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Do children have agency as authors?
Education & Development

Do children have agency as authors?

...world relevance of writing, offering more space to Just Write and more choice, we can increase children’s intrinsic motivation to write and their agency as text creators (whether working alone or in collaboration). This will surely help them recognise that writing is something to do with them. Their identities as writers, their rights as writers and their authorial...
Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...world because it can change people”. But how much is this really true? We often assume that encouraging a child to play a musical instrument or to listen to certain types of music will have a wider impact on more than just their musical taste. Parents, teachers and educators alike often believe that musical aptitude can help a child in other areas of life, and can...
Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...world see more cases of dementia. However, this is because people live longer than those in poorer countries. Family members and close friends are often affected by the progress of a loved one's dementia due to little help and lack of understanding. Carers can be overworked and dementia sufferers distressed as there is an insufficiency of support and resources. [A woman...
AI without borders: balancing productivity and privacy in agriculture
Science, Maths & Technology

AI without borders: balancing productivity and privacy in agriculture

...world Agriculture is a combination of science and skill. It refers to cultivating seeds, tending livestock, using pesticides, irrigation and harvesting plants, etc. Rather than dispersed ideas, it is a holistic integration of all these applications. Plants and animals both serve the purpose of food and material production. Food is the prime component of all human...
Business Bursts: Marketing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Marketing

...world, it raises all sorts of ethical issues. Dr Andrew Lindridge An historical example of how marketing failed would be the example of Rover Cars. Where Rover had been part of British Leyland, which was a large gathering of British car companies, and had gone down from being a high status car, to poor reputation, and Rover tried to redesign its image, or reposition it as...
Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...world. Designers from Philips and IDEO explain how they formulate design plans, conduct market research and make design decisions. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing... Design and Creativity A short introduction to this album. New Designs: Charger Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and...
Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...them with practical investigations. They are disappointed if the results are more than 5% apart from computer predictions. Take a sceptical view The results of CAD should be treated sceptically and require a lot of interpretation and real world comparison. Ultimately the engineer's experience and judgement are more important than information generated via computer models....
What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...world. [Graffiti reading 'don't blame Trump, blame yourself' painted on a Dutch shop window] Graffti reading 'don't blame Trump, blame yourself' in a street in Amsterdam Europe’s support for Clinton Europeans have generally oscillated between incredulity, anxiety, consternation and apprehension when commenting on the consequences of the election. There has been a steady...