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Outdoor spaces for tiny humans
Education & Development

Outdoor spaces for tiny humans

...world, require that ‘the surroundings… should be pure and clear – pure air, clear light, clear space’ (1826, p. 15). On the Froebel Trust website, there is a section dedicated to children and nature with a host of useful resources aimed at practitioners, parents/carers and academics. Participants discussed the value of babies and toddlers being outdoors and, in...
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Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...world? Are professional conceptions of writing so heavily framed by the Government’s criteria for writing at the ‘expected standard’ that the voice and verve of the young and their personal engagement in writing is being sidelined? As children across the country endure tests and seek to name and label modal verbs and demonstrate that they can separate their...
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Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Education & Development

Exploring stereotypes in STEM

...world’s most pressing challenges, and to solve them for the many, not just the few, we need everyone to be represented.’ Read more in the Institute of Civil Engineers article here. We asked AI to provide an image of a scientist. [AI-generated image of a male scientist - he's young, white and able bodied] What is AI telling us (implicitly) about who belongs in STEM?...
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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...world over now causing such a fuss? Well, problems may arise due to the mishandling, inappropriate storage and poor documentation and management for the requirement that DNPH is kept wet at all times. The issue of concern for DNPH is that the molecule has an inherent level of structural instability that puts it in the explosives risk category, indeed its storage is...
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This Student Life
OpenLearn Ireland

This Student Life

...world of study. A journey begins Studying gets underway, our students get online and find out about the Student Connections Conference. First Tutorial It’s the weekend of the first tutorial, Donna and Neil meet for the first time and discuss the Online Student Conference Brief Encounter The first assignment looms large in our students' journey this week. First...
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...world giving basic personal information. Personal information part 2 Here are three examples of people introducing themselves and giving basic personal information. What are their names? How old are they? Where are they from? What do they do? Routines part 1 You are going to listen to two people talking about their daily routines. Routines part 2 An important part of...
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Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...can build eco-houses, but who buys them? The green pioneers What it's like to live in the innovative Hockerton settlement. Garden gold The exciting microscopic world of the garden compost heap. Tackling writing A scientist gives his personal tips on writing essays on scientific subjects. Red grouse debate Differing views about land management through blood sports....
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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...heritage, described the mainly Presbyterian Irish arrivals as ‘Wilde Irish’ and criticised them for their propensity for drunkenness, blasphemy, and violence (Dwyer-Ryan, 2013). Pennsylvania, dominated by a more tolerant Quaker elite, proved to be more welcoming. According to Kevin Kenny, over 100,000 people of Ulster origin lived in this recently established state in...
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