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How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...History syllable by the age of 14 is not unheard of. Once they have found their passion, they do not need to wait to be 16 to take an exam. Taking an exam in a subject takes much preparation beyond choosing the subject. [Photo of an empty exam hall] Choosing the examining board England has four main examining boards: AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. Each examining board decide...
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Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...history of the Moon - stretching all the way back to when it was formed around 4 and a half billion years ago. We’re able to unlock its secrets by cutting it up into very thin slices - which you can see in great detail under this virtual microscope - which you can click onto at the end of the video. It is a very intuitive tool so please experiment with it. These are...
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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...of the public. With an ethos of inclusivity and respect for diverse realms of economic expertise, the seminar series will bring together those working on current challenges across a broad range of research interests: Social Policy, Personal Finance, Innovation, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Health, Inequality and Employment, Philosophy and History of Economics....
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Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?
Education & Development

Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?

...History [Lesbian/Feminist Dialogue” at Barnard College (a vintage black and white photograph by Crawford Barton in 1973). ] A rare historical photograph clearly indicating asexuality inclusion in 1973. Pollner, F. (1973). Lesbian dynamics. Off Our Backs, 3(6), 7-7. On the Kinsey Scale, (first published in 1948) Asexuality is listed as "X", which indicates "no...
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The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education
Society, Politics & Law

The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education

...history and culture of some groups and not others. By one measure, around 40% of the global population have no access to education in a language that they understand. Where supportive policy does exist, the report highlights how realities on the ground can make it impossible to implement: In the Mopti region of Mali, only 1% of primary schools provided bilingual...
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Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...history to consider when we think about equality and discrimination in professions and organisations – a legacy that will take a long time to fade. Change is happening. But it is slow, and it is tempting to assume that all is well because there is some progress made on the numbers. Politics has a few lessons to learn from business on this front. A long legacy Beyond the...
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...history The PCCs replaced an old three-pronged system of police governance, which was comprised of the home secretary, the Local Police Authority and the local chief constable. It was hoped the new system would address accusations that these authorities were opaque, that their membership was largely hidden from public view and that they were far too distant from the...
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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...history. In the 1990s the lunar prospector and Clementine orbiters detected water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles this water ice could be used as a resource in future lunar missions that we would use to fuel the rockets or to reduce our payload going back and forth to the moon. However, we need to have a way to extract this water from the water ice...
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