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Childhood in the Digital Age
OpenLearn Ireland

Childhood in the Digital Age

...research suggests that it could offer opportunities for children to be happier, better educated and more connected to others. If you’re a parent, a teacher or are simply interested in this fast-moving debate, then get involved in the discussion as we explore the real impact of technology on children in the digital age. Technology - Childhood in the Digital Age (#2/5)...
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Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb
Money & Business

Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb

...research is at the forefront of theoretical and relevant issues in marketing strategy, segmentation, customer relationship management (CRM) and consumer behaviour. What is customer relationship management (CRM)? And why has it become so increasingly important to a diverse number of businesses and organizations? Organisations see building a relationship with their...
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Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...research on immigration attitudes suggests, is not especially important for understanding right-wing populism. [Graph illustrating point described in text] Now look at the same graph in figure 2 with exactly the same questions and controls, fielded on the same day, in Britain. The only difference is that we are substituting people’s reported Brexit vote for Trump...
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Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...researched Twitter’s impact on the 2016 presidential election, I believe the answer to the first question must be yes. But even if tweets are part of the official presidential record, meaning deletions are probably not allowed under current law, there may not be much anyone can do to stop Trump from taking down tweets. Presidents can’t just clean house In the United...
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Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...Research (COSPAR), an international non-governmental organisation, began discussing planetary protection in the 1950s and produced (and maintained) a planetary protection policy, which has become the internationally recognised ‘gold standard’. This policy contains a set of scientific guidelines or recommendations for the avoidance of ‘harmful contamination’. It...
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...research shows that it is too easy to say that these people just collect junk because they are lazy, disorganised or even unclean, even if their home is a mess. Indeed, there are systematic motives described by hoarders that prevent them from feeling able to discard: To avoid the guilt associated with discarding things that might have a value or a use one day. They feel...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...researcher, and practitioner around money education. She leads personal finance policy discussions both domestically in New Zealand and with an international audience. In this interview, we hear about how early life experiences shaped her money story, including the importance of budgeting, why cash has an important role to play in money management and the significance of...
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Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...research evidence that understanding our own and others’ emotions is an important, early phase of positive mental health.There is strong research evidence that understanding our own and others’ emotions is an important, early phase of positive mental health. The 2012 Chief Medical Officer’s annual report reinforced the importance of facilitating children’s healthy...
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