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A Letter to Earth
Nature & Environment

A Letter to Earth

...that the Earth has nurtured our many generations and will continue to do so in the decades, centuries and millennia to come. If we recognise that with privileges come responsibilities, only then will our actions make the world a better place for us and for those who come after we have left. [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...world, practical, open-ended problems, that allow for imaginative scenarios and extended projects. They focus on generating and exploring ideas, encouraging autonomy and agency, playfulness and problem-solving, involving co-constructing, collaboration and teacher creativity. They recognise a need for direction, boundaries and support, as well as for the teacher to be a...
Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...world around us, one another and even ourselves in unprecedented ways. Being directly or indirectly involved in every aspect of human life, animals too interact with computing technology and, in fact, have done so for a long time. For example, within conservation research, animals have been wearing all kinds of tracking devices since the 1960s. More or less in the same...
Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...world of competitive motorcycling or pursue a PhD in this field, it’s about more than just a personal challenge; it’s about carving out space, overcoming barriers, and rewriting the rules. Women are not only changing the landscape of women’s sports, they’re creating a legacy that will inspire generations to come. @@PLUGINFILE@@/audio-4238.h5p Transcript If...
OpenLearn with Working Wales | OpenLearn gyda Cymru'n Gweithio
Education & Development

OpenLearn with Working Wales | OpenLearn gyda Cymru'n Gweithio

...world-class education, helping you to meet your professional and personal goals. With tuition fee loans, financial support, and pay as you go options available, studying with The Open University is a lot more affordable than you might think. Find out more Fel darparydd mwyaf astudiaeth ran amser prifysgol yng Nghymru, mae’r Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru yn cynnig dewis...
How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...World Health Organisation (2000) Gender and Women’s Mental Health [Online]. Available at http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/genderwomen/en/ (Accessed 17 January 2017). 5 Recent studies show black offenders are more likely be jailed than white offenders by courts in England and Wales. Ball, J., Bowcott, O. and Rogers, S. (2011) ‘‘Race variation in jail...
The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...of hearing and listening to the voices of victims and survivors, and acknowledging the harms and injustices they have suffered. Ultimately, the 100-year struggle for truth, recognition and reparations by survivors and descendants provides inspiration for people all over the world seeking redress, healing and genuine accountability for social harms and state violence....
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...world famous engineers. The government called a halt. Amazing! Britain doesn't build ships any more. And in Scotswood – no ships. No work. No wages. Mary Ray is a community activist who watched her neighbourhood’s nemesis. Mary Ray It was down to politicians and Vickers themselves that wanted to take Vickers out of this community and put it somewhere else. But they...