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What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?

...work. Contamination with even small amounts may damage the nervous, digestive and immune systems as well as lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes. Fetuses and young children are most susceptible, with studiesdocumenting mental retardation in a small proportion of children in fishing communities of countries such as Brazil and China. The Convention takes its name from the...
What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...work] Imagine you are 12 years old and you are given the opportunity to learn how to do your own social research into a topic that inspires you. Your research will go beyond what is already known and what is available in books or online etc. It will be you creating new knowledge. You will think of a topic you want to explore, create a question you want to answer, decide...
Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...work was part of a multi-university project, known as ‘Operation Soteria Bluestone’, exploring a number of different aspects of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) investigation. The focus of the work for the CPRL was officer learning, development and wellbeing. Essentially the team explored the way in which the officers who investigate RASSO receive learning,...
How old is a mountain range?
Science, Maths & Technology

How old is a mountain range?

...work out how a mountain range has grown through time is via a science called geochronology. Geo- relating to the Earth, and -chronology relating to the timing and duration of events. Geochronology is the science of dating geological events and processes and in particular, we can use geochronology to calculate when a mineral first grew. I am applying this science to rocks...
Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...workings of the mind and how early childhood experiences had an impact on later life. The first psychiatrists, such as Emile Kraeplin (1856-1926), came to see certain mental health problems as having their origins in the physical pathology of the brain (Burns, 2006). One early indication that mental health problems could have a social origin arose from the work of the...
Happy New Year
Miscellaneous

Happy New Year

...Working in the voluntary sector Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Get fit You can also get healthy by taking up more exercise; it doesn't have to be strenuous - it can be a brisk 20 minute walk everyday. Take a look at the boxes below for some inspiration and learn about the importance of recovery and rest before and after exercise. Learn a language Feliz...
David Bowie: identity is creativity
Languages

David Bowie: identity is creativity

...work] A poster advertising a celebration of Bowie's work He seems to have seen identity as something constantly on the horizon of our perception, always becoming, never merely being – an arrival that always included its departure: ‘When the kids had killed the man / I had to break up the band’ as he sang of his most famous creation, Ziggy Stardust in 1972. This...
A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...artists plan the painting of a mural. Creating a Mural Argentinian artists Cristina Terzaghi and Edgar de Santo lead the painting of a mural in La Boca. Artists in search of inspiration Argentinian artists Cristina Terzaghi and Mariana Siedlarek talk about the creative process in their work. Creating Sculptures Argentinian sculptor Beatriz Soto explains her work....