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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...world’ rather than under exam conditions. To help with this issue, Allison suggests things that students can try: Envisioning the clinical context to reduce exam pressure. Understanding your personal learning style. Practise maths skills using curated content. Seek assessment and institutional support. Drawing on her extensive experience, Allison has created a maths...
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Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
Nature & Environment

Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?

...World (1986). I remember very fondly how a new intellectual door opened for me when I first read a copy of Jake’s best-selling Penguin book Fuel’s Paradise during my PhD research at the Cambridge Energy Research Group. In one way or another this new language of energy analysis has defined my career and life-long interests in energy teaching, energy efficiency and...
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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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Do dogs want to go to heaven?
History & The Arts

Do dogs want to go to heaven?

...world and ourselves better. Marc Bekoff (former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has devoted his career to understanding the cognitive, emotional and relational capabilities and behaviours of dogs and other species. His research demonstrates that many animals demonstrate...
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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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