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Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...data confirmed that the grounding line in the Amundsen Sea Embayment in West Antarctica is showing sustained and widespread retreat, and two modelling studies of the great Pine Island Glacier (shown on the map) and next door Thwaites Glacier predicted this retreat is indeed unstable, driven by warm “Circumpolar Deep Water” coming onto the continental shelf. It’s...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...data, conduct experiments and examine the amplitudes, limits and margins of life but there are some fundamental questions about innate properties of organisms themselves, the conditions in which life survives, conditions in which biological diversity evolves on our planet … fundamental questions about life in the extremes that need to be answered. During the Covid-19...
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Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...data, it is problematic to generalise small-scale qualitative research findings. Furthermore, home-educating families within and across national and international contexts, are not a homogenous group in terms of demographics, motivations and practices. Rather, home education encompasses a broad spectrum of educational philosophies, methods, curricula, styles and...
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How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...data says about police brutality and racial bias-and which reforms might work’, Nature, 583, pp. 22–24. Phillips, C. (2011) ‘Institutional racism and ethnic inequalities: An expanded multi-level framework’, Journal of Social Policy, 40(1), pp. 173–192. Rattansi, A. (2005) ‘The uses of racialization: The time-spaces and subject-objects of the raced body’, in...
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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...data for our book, Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK. In that moment, we knew that what had started as a ‘collective autoethnography’ (a co-constructed narrative detailing our own shared experiences) had come to represent an invaluable opportunity to amplify and validate the journeys of women like us: ‘othered mothers’...
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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...data we would look for in methodological terms that would tell us something about external perceptions of Glasgow. A key source would have to be literary representations of Glasgow, in both fictional and non-fictional forms. In 1799 Glasgow was perceived as a thriving town dominated by the textile industry. It was a prosperous town of considerable architectural elegance....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...data collected on these services to determine the healthcare quality. Take a look at these graphs showing the waiting time for diagnostic tests or procedures (Quality Watch, 2016). Diagnostic tests or procedures are often required before a patient can be referred to another service and so shorter waits on these tests or procedures are indicative of better quality care....
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...data derived from studying prisoners...Session 1: The origins of prison education: 11 This session’s quiz - Well done – you have reached the end of Session 1. You can now check what you’ve learned this session by taking the end-of-session quiz. Session 1 practice quiz Open the quiz in a new or window and come back here when you have finished...Session 1: The origins...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs