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Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...family out of poverty. Under the human capital model, it is worthwhile for society to invest in education because it will ensure economic growth. Businesses and governments see spending money on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM education, as a good thing in order to innovate and modernise so a country keeps pace with others and generates growth...
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...family trees (Figure 5). This diagram shows each genome as a single point. The distance of each genome from the origin, reflects the number of mutations that have occurred since the first genome was published. The distance from other points, reflects the genetic distance between them. The lineage was constructed by estimating the fewest number of mutations needed to reach...
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...families on the day itself with many women and children joining the masses on George Square. A violent struggle developed in the south-east corner of George Square, where some of the demonstrators may have been trying to stop tramcars. The police tried to force a way through the melee and drew their batons, leading to an escalation in the violence. The authorities made...
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...family and work colleagues with whom we discuss and debate much of what we encounter. Reading is both a social and relational experience, but those who are less engaged may never have experienced it as such. Nonetheless, these pupils’ peers, librarians, learning support assistants, parents and teachers can be reading role models who inspire and encourage, explicitly and...
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...family museum website. At the time, this was thought of as a way to popularise classical music, and to make audiences more comfortable with hearing music in films. The earliest audiences were often confused about where the music was coming from, especially if they couldn't see an orchestra. Activity 3 imitates Disney's Fantasia process to help pupils analyse different...
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Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...family and friends, as well as external professional colleagues, Student Support Team, Tutor Forum, Togetherall (online Mental Health support service) and in-house training sessions. Most tutors said that they would welcome more training to be better prepared to support students with a MHC. Training suggestions were: ‘… anxiety, because that is something that I see...
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...tree in the universe You will get some hits containing this phrase but also others to do with the oldest/smallest/widest tree/rollercoaster/thing in the world/that ever existed/in California, and so on. Now try searching with: “tallest tree in the universe” The quote marks make Google look for the exact phrase “tallest tree in the universe”. Excluding a word Try...
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...families. However, risk is not just about health and safety or environmental protection; there are a variety of other risks which could be economic, societal or political. In addition, the failure of a project might itself be ‘risky’. The important thing is to recognise what is meant by risk and, as a result, plan for it as much as possible. Section 1 examines what is...