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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...students in the language laboratory, as she engaged with an online task, started talking aloud to herself, even gesturing to the computer screen. I was fascinated. And I wanted to find out more about it. I wanted to know why people talk aloud to themselves. Dumbledore’s ensuing words may shed some light: Albus Dumbledore: Have you been whispering to you yourself, Draco?...
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What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...become climate change aware in recent years. Accordingly, we have also become aware that our choice of travel, our diet, the things we wear and how we heat our homes all have a climate impact. This impact has become known as a ‘carbon footprint’ and represents the amount of carbon dioxide that our activities or choices have contributed to the atmosphere. Strictly...
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How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?
Digital & Computing

How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?

...becoming aware of the electorate and active on social media, becoming inspired by this website. Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP tweeted: @amarmpbd @sajeebwazed @albd1971 @zapalak MPs being connected digitally should be the norm, not the exception these days. — Saber H Chowdhury MP (@saberhc) November 25, 2016 The website has called for applications from volunteers to become...
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What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...become commonplace in the media. It seems to be becoming a regular feature of discussion of the failings of the NHS. Yet what exactly is a 'bed blocker' and is it a symptom of a failing NHS? A 'bed blocker' is shorthand for someone who is unable to leave hospital and return to their own home, even though they do not need medical treatment or care. For many, the term 'bed...
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OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...become” an avatar of their liking, fly, become microscopic, travel to the moon or visit the International Space Station, or look at the rock structures underneath the ground on which they are standing. Date: Tuesday 20 June 2017 Time: 4.00-5.00pm Venue: Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University Virtual worlds also give us a means to overcome physical limitations to...
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What is Alzheimer's disease?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Alzheimer's disease?

...become more severe. Around 850,000 people have dementia in the UK, with 62% of these having Alzheimer's disease - the most common form of dementia. Although it can sometimes affect young people, it is more likely to develop in older people and affects around one in six of the population aged over eighty. The problem is a worldwide one, although it has the greatest impact...
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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...become an independent nation state, the Irish nationalists abandoned high-profile buildings like Dublin Castle as it was symbolic of their British oppressors, and it fell into ruin. Yet they proudly restored older sites like Cashel and New Grange, which is even older than the pyramids, to emphasise an earlier romantic Irish past. In doing so they literally reconstructed...
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A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...students at Indiana University found its political coverage was just as substantive as that of the broadcast television networks in reporting on campaign issues and candidate qualifications. At a time of shrinking public trust in the news media, his self-proclaimed “Best ---- News Team Ever” repeatedly, and hilariously, reminded us of the failures of contemporary...
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