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Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...Helpful links: World Health Organization GOV.UK NHS Coronavirus: What about mental health? These are times of uncertainty and the relentless bad news, activity on social media, and misinformation being spread can cause anxiety. These free resources can help you if you're feeling like your mental health is taking a turn for the worse. Free courses on infectious disease...
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Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity
Education & Development

Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity

...world have had to ensure continuity of learning through alternative means. This has mostly been technology-based remote learning approaches, even though that risks exacerbating the challenges associated with the digital divide which disproportionately affects the underprivileged in both low-income and high-income countries. Globally, it is estimated that remote learning...
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The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!
Miscellaneous

The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!

...World Champion Transplant cycling Team Time Trial 2017, the first academic with a transplant to be promoted to full professor, and a keen explorer of life. In The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want! Bart will describe how his research into learning analytics is enabling him to predict which learning strategy might work best for each...
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Dialogues Across Borders
Society, Politics & Law

Dialogues Across Borders

...world as part of Play is Hope project forged new relationships with refugees and artists and some of them joined us at the Tate by videolink from Greece to co-create songs and poems on themes of belonging, togetherness and migration on the spot. Our workshops attracted audiences from Germany and France with visitors from London and included musicians from Greece and Play...
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Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?

...world. But at the same time, the phrase ‘fake news’ itself began to be increasingly co-opted by a variety of different people for a variety of different purposes – until its meaning became stretched to cover everything from deliberately deceitful propaganda to mild criticisms of legitimate journalism. By 2018, people were calling for the term itself to be avoided....
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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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