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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...community service orders used and do offenders re-offend? My own passion was education, and so I worked in both the Schools Inspectorate and the Further Education Funding Council. We help to monitor the examination results of the schools and other education providers. The sorts of questions we would investigate are: Given the background of the students in this school,...
Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe
History & The Arts

Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe

...community to make good on the downplaying of Enith's role in swimming, but finally in 2015 she was given some of her due, with an induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Collecting her award, Enith stressed how both strands of her identity made her the success she became. Peter Jordens reported: “I am very proud of my success,” she said after a video...
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...communication and analysis are important and continually developing at all stages of life. Educational systems are serving students best if they enable and encourage students to build their own interdisciplinary pathway. This approach is sure to foster a love of learning, ignite a spark of enthusiasm and address learning differences for students. References and further...
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...community, and so on. But you could also possibly talk a bit about the downside. [Hatfield [Image: BinaryApe under CC-BY licence]] Hayfield [Image: BinaryApe under CC-BY licence] Teenagers will always say how there’s nothing going on. Old people feel that they’re isolated, those who don’t have cars find that there is a lack of public transport. Schools are closing,...
A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...communications, became aware of the opportunities available to them in the United States and could thus prepare for the challenges that would meet them across the Atlantic (Meaney, O’Dowd and Whelan, 2013, p.89). [Cartoon depicting a stereotype of an Irish domestic servant challenging her American mistress. Puck Magazine, May 9, 1883.] Cartoon depicting a stereotype of...
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...communication skills, decision-making, problem-solving). It illustrates some examples of reconfiguring of resources, shifting in perspective and balancing between competing aspects, values, and goals. Jan is demonstrating flexibility and recognising that with job offers, there is some room for negotiation that would enable a more flexible arrangement that would work for...
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...communities for contemporary history. This resulted in a series of timelines being published in February 2023 with the intention to have LGBTQ+ timelines for all twenty-two counties in Wales by 2024 – these will be posted on various county websites but the map for the timelines will be on LGBTQ Cymru, a website concerned with all things Welsh LGBTQ+ history. These...
Herbal medicine
Health, Sports & Psychology

Herbal medicine

...communicate with orthodox medical practitioners if necessary. Word of mouth referrals are probably useful in finding out about a particular herbalist and their approach. There are a confusing number of professional bodies covering herbalists from both western and other approaches. Those organisations whose members are likely to be state registered in the near future will...