Academic Review 2024

1 ACADEMIC REVIEW 2024

Contents

Introduction

Contents

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2 How, and to what extent, do Sunny’s interactions with Holden reveal his “loss of innocence” in J D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye ? By Adriane Yeung

Evie McGill

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10 Smartness of the Seas: An essay comparing and contrasting the intelligence of killer whales ( Orcanus orca ) and common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) By Alex Niblett

Josie Denvir

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22 To what extent is it frustrating or disappointing that Austen’s heroine in Persuasion becomes emotionally fulfilled by marrying the man she loves? By Anastasia Elliott

Pula Laughton

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Amelia Morton and Jackson Davies

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28 To what extent is implicit bias the main reason for discrimination of people of colour and women in American, British and Canadian healthcare? By Grace Kulubya

Hermione Brewster and Maditha Frasier

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Nina Brown

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42 To what extent does personalised medicine have the potential to be further integrated into the NHS and how effectively is it currently being used? By Kourosh Jaafari 52 Fission vs Fusion Power: To what extent is nuclear fusion a better alternative to nuclear fission in producing energy and achieving economic growth in the UK? By Max Brosio

Paddy Smith

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62 Ethical issues surrounding embryonic stem cell therapy compared to adult and induced pluripotent stem cell therapy By Morgan Wrigley

Henry Mayhew

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72 To what extent was the passive resistance decisive during the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944? By Alexandre Bertrand

Jess Pickering Haruno Watanabe

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