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Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...research. Perhaps most significant though, as David Hargreaves (2001) reminds us, is that assessment should be the servant of teaching and learning and not their master. There are four important issues to bear in mind when thinking about making assessment integral to learning. Teachers should do the following: Identify exactly what they want students to learn; use a task...
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...researchers in criminology explore a wide range of different subject areas associated with not just conventional crime and criminal justice, but also ‘social harm’ and different forms of justice. Some of the topic areas criminologists concern themselves with, which you might not have thought about, include: eco-crime or what is known as ‘green criminology’ human...
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...research that colleagues and I carried out into the decision making of traders in investment banks, one trader told us: I spend time talking to a lot of people; consultants, other traders on the desk, in the markets, finding out what people are doing. I am always absorbing information. … I like to find people who have the same thought processes as me. This trader may...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Researchers and analysts alike use this tool for various applications in the real world, such as in business, medicine, academia, logistics, operations, transportation, tax and auditing, marketing, accounting and finance. Moreover, it is flexible enough to be used with all types of data, irrespective of whether the data is qualitative or quantitative. In this section, you...
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...researches here in Oxford to do so. Wildlife: my first memories As a child growing up in Wiltshire I spent a lot of time in the countryside. I was very lucky because my grandmother owned a lake and I was able to build a raft to float on this lake. I didn’t want to catch the fish; I wanted to watch them, I don’t know why that happened but I had this raft and I would...
Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?

...research, we have examined TV and news reports of the trial as well as subsequent media coverage of the crimes. In this work, we found no evidence that Brady or Hindley’s mental health was an issue at the time of the trial itself. No defence of diminished responsibility was put before the court. Brady was examined by psychiatrists following his conviction and there was...
Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...researcher I wanted to explore this risk through people’s thoughts, feelings and emotions. In other words the real stories of the risks of rugby. George Robinson’s Story In July 2015 an English school boy, George Robinson (aged 17) suffered a transection of his spinal cord whilst playing rugby for his school in Cape Town. George underwent surgery in South Africa and...
Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...research actually revolves around an invention of sorts, but rather than innovating in new areas of material science my colleagues and I have been trying to design something that could be manufactured locally and easily repaired. Our Open Source Condom Vending Machine (OSCVM.org) is an attempt to build reliable, low-cost condom vending machines in Ghana. All the...