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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...thinking that the HE sector in the UK was in a poor place financially. Yet in 2021, UK universities generated a record income of £41.1bn. UCU estimates that university vice chancellors collectively earned around £45million in the same year. The sector has money to spend; yet it prefers to invest in campus expansions and high salaries for those at the top and in...
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Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...think of them as a ‘conceptual toolkit’ as you work through the articles. These ‘tools’ are:​ Synthesis Synthesis involves understanding the relationship between different analytical aspects both at one point in time and in terms of how they change over time. It involves more than just the sum of its parts. Read more about Synthesis as a way of understanding the...
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Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...Think of someone you regard as a leader – for example, your manager, a colleague or someone in your community. What is it about them that makes you consider them a leader? Discussion There is no simple answer to the question of who is a leader. As you reflect on your answers to this task you might note real differences between the people you have mentioned. Some might...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...system and details of when the observation was made, is typically stored within the image file as metadata. We need to employ careful methods to make measurements from images such as Figure 1 if we are to make reliable inferences about stars and galaxies. In this section, you will examine how these measurements are made, and what they can tell us...Astronomy: images of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...systems. Environmental monitoring is not only conducted by scientists and other experts, but also by countless volunteers around the world. The area of ‘citizen science’ has grown over the past few decades due to a policy drive for public participation in science, a greater availability of sensor technology, and the longstanding willingness of people to become...
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How many different types of smile are there?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How many different types of smile are there?

...System, written with Wallace V Friesen, seeks to create an atlas of nearly all possible human expressions. Ekman says, in his book Telling Lies, that their technique for measuring the face can distinguish over 50 different smiles. Confused? You’re not the only one. Perhaps the best approach is to just grin and bear it… This article was originally published by Mosaic...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea

...system of our planet. The oceans also contain very deep valleys, known as trenches, where ocean crust is being destroyed. You may have heard of the famous Mariana Trench, about 11 km (nearly 7 miles!) deep in the ocean. The famous film maker James Cameron travelled to the deepest place on Earth! Transcript The average swimming pool deep end is about 5m deep. How many...
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What is Talk Factory?
Education & Development

What is Talk Factory?

...system. [A screenshot from the app shows a bar graph with green. orange, yellow and blue bars against a grey background. The vertical axis shows the number of occurrences and the horizontal axis shows the kind of behaviour, ranging from "explain reasons" to "interrupt".] What do teachers say about Talk Factory? Feedback from teachers is overwhelmingly positive: “The...
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