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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...community, and that is the central point of this article – the carbon emissions of remote workers. Scopes of responsibility As businesses implement sustainability, climate and NetZero strategies they become acutely aware of the responsibilities beholden upon them across three specific climate-focused scopes. These scopes of responsibility have been defined by the...
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Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Education & Development

Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual

...community. I certainly felt that on graduation day, that feeling of we are all so much more similar than we realise and that people in the audience as you walked past would say well done and smile even though we had never met but as they knew someone who had gone through it, the family and friends sort of sympathized with you too! [Dr Laura Tan standing outside Ely...
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Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...community. References BERS, D. M. 2002. Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. Nature, 415, 198-205. BUTZ, E. S., CHANDRACHUD, U., MOLE, S. E. & COTMAN, S. L. 2020. Moving towards a new era of genomics in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis, 1866, 165571. COOPER, J. D. & MOLE, S. E. 2020. Future perspectives: What lies ahead for...
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Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...community. Only when forthright assurances were given, and it became clear that they would be honoured, did our process resume.” Ulster Volunteer Force & Red Hand Commando Command Staff Belfast, Saturday 27th June 2009 The words above are from paragraph three of a UVF/Red Hand Commando statement in June 2009 - confirming their decommissioning, but explaining how that...
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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...Communication at New York University featuring scholars Simone Browne, Anita Say Chan, Lilly Irani, Lawrence Liang, and Jack Qiu (Chakravartty and Mills, 2018). Decolonising computing tends to be framed by such scholars in terms of exploring the kind of computing being done in the periphery / at the margins (or borders) of the modern/colonial world system informed by a...
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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...community support for young adult carers because this type of support was not available in my local area. I want to show that the caring we do makes a difference. I hope the SATTA research (the research led by Geraldine) will show that young adult carers like you and me need encouragement and support from staff in the NHS, social care and workplaces. Despite any...
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...communicate their values and build relationships with clients at a human level. Maintaining trust in social workers and other professions relies on human ethical practice. We need to continue to think of the ways that technology can help or hinder us at individual, local and global levels – all of which matters to social work. References Curry N., McEnery T. & Brookes...
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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...community. Comment Identifying the kinds of people who are valued as leaders is a valuable method of critical self-reflection. One influential body of leadership theory, rooted in social psychology, maintains that organisations and sectors tend to choose leaders who are typical of the broader group (Hogg, 2001; Hogg and Terry, 2000). For example, if an organisation seems...
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