2,679 search results
Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...projects. For many practitioners supporting these students this presents a number of challenges. Researchers from the Children’s Research Centre (CRC) developed a partnership with the Field Studies Council (FSC). The FSC is the leading provider of geography and biology fieldwork for schools and continuing professional development for practitioners; and welcome over...
View article Supporting student-led research
Article 10 mins
What danger do asteroids pose to life on earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

What danger do asteroids pose to life on earth?

...project, DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), to redirect a threatening asteroid at the preliminary design phase. A spacecraft, about 1.5 metres across, will be aimed to crash into an asteroid (Didymos B) about 140 metres across. Didymos B orbits a primary body, Didymos A. The aim of the project is to change the orbit of Didymos B around its binary partner, while not...
View article What danger do asteroids pose to life on earth?
Article 5 mins
Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...project...' In our research we explored organisational police Facebook sites and have noticed that the communication on these sites is dynamic, energetic and (to us at least) really fascinating! In our observations the way stories get told on police Facebook sites can be likened to an ambitious community film project, where a story is scripted by multiple authors, at...
View article Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Article 10 mins
By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...project which replaced 15,000 police staff jobs with a “home guard of 9,000 unpaid police support volunteers”. According to UNISON – the biggest union for police staff – the project was never the subject of proper public debate or scrutiny. In light of these issues, it seems ill-advised to roll out a clearly flawed system to encompass an even wider remit. If the...
View article By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Article 10 mins
Collective Creativity
Money & Business

Collective Creativity

...projects (including those of the wider creative industries) enables, motivates and constrains the reproduction or transformation of social values, and the realisation of people’s creative potential. Creativity can be understood both as the generation of new ideas and as the idea-transforming component of innovation. There are two strands of thought on this. One is...
View article Collective Creativity
Article 5 mins
The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...project that works beautifully with a small, single, engaged community that stays with the project from start to end. What issues will we need to address when we scale up engaged research to regional or national scales? Should we even try? Is quantity less important than quality? [Portrait of Richard Holliman]Richard Holliman, Professor of Engaged Research at the Open...
View article The Borders of Astrobiology
Article 5 mins
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Project, 2018; Lammy Review, 2017; Prison Policy Initiative, 2019;;Pierson et al, 2020;; Gov.uk, 2019; London.gov.uk, 2020) US England & Wales Black and Latinx drivers were stopped and searched roughly two times more than White drivers (from analysis of data from 100 million traffic stops across US police forces) From April 2018 to March 2019, there were 38 stop and...
View article Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Article 10 mins
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...Introduction - The case studies in this course introduce various typologies of heritage and the methods used to study them. The case studies help to draw attention to the fact that the heritage traditions in England, Scotland and Wales are not the same and are enshrined in slightly different legislation. Every study of heritage requires an understanding of the legal...
View course Heritage case studies: Scotland
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs