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Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...education, health and social care services provides me with a unique perspective that is deeply personal and rich with insight. Yet, as a member of the academic community, I am also part of a system that has historically marginalised voices like mine. My current research project, titled ‘Mothering at the Margins’, has been designed with another researcher who is also...
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Article 35 mins
Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...educational courses for stewards and I partook in as many of these as possible. In reflecting on my own learning journey, I can identify that my engagement with the concepts and theories relating to adult learning has occurred at different levels, ie, personal, professional and philosophical. For example, when I recall my decision to ‘return to learn’, I am now aware...
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Article 5 mins
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...educational institutions and independent agencies to support and grow Gaelic language acquisition. There are links here to where to go if you decide you want to take your study of Gaelic further. Gaelic – the rationale Asks you to consider the value of bi-lingualism/multi-lingualism to individuals and society. It draws on the example of New Zealand to explore how other...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...Technology (ETH Zurich). “A shock causes a disturbance, but a healthy and resilient soil will be able to recover, rather than deteriorate.” A diversity of fungi, bacteria, and other organisms such as nematodes, mites, termites, and earthworms live in soils and keep the soils healthy. But agricultural practices, changes in land use, climate change, and other...
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Article 20 mins
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...technological position of GenAI as of that date. When used appropriately, GenAI can be a powerful tool to help complete tasks more efficiently and refine work outputs. Lawyers are exploring the capabilities of GenAI in their own work with regards to drafting, research and administrative tasks. There is also real potential for GenAI to help facilitate greater access to...
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Article 20 mins
Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...technologies. To recognize this practical means of communication, local producer Willi Lempert partnered with a group of enthusiastic Aboriginal women elders from the community of Balgo. Together, they created a video that told the story of 40 hand signs. Lempert had been working in the area when the idea for an explanatory video came up. He explained the importance of...
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Article 10 mins
What's the difference between a tall organisation and a flat organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What's the difference between a tall organisation and a flat organisation? The one-minute guide

...technology, which has reduced the need for many middle management jobs, which were largely concerned with processing information to facilitate control within the organisational hierarchy. The management philosophy of empowerment, where people at lower levels have been delegated authority to take actions and make decisions which would previously have been the domain of...
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Article 1 min
Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring
Nature & Environment

Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring

...technological solution for bridging critical gaps in volcanic hazard assessment and risk mitigation. Whereas many examples of satellite-borne volcano monitoring are known since the early Eighties, we note that the exceptionally large literature available on optical (passive) remote sensing of very-high temperature features, lacks in detailed information on some...
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Article 5 mins