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How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...University in the United States, and a co-author of the study, says that while ceasefire is beneficial for carbon dioxide mitigation, “[the] El Cerrado has a range of specific characteristics that are the result of vegetation adapting to the fire”. According to Hoffmann, excessive fire suppression might be devastating to the species that depend on natural savanna...
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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...University. She has an international reputation for research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research interests have two overlapping strands. The first focuses on the relationship between diabetes and mental health and its impact on the individual and on health service provision. The second strand is her commitment to taking an inclusive approach, pioneering...
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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...University, gives us an overview of his current projects...Transcript © ​ The Open University Transcript Joe Smith Most of my time at the moment is taken up with three research projects, the first being Quiet Sustainability. We’re trying to work out why it is that so many people in post-socialist countries, Poland and the Czech Republic in our case study, are growing...
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...University academics at the Northern Ireland Science Festival on Tuesday 21 February. In an OpenMinds Talk: Why visit Mars and what we might find there? Dr Stephen Lewis (@Stephen_Lewis_ ), OU Senior Lecturer, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman (@RhianInSPACE ), PhD student, will look at the challenges...
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Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [A young student is on their laptop studying with bookcases behind in the background] Home education, homeschooling or elective home education, as it is also sometimes referred to in the UK, garnered significant public attention during periods of pandemic disrupted schooling and online learning because of national...
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The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...University lecturer in Classical Studies. ...Like many millions I watched the breaching of the Berlin Wall on TV in 1989. I’ve had two direct and brief encounters with East Germany before and after this historic event. I’m descended from a C19th German Jewish émigré family of musicians but I first visited East Germany in 1982 when we went on a camping holiday, a...
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The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...University's Language courses and qualifications. From ‘cancel culture’ to ‘wokeness’ to the ‘culture wars’, many of the terms that define our age are related to the idea of ‘offence’. Propelled by the influence of social media, the giving and taking of offence seems to have become an integral part of modern life. The news media regularly spark moral...
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PodMag April 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag April 2016

...University...The April 2016 edition of the PodMag focuses on book launches. Karen Foley interviews Professor Paul Anand about ‘Happiness Explained’, Dr Meg-John Barker on ‘Secrets of Enduring Love, how to make relationships last’, Dr Edward Wastnidge on ‘Diplomacy and Reform in Iran’, and Dr Gerry Mooney on ‘Poverty in Scotland 2016 – Tools for...
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