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Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...opening of the 1851 Exhibition. The building was the largest in the world, and was disassembled shortly after the Exhibition ended and reconstructed in Sydenham. It is an example of system building, using pre-fabricated standard parts which were fitted together on site using methods more akin to a factory than a building site. It epitomises the Industrial Revolution both...
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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...open). Building on an earlier roundtable and new report, and some subsequent lively discussion, we hoped this new roundtable would replace confusion with clarity. As set out in our new report, some things are now clearer, and others are not. Let’s start with the former: First, in case it wasn’t already obvious, key human rights organisations have reminded everyone...
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Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...Open University, involves investigating the potentials and challenges of using innovations in space technologies for sustainable development. Currently, in my first year, what I love most about this research topic is how it combines science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and the social sciences. I get the opportunity to learn all about how space technologies...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...resources to adapt to the effects of climate change with protection measures, such as sea walls, nor the means to cope with the consequences of large storms and devastation of people’s homes and livelihoods. The people of Bangladesh are used to living with water and the sea. The south-west of Bangladesh is characterised by low-lying lands, with dwellings and fields...
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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...Education Act. The federal legislation encouraged school districts to incorporate native language instruction for children with limited English-speaking ability. A 2010 study in the Review of Educational Research Journal surveyed 63 studies on the effects of bilingualism. It found that being able to speak multiple languages correlates with increased working memory, better...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...educational research by involving the collection and analysis of interview data online in a student-instigated study (Fox et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...educational reforms which will integrate English more deeply into the curriculum. English will cease to be a foreign language for many, perhaps most, of the world's citizens as it becomes repositioned as a 'basic skill', to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology. There are now about 5.8 billion people who do not...
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How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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