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Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...work involves lab and field work to track how ocean chemistry and microorganisms can be delivered from the oceans to the icy surface. Team Mars [Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer] Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer Associate Director, AstrobiologyOU Susanne is a mineralogist, who studies volatile-rock interactions including noble gases, methane, and water-rock reactions. Her main research...
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...working collectively. Developing compassionate thinking through such pedagogies can nurture sustainable individuals in life and work. Examples of compassionate pedagogies: Poems, story-telling, art, music, listening with empathy, valuing learners’ contributions, building relationships, having the space and tools to be heard, supporting agency/change, and project work...
Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time
Science, Maths & Technology

Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time

...social and cultural tool, used to present a certain image and status – real or imagined. Our entrenched reliance on – and attachment to – this method of travel means that, even if we shift away from such widespread car ownership, we need to change our perception of what cars are if we want to mitigate their high environmental costs. This doesn’t just mean moving...
Why do American parties hold conventions?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do American parties hold conventions?

...social conservative credentials – things for which Trump is hardly noted – his strong suit will be competence and executive experience. While Trump has had trouble attracting party heavyweights to Cleveland, many of the other speakers at conventions are rising stars being offered one of their earliest national platforms. Some have gone on to run for president and to...
‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why

...social media, celebrity is easy to come by: within seconds of success or failure, the result has been interpreted and reported, and a celebrity is born. The notion that athletes are “great” is widespread throughout mainstream media, and for a golden moment in time that would positively impact on athletes' sense of worth and self-esteem. But within weeks – if not...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...work: Transcript Citizenship and migration have been very much on the political agenda, but we haven’t really heard much debate about the ‘citizenship by investment’. Agnes asked Nele why she thought this was the case. Transcript Explore ‘citizenship by investment’ programmes further on the 5th floor of the Tate Modern, London, between the 14th and 19th of...
Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?

...social confines of Gibraltar, as well an economic life line. With Brexit comes the possibility of this border being closed. It’s difficult to exaggerate the depth of feeling this has provoked in Gibraltarians. As one young woman put it: It was a massive shock. I was really upset and I started crying. My friend was like: ‘What’s wrong?’ I [replied]: ‘You don’t...
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...Working for Water Programme (WWP) case study... Diagram guidelines Purpose Rich pictures were originally developed as part of Peter Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland, 1981; Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2020). Their purpose is to gather in one place, on one sheet of paper, all the data about a complex messy situation that you have...
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