stefan Rousseau/PA

After all the speculation, we now know how all the parties fared in the general election. But what about women? Was this a good outcome for them? The answer is a qualified yes.

Women comprised a record number of candidates in the election, with 1,033 standing for election. Now no one...

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  1. In defence of pollsters: they never said they could predict the UK election
  2. How Greece's liquidity problem could cause an unplanned Grexit
  3. Venice Biennale 2015: the Arsenale stuffed with guns, stripped of hope
  4. How chaos in Libya spawned a security nightmare in the Mediterranean
  5. Is Devo Manc a good model for English devolution? Almost ...
  6. The battles ahead for Nicky Morgan and Jo Johnson's Tory education reforms
  7. Tom Devine: is this the end of the Union as we know it?
  8. Budget brief: how does science and research funding fare?
  9. INFOGRAPHIC: The budget winners and losers
  10. We need to protect the whistleblowers who save our skins but pay the price
  11. Education budget can’t shake the Gonski ghost
  12. Federal Budget 2015: health experts react
  13. Budget brief: will I lose my age pension?
  14. Budget brief: are there any surprises for small business, including sole traders?
  15. Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations
  16. Federal Budget 2015: Small business wins in grab for confidence
  17. Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion
  18. How smart is it to allow students to use mobile phones at school?
  19. How Bill Simmons' innovative style led to his rise – and fall – at ESPN
  20. Stormwater innovations mean cities don't just flush rainwater down the drain
  21. The Confederacy’s disastrous guerrilla war
  22. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to decipher the unemployment rate
  23. Rising CO2 levels are changing how fast forests cycle water
  24. After last year's 'crazy brave' comes the hangover budget
  25. INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 federal budget at a glance
  26. Why abolishing the Human Rights Act will be a rough ride for Michael Gove
  27. How we discovered the three revolutions of American pop
  28. Why we musn't assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
  29. How we recreated the early universe in the laboratory
  30. Cornwall and Yorkshire show regional identities run deep in England, too
  31. Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy
  32. Is the BBC safe in the hands of Britain's new culture secretary?
  33. BOM: We're calling it, the 2015 El Niño is here
  34. Julian Assange, true descendant of America's crusading journalists
  35. No need to pickle children: get Big Food to cut salt for better health
  36. When better education doesn't lead to a better job
  37. Climate change is hitting African farmers the hardest of all
  38. The crossbench ideology that could bring reform unstuck
  39. Budget explainer: the forces influencing Australia's economy
  40. Taxes and transfers: what will and won't be in the budget
  41. A fair budget? Not for the poor losing Australian aid in record cuts
  42. Focus on working parents misses true value of universal early childhood services
  43. Mental health care spending saves money, and that's worth investing in
  44. Sea level is rising fast – and it seems to be speeding up
  45. Nothing has changed since Indigenous higher ed review
  46. Australian plays: how to persuade a nation to question its own soul?
  47. We need to stop punishing scientists for talking to the public
  48. There's much more to bees than queens, honey and hives
  49. The resignation that never was: why UKIP needs Farage for its next big fight
  50. The forgotten local elections – Conservatives defy predictions in council votes too

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