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A World Cup legacy for generations to come
Health, Sports & Psychology

A World Cup legacy for generations to come

...educators and leaders, creating a more effective talent pathway and building a stronger relationship with the Māori Football Aotearoa. This video, produced by New Zealand Football, provides an overview of the Legacy Plan. [Legacy Starts Now] To illustrate the importance of the World Cup legacy to New Zealand and the wider region, the first ever Legacy Working Group has...
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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...education; ICT; oil, gas and energy; pharmaceuticals; shipbuilding and repairs; sport and leisure; and, tourism sectors. In other words, what is termed a modern knowledge economy; In population size terms, it would be about two million smaller than the Netherlands and three million bigger than Belgium; Its total national income would be about 15% smaller than the former...
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Preparation dyeing and finishing
Money & Business

Preparation dyeing and finishing

...education is key for the ongoing improvements in the wet processing of textiles. These processes do use a lot of water but the industry is now using machines that use a lot less water and use dyes which fix to the fabric much better. This means that a t shirt dyed well uses less water at this stage then is probably used during its washing at home. Using good dyes means...
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There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...education officials’ reluctance to change traditional early starts. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has drawn together many scientific studies to demonstrate that US schools should set later starting times. There is extensive medical evidence about the harms of starting school or university too early: doing so places teenage students at greater risk of...
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Writing from the heart
Education & Development

Writing from the heart

...Education at The Open University explores whether we offer young writers enough opportunities for ‘writing from the heart’...Our Teachers as Writers research reveals the highly personal nature of much writing. Threaded through our data from the Arvon residential we can see a strong sense of ‘writing from the heart’. In some ways this not surprising; we know that...
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Do children have agency as authors?
Education & Development

Do children have agency as authors?

...Education at The Open University explores whether children are given enough autonomy when it comes to writing...Over the last three months the Craft of Writing team, (Debra Myhill and I, Becky Swain, Becky Coles and Sara Venner) have been recruiting schools to this new project. Funded by EEF and the RSA, it’s a partnership study between the OU, the University of Exeter...
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Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...education. Aids to implementing policy David Stewart on how Northern Ireland's size is advantageous when it comes to cross-sector work and experimental projects. Barriers to implementing policy David Stewart on how Northern Ireland is disadvantaged by the British government's Barnett Formula and its complex local government system Legacies of the troubles David Stewart on...
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The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...education, leisure, relationships and therefore physical and mental health. Young carers’ opportunities for physical activity are more restricted than for other young people, even under ‘normal’ conditions. The current pandemic, during which even the physical education and sporting activity in schools has ceased, has created additional problems for this group of...
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