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Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...based in the UK for many years, more recently I have welcomed opportunities to research aspects of children’s lives in China, and family experiences of death in Senegal. In these projects, I’m driven by the need to step outside the perspectives of the minority, affluent worlds in which I live, to find out what it is ‘we’/I don’t know. Knowledge needs to be...
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...recur throughout the Open University’s interdisciplinary environment curriculum. You can find out more by visiting the Module pages. Both of these podcasts are based on research funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. You can find more about the research here: http://earthinvision.org/ team on Twitter @EarthInVision Or carry on to Joe's second podcast...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...based on really trivial things such as which artist they prefer. We all have many social identities, and we might act in different ways depending on which one is activated. A person would act differently when their “student” identity is active compared with their “rugby team member” identity. During the World Cup, social identity as a member of a country suddenly...
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Other Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Other Moons

...methane, and supplied by methane rivers entering the lakes via drowned river valleys. There is a whole hydrological cycle on Titan, based on methane rather than water. [TRAPPIST-1] Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons. This article was originally published in the Summer 2019 edition of The Geographer - the newsletter of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society....
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
Languages

The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...based on rationally-explicable motivations so as to feel believable. The incremental explanations put out by Cummings and the government after the fact seemed to be trying to retrospectively construct a plausible and convincing story around a collection of disparate and awkward facts. This required them to assign clear-cut motivations to behaviour which was likely a mix...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...based Sylva (who was awarded an OBE for her service to children and families), addressed the inequalities in children’s education and was an early advocate of investment in high-quality early childhood settings. She saw that quality is achieved through upskilling the workforce and paying them well – a key idea behind the 2011 British government initiatives Graduate...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...based Chatham House thinktank, the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Present management strategies within the oil majors have failed to deliver value to shareholders, and profits are declining sharply, Stevens says. Impact on climate Meanwhile, growing public and governmental concerns over fossil fuels and their impact on the climate, together with a sharp drop in...
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...based employment and job skills training. Implementing social policies The current focus of punishing the offender has meant that the victim is largely ignored. One radical alternative would be to turn the system on its head – rather than inflict pain and suffering the aim of interventions would be to provide assistance, help and support for the person who has been...
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