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Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...world a better place. As we reach the end of the year by which they were to be achieved, Yoseph Araya asks how we're doing...Unveiled in 2000, by the largest-ever gathering of world leaders till theYosephn, Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) are aspirational goals for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against...
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The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...world...Women and girls experience a broad range of harms through online platforms. The online environment makes it easier for perpetrators of online violence against women (OVAWG) to harass, stalk and abuse victims, as it allows for a global reach, online anonymity, and provides an outlet for misogynistic views. Technology is often utilised to negate typical physical...
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Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world
OpenLearn Ireland

Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world

Is seeing really believing - or can it help with maths as well? Complete this interactive activity to find out how to use your visual skills to help you estimate and make calculations...[A photograph of a man sitting on a cliff. In the distance, there is a lighthouse. This is the banner image for the activity.] Select the image above to start the interactive activity,...
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How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...enlightenment and to the history of the conflict. It also adds to the richness of Edinburgh’s literary heritage, to know that one of the most vivid and excoriating poems of World War I was written after three young soldiers met in the genteel confines of an Edinburgh golf club. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

Why do butterflies matter? Willow Neal explains why they should be prioritised for conservation and introduces us to some butterfly species in the UK...Find out more about The Open University module Environment: responding to change Vanishing nature You have probably heard that biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, is being eroded away. Climate change,...
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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...World Cup is a truly global mega-event. It has come a long way since it was first staged in 1987, when it was broadcast to just 200m people in 17 territories. Now around 4 billion people in 205 territories will watch 20,000 hours of coverage – all making RWC 2015 a unique reputation-raising opportunity for its 11 host cities in England and Wales. [Birmingham celebrates...
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...world record for 25 years now, with a distance of 18.29m. What's the secret to his success? Our videos and article explores...The what and how of world record triple jumping Career journey: training, transitions, parents and parenthood In the late evening Scandinavian sun at the 1995 World Athletics Championship, Jonathan Edwards, a British triple jumper, was the tenth to...
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Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war

...world war. Almost 500,000 men were killed in three months at Passchendaele, the third battle of Ypres. On the first day of that battle, Wales lost one of its most talented poets. Born on January 13 1887, Ellis Humphrey Evans was the eldest child of Mary and Evan Evans and one of 11 siblings. He became known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn (Blessed Peace). The family lived...
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