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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...community groups. On our website we also host a range of free, downloadable resources for learners of all ages, prompting engagement with the outdoors. These range from games to crafts to ID activities. We are also excited to work with the public on citizen science projects, for example our May Hogwatch initiative where members of the public and volunteers help us to...
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The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...communities of other wasps have evolved to take advantage of them. There are parasites with improbably long ‘ovipositors’ – the syringe-like extension at the tip of their abdomen – sometimes many times longer than their body, that pierce through the outside of the fig and deposit eggs in the flowers. The larvae of some develop and eat the pollinator larvae, while...
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A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...Community, choices, aspirations and our ‘get outdoors, get active’ collection (better in the warmer months!). [blue banner says and the energy prices continue to roar] Martin Lewis warned us that soaring energy bills were a 'national crisis' on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic (and the soaring didn’t end there!), US politician Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, despite...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...Community 1992 Freedom of mobility of citizens - Maastricht Treaty 2004 onwards Expansion of the EU (ten countries joined in 2004; two in 2007; and one in 2013) The NHS and the EEA Since the early 2000s, there has been a shift towards recruitment from within the European Economic Area, which is shown in the table below. Freedom of movement within Europe led to an increase...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...communicating, personal relationships, parenting and coping strategies. However, it is probably the case that most pupils continued to receive little school sex education, and that what they did receive was a rather brief and narrow education, in biology lessons, about puberty and human reproduction. It is clear that few pupils were given much opportunity to discuss...
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Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...Communal Loyalties in the Making of Irish America’ in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States Edited by J.J Lee and Marion Casey, New York: New York University Press. Meaney, G., O’Dowd, M., and Whelan, B. (2013), ‘The Emigrant encounters the ‘New World’, c1851-1960’ in Reading the Irish Woman: Studies in cultural...
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...communities across the UK and are determined to oppose austerity politics and policies. This emerging movement strongly echoes the pro-independence social movement in Scotland in many ways. So, things change, but many things remain the same. Alongside far-reaching political changes there are significant continuities: the Tories continue to attack the most vulnerable aided...
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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...communicate with Earth and was presumed lost until identified on images taken from orbit in 2014.Show descriptionA photograph showing a gold, approximately 1 metre diameter spacecraft in the centre of a relatively empty room. Four people dressed in blue all-in-one suits, hoods, masks, goggles and gloves are looking at the spacecraft. Special Regions on Mars Category IVc...
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