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Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...creative commons licence. They can be found and downloaded from the Learning Design Blog. There are also crib sheets which provide guidance on possible ways to use several of the resources. Connecting with the HE community Another way to gather and adapt existing sustainability practices is by connecting with the wider HE community. Learning from and collaborating with...
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...write-off requests in the first two months of the 2005/06 financial year. Dawn Primarolo, the paymaster general, who provided the answers, admitted last month that the system needed to become more sensitive to the needs of low-income families. David Varney, chairman of Revenue and Customs, admitted that the tax credit structure may need to be overhauled if problems...
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...Write down a list of bullet points which reflect the stigmatising experiences these young people describe. You can write these as a list of words or phrases. [MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1 My mental health problem means that I go through many highs and lows which I struggle to control. SPEAKER 2 Sometimes I just want to hide away. SPEAKER 3 I feel that I have to make everyone...
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...write this for electrons just as easily as for nucleons: n sub e equals rho times cap x sub e solidus m sub e . However, it is more convenient to write cap x sub e identical to cap y sub e times m sub e solidus m sub cap h where Ye is the number of electrons per nucleon. This leads to the expression n sub e equals rho times cap y sub e solidus m sub cap h full stop...
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...writes 'Specialism is a high-wire act - spectacular when it is successful but catastrophic if there is one small failure' [p. 158]. One has to ask, therefore, why one species in an apparently successful family of omnivores turned so emphatically to such an extreme form of dietary specialisation and adaptation that it is now on the verge of extinction. The answer must be...
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How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...writes Alex O'Brien...In 2004, Dr Richard Ellenbogen spent almost 20 hours operating on a 17-year-old girl with a brain tumour. He ended up leaving a big piece of the tumour behind, mistaking it for normal brain tissue. Less than a year after the surgery, the cancer hit back and the young girl died. The week the girl died, Ellenbogen presented the case at his team’s...
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...creatively and critically during English teaching? Do we want them to struggle less, to develop their fluency and comprehension? Do we want them to find reading sufficiently absorbing so they choose to read more frequently at home, and, potentially at least, become lifelong readers? All these interrelated aspirations would be advantageous, but the last is particularly...
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...writing about it. I hadn't realized that it was in my background. My dad was disabled, and my brother suffered from Down's Syndrome. I was familiar with having social workers in the house. Supervision is important to social workers, especially new social workers. In order to know they're supported and that their work is appreciated. Often people work long hours. They're...