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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...based on their understanding of education policy that can be accessed online. Schools do not seem able to keep these promises, whether due to lack of training, funding or other resources. When children’s educational needs are not met, parents feel that promises are broken. Families feel unsupported, and relationships can break down as a result. Repeated patterns...
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How to find invisible black holes
Science, Maths & Technology

How to find invisible black holes

...based exoplanet search. Going beyond the original design is tricky because SuperWASP was built specifically with an exoplanet search in mind. While they were very good at finding exoplanets, the telescopes and cameras weren’t built to study the stars themselves. Changes in the stars are harder to see than the dips in light from exoplanet transits. That means we can’t...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...base their scientific hypotheses upon. As space exploration has continued to progress over the last 50 or so years, scientists have decided that instead of waiting for the Solar System to send rocks to Earth, they could go out and get them themselves. We are now awaiting the return of samples from C-type asteroids Bennu and Ryugu with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween

...based on the speculation of comparative mythologists. The name Nos Galan Gaeaf certainly does not go back to a prehistoric period of Celtic linguistic unity. The word calan is borrowed from the Latin calends, meaning “the first day of the month”, while gaeaf means “winter”. So we can think of it as “the winter calends”, or “the first day of winter”. Calan...
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Beethoven: The Expert View
History & The Arts

Beethoven: The Expert View

...based on a story of devotion and heroism. A nephew, Karl, was born in 1806. He was to become very significant in Beethoven’s life. Perhaps the most famous of all Beethoven’s works is the Fifth Symphony, completed in 1808, a year of intensive work and the production of the Choral Fantasia and the Sixth Pastoral Symphony in addition. Unlike his teacher Haydn, Beethoven...
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Welcome to nowhere special
Languages

Welcome to nowhere special

...based off the much better-known concept of “banal nationalism”. Banal nationalism refers to the mundane discourses – flags, maps, national references, etc. – that enact national belonging in everyday life. Similarly, banal cosmopolitanism refers to mundane discourses that enact globalization in everyday life. Banal cosmopolitanism is apparent in the
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Learning from the past with historic buildings
History & The Arts

Learning from the past with historic buildings

...base for some lasting changes. Putting the Social into a History of Architecture Architectural historians write histories of buildings. History, though, changes as each generation asks new questions about the past. A social history of architecture emerged during the twentieth century, exploring the relationship between buildings and their occupants: how people used,...
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The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing

...based interventions and activities to improve their mental and physical health. Some examples of this include local walking schemes, community gardening projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Green Social Prescribing can be useful for anyone regardless of age, although it can be...
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