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What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...resources, such as oil. [Trout fry in a tank] These trout fry could help provide the fertilizer to make chips... It begins with fish poo and pee, both of which contain lots of ammonia. Worms that live in rooting substrates break the solids down and then bacteria convert the ammonia into nitrate, which acts as a fertiliser. The plants absorb the nitrate and effectively...
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Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...resources designed for them. Challenging conventional notions of literacy by engaging children’s sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and proprioception as they read, we can give children agency and foster their enjoyment of reading in previously unexplored ways. Footnotes This interview was originally published on BOLD, the digital platform on learning and development....
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...resource. But Medicins Sans Frontières are finding research is a key part of response. Anita Makri explains why...[Médecins Sans Frontières ebola treament centre in Maghuraka, Sierra Leone, 2014] An MSF treatment centre in Sierra Leonne, during the 2014 ebola crisis You have a mission to help people caught up in an emergency – would you put scientific research on...
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After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?
Society, Politics & Law

After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?

...resources to support its own people who are there on the ground and available immediately to help. Rather than importing goods from overseas, the means of reconstruction are purchased locally. Money can be misdirected but so can goods and services. All aid must be monitored and evaluated. Embed from Getty Images The aftermath Then there’s the risk of epidemics, the fear...
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
Languages

Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...resource of physical appearance and clothes – radio relies purely on the voice when it comes to creating that initial impression. In real life, the way we speak is central to the way we are perceived by others. We use our voices both consciously (often strategically) and unconsciously in order to help construct the very identities that we perform and negotiate in our...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...resources severely diminished the IOCs’ power. “There can be little doubt that, from an investor’s point of view, the international oil companies have been failing to perform” Starting in the 1990s, the IOCs embarked on a high-risk strategy: they invested in increasingly higher-cost and more technologically-challenging projects. This was built on a
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OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...resources in Welsh Adnoddau ychwanegol yn Gymraeg Champions - A Guide for Learners | Llysgenhadon - Canllaw i Ddysgwyr [OU champions workbook] Download the guide English In recognition of the 3rd anniversary of our Champions Programme, we’ve reached out to our Champions and learners to create a video to celebrate their achievements. Well done and congratulations to...
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...resource for obtaining an insider perspective. While in the interview context we could create a momentary community of outsiders, this could easily be disrupted when interviewees contrasted their own migration history or that of their clients with my Dutch EU citizen privilege. For instance, a refugee case worker who appealed to my own experience of moving abroad to...
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