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Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...based skills, this course takes a much broader view of the skills needed to address the climate emergency...Session 1: Preparing to teach the climate emergency: 1.1 A broader focus - A scoping review of the skills UK graduates need to address the climate emergency found that while technical skills are needed for some specific roles, other skills, such as communication,...
Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...based on Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and both the film and novel take a dark, apocalyptic spin on the ideals of urban futurism. Set in a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, Blade Runner is both a sci-fi inspired action film and a look forward at the potential future of cities. [Tokyo 2015 looks a lot like Blade Runner's vision of the...
Can dogs read their owners' emotions?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can dogs read their owners' emotions?

...based on the presence and behaviour of the owner. This suggests that dogs have evolved the ability to use their human companions as social support systems in unfamiliar situations. So the ability to identify human emotional cues would be a significant addition to this skill. However, dogs are also likely to have learned that if they respond to their owners' sounds and...
Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...based on NatCen’s latest British Social Attitudes survey reveals that scepticism about the EU is widespread. Yet at the same time, many are not sure about the wisdom of actually pulling out. [Exit sign in many languages] Heading for a European exit? In the survey, of five different possible options for Britain’s relationship with the EU, the most popular by far,...
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

...based on rational choice are undermined. Perhaps for this reason, economists have never to my knowledge taken these findings any further. To our surprise, the participants' emotional state had no significant effect on their choice. Having ruled out the possibility that the films had not worked, our results appear to go against psychologists' findings about incidental...
Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...Student-parents with additional caring responsibilities Finance and funding Budgeting tips Being a student-parent is not easy but when graduation day comes you can look back on what you have achieved. It can often feel like the experience is only just starting to unravel your potential! Helen's article is based on her book Studying as a Parent: A Handbook for Success....
Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...based learning. Ultimately, I wanted to find out if users can actually learn a language with an app. Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages and has more than 60m registered users. It offers a “freemium” model where some content is available for free and some is available behind a subscription paywall. The research found that there was an almost...
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...based series Pose before that, it seemed like more people had been talking about HIV, AIDS in 2021 and how it affected people in the 80s and 90s. But in the 35 years since the ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ TV campaign first made people aware of the virus, a lot has changed in the world of HIV medicine. Since the late 90s, the availability of highly active antiretroviral...