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15 facts about number 15
Education & Development

15 facts about number 15

...children and young people, and the alternative solutions to this, in this mini documentary with accompanying article, Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people. 15: In Hebrew, the number 15 is spelled differently This is because the two words, which usually make up fifteen, ten (yodh) and five (heh), when combined, make up one of the Jewish words...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...children about their life ambitions in the hope they might want to follow me on a science career path. My main words of advice to these children are similar to those that most stuck with me: aim high. I wanted to be an astronaut, so maybe I haven’t made it there (yet), but being a space scientist in such amazing times, when we are attempting to land on the surface of a...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...researchers, government and business. However, a dataset of the right information compiled using consistent methods allows us to estimate the benefits of urban trees thereby answering a number of critical questions that would help to leverage more funding support to protect our urban forests. In June 2019 the Geospatial Commission awarded funding for members of the...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...Children born in May, June, July and August, the youngest in their school year, are less likely to get selected for squads in adolescence, but are more likely to achieve senior professional status: a reversal of the relative age effect. The additional challenge experienced by these initially disadvantaged younger athletes is thought to build resilience – a key component...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...research, it is the only support network for both single mums and dads across the UK for the South Asian community. We offer support to all single parents: separated, widowed, divorced, single by choice, those who have gone down the IVF route or living apart can all fit into the category of a single-parent family. No matter how you arrived in your current situation,...
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‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...research – as a story of redundant male workers. The women who led and participated in these occupations are not part of the Scottish – or British – narrative of factory closure and the harms caused by industrial rupture. And this is despite their public significance at the time; the occupations at Lee (February to August, 1981), Lovable (January to March, 1982) and...
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Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities. Later on in the war she joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. 1945 - Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret mingle with VE day crowds On Victory in Europe Day, Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret mingled anonymously with the crowds in London. She later said, "We asked my...
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Learning our way to a better environment
Nature & Environment

Learning our way to a better environment

...The Open University has been teaching and researching about the environment for over 50 years from many different disciplines and perspectives. We have helped thousands of students from many different backgrounds gain new knowledge, skills and insights into the science, policies and practices that shape our world today and are needed for a more sustainable tomorrow....
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