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Entrepreneurial Lives
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial Lives

...family and work demands, running businesses from home, the role of friends and family members, lifestyle, resource acquisition, and the fascinating, messy realities of entrepreneurs are themes explored in this series by Dr. MariaLaura Di Domenico of The Open University... Invisible Boundaries: When Home is the Business MariaLaura examines the challenges of running a...
Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...trees. Added to this is the additional problem of sea temperature rise, leading to coral bleaching and impacts on marine life. This is causing depletion of fish stocks, particularly tuna, on which the island economy depends (UNDP, 2020). Tuvalu's fight for existence - Environmental justice As a small economically poor country Tuvalu has limited power to put forward its...
Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...trees, relying on very good camouflage to avoid detection by predatory birds. In the past, tree trunks were pale in colour, and so were peppered moths, but the industrialisation of Britain produced huge amounts of soot that blackened tree trunks over much of the country. This favoured what had previously been a very rare, black form of the peppered moth which, in...
The genetics of autism
Health, Sports & Psychology

The genetics of autism

...families. In families with a child with an autism diagnosis, there is an increased chance that one or more siblings or parents may also be on the autism spectrum, or show some mild autistic traits. Twin studies have provided convincing evidence that these family patterns are not due to faulty parenting, but due to genetic factors. Twin researchers compare sets of...
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...family, community, and the world around us. However, other experiences of religion and Religious Education might be less than positive. One influential proposal on orienting RE to the needs of twenty-first-century pupils is known as ‘Religion and Worldviews’. This proposal is gaining traction by many of the leading providers of high-quality teaching resources. The...
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...family lived in shared rental accommodation in several places in Moss Side, Manchester, until they finally owned their own home at 78 Platt Street. This was a real achievement. The anticipated warm welcome to the Mother Country had not materialised. Hostility towards the growing West Indian community was widespread. Rental accommodation was hard to find. The notorious...
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...family member or friend. Many of them are caring for an older person and indeed many are older people themselves - caring for a spouse, sibling or parent who has reached great age. As the populations in Europe increasingly age, pressure on formal care services will also increase leading to family carers being expected to take on increasingly complex roles. It is estimated...
Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...families? What's the importance of building reciprocal and interactive reading communities? These videos explore...The TaRs research project found that RfP is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Where shared understandings were established about the changing nature of reading and the value of everyday reading...