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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...climate. It’s often better to be a big fish in a small pond. West Buckland private school also allowed Edwards to thrive in a diverse range of sports including rugby, basketball, tennis, athletics, cricket and gym. Participating in a rich mix of different sports in childhood is the optimal preparation for future success in most sports. Learning to move in varied ways is...
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Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...climate crisis, the recent pandemic and our positions on war and peace. We want our students to leave our courses feeling more prepared to meet these challenges with confidence in their ability to approach new information and articulate their views in a critical and evidence-based manner. Watch a related presentation: Transcript References Cotter, Christopher and...
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Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?
Society, Politics & Law

Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?

...changing terrorist threat? Jon Coaffee says it's going to take more than just more concrete and steel barriers...[Bollards in City Road, London] The Australian government’s new strategy for protecting crowded places from terrorism draws heavily on other countries’ experiences of implementing similar strategies as part of a broader national counter-terrorism agenda....
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Explainer: how hostile is space?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: how hostile is space?

...change are relatively easy to deal with, and can also be monitored with simple sensors on board the device. Small meteorite impacts are hard to predict but remain rare. What causes the most damage is the the constant flux of radiation in the form of high energy particles. These particles cause permanent damage to electronics, which causes them to become unreliable over...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...changed a lot in those years – they’ve grown in number, they’re more integrated into operating systems, their designs have become more sophisticated. But in essence, they’re much the same as they were when they first went global. And their future seems likely to depend on these essential qualities and purposes continuing to be relevant as communications technology...
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Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...changes with visceral opposition. For instance, Wisconsin, along with several other states, is considering legislation that would require school districts to only provide separate-gendered bathrooms as a way to stop local school districts from accommodating requests from transgender students. An elementary school student in Stafford County, Virginia, was prohibited from...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...change? The benefits of space aren’t equally distributed. We need to take multiple routes to change that. For me, education is one of the primary ways. And I don’t just mean science and technology education. People who don’t want a science career shouldn’t be excluded from accessing the wonders of space. Everyone can contribute to exploration. What will a space...
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An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice
Science, Maths & Technology

An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice

...changes much faster than regulation ever can. That means designers often find themselves working in the grey areas—in the gaps between the hodgepodge of policies and regulations and between what the rules say and what the product actually needs. As one designer I interviewed as part of my empirical study put it: ‘There are these massive gaps in between these old...
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