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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...education. Having to continue education from home may pose additional pressures for the young carers. It is also possible that their caring responsibilities for their parent s) means they have very limited/no parental who would normally help them with ‘home schooling’ is the one they are caring for. For the young carer, participation in PE and school-based sport might...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...education and life experience about human rights? Passion for equality When I was growing up in Africa, through my education, I was familiar with the UDHRs, the 1951 Refugee Convention, the 1967 New York Protocol and the African Union 1969 Refugee Convention. At the age of 9 or 10, my world turned upside down. Having done well in school, my late father organised a trip to...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin down. Psychologists, philosophers and anthropologists have been arguing about the definition of culture for years, so little old me in my home office in lockdown can perhaps be forgiven for not having the perfect definition, but here goes. The word ‘culture’ itself has French...
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Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...Technology and Design, Hutchinson Educational. French, M. J. (1985) Conceptual Designing for Engineers, Design Council, London. Hadland, T. and Pinkerton, J. (1996) It's in the Bag, Hadland. Maccoby, M. (1991), 'The innovative mind at work',IEEE Spectrum, pp. 23–35. March, L. J. (1984) The Logic of Design, in N. Cross (ed.) Developments in Design Methodology, Wiley,...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...technology allowed the researchers to use the shrews’ DNA to understand past distributions, population sizes, and responses to environmental change. They also recreated the preserved shrews’ diets and parasite communities for comparison with those of modern shrews. “Little did the scientists from back then know how we would be using the specimens they collected,”...
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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...technology to solve environmental problems.” The study suggests that these barriers can be overcome, and have been in the past – through grassroots movements, or leadership from governments, or a combination of the two. It insists that both the costs and the benefits of change must be equally shared. “To be accepted, rapid change must be seen to be fair. This is...
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Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)

...technology has recently resulted in a 50% increase in productivity by including MRA in the monomer mixture before injection. To eliminate secondary painting, U.V.-stable pigments can be added to the monomers, or pigmented PUR coatings can be sprayed into the mould before injection. RIM and RRIM are used mainly for fascias, bumpers, body panels and steering wheels for the...
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I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...technology we carry around it was an amazingly comforting and sexy thing to have. With long working hours an online relationship is like fast food, ready when we are, naughty, cheap, very often eaten alone without the exhaustion of social niceties.’ - ‘I have a deep mistrust in the internet, and feel it massively facilitates infidelity. My ex-husband is inherently a...
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