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On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Society, Politics & Law

On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...project? What did you find most challenging personally and professionally? Alia: Firstly, there was the question of ethics; how much could one argue that I’m stealing his story for art? And then on another level; what was my responsibility to Mr. Haroun in making the film? On a professional level, what has been the most challenging is understanding how the individual is...
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Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...project Teachers as Readers suggests that this encompasses four core elements: enticing reading environments (physically and socially), a rich read aloud programme, the provision of quality time for independent choice-led reading, and space and time for informal talk about texts . In the UKLA study, many of the teachers (from 27 English schools) started by conducting an...
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Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...project is “Listening to Climate Change”. I guess in a nutshell, what's that about and also does it inform anything that you're writing about in DD213? George: I think the answer to that is yes and yes! So in a nutshell, the project is based on a location in North Norfolk - a coastal location where climate change and environmental factors as well as social and...
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Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...project. What do athletes have to offer? The nature of competitive sport is one that facilitates the development of a multitude of different competencies and skills. Vitali and De Brant’s (2019) research with athletes who had retired or were close to retirement explored what athletes themselves felt they had to offer in terms of competencies they had developed during...
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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...project in Mexico, working on coral reef ecosystems. That got me interested in marine science and I did my first degree in marine biology. But in the background, I was still interested in those big questions. I think I was first exposed to astrobiology when I watched a BBC documentary that included a few people from NASA who called themselves ‘astrobiologists’....
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How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful

...project website www.keepmewalking.info and resources below). In the joint project between The Parks Trust and The Open University we are looking more deeply into some of these barriers and facilitators to determine how we might make accessing the outdoors easier. The Parks Trust have been awarded £3.1m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Lottery...
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The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...projects, including their PhD students who are interested in this topic. Some of these projects are supported by researchers, technologists and end-users including students who consider it important to support responsible research and innovation with technology enhanced e-assessment. These research groups supported by our studies are exploring mixed reality and formative...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...project at Faleloa Primary School] Royal New Zealand Navy Petty Officer Richard Boyd dances with school children during a Pacific Partnership 2009 community service project at Faleloa Primary School, Tonga. But some chilldren have a tougher time of it on the island. [Image: US Navy]. In contrast, children on the Pacific island of Tonga, studied by Helen Morton, are...
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