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...world, to bring you free educational resources. Here's just a few of our brilliant partners who help support millions of people take their first step into learning..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ [This is the logo for Dangoor] The provision of accessible education for all is something that David Dangoor and his family have passionately...
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Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing
Science, Maths & Technology

Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing

...world. Highlighting the impact genome editing has had, the renowned scientific journal Science chose CRISPR/Cas9 as “Breakthrough of the Year” in 2015. Genes, genomes and mutations Cells in the body contain molecules of DNA, which carry all the information required for life. This information is divided into genes, and collectively, all the genes of an organism are as...
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Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...worlds, unsurprisingly we get better predictive power. RH: A group of scientists who call themselves the Lukewarmers say that actually when you base your predictions on observations rather than on the very complicated global circulation computer models, that actually it looks like warming will be less than we thought when we double CO2, we might get away with perhaps...
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Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...world Well it’s kind of stereotypical to say it but I’ve done it since I can remember, since I was a child catching sticklebacks and tadpoles in a jam jar, that kind of Huckleberry Finn sort of thing. And then a few years later cameras came into it, so photography, stills photographer and then that spiralled out of control and I got into the filmmaking side of it and...
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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...world. Therefore, it does not say anything one way or another about the creation of the world. [Fish] The Arguments: Dr Anne Campbell [Anne Campbell] Dr Anne Campbell is a Reader in the Psychology Department, University of Durham. Dr Campbell is an evolutionary psychologist who thinks that you can't have a full understanding of the human mind without looking at how the...
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...World Health Organization (WHO, 2016) reported that 81 per cent of adolescents aged 11–17 years were insufficiently physically active in 2010. Health professionals and organisations are implementing many interventions aimed at increasing levels of physical activity to address childhood obesity and general health. [Described image] Figure 1 Family interacting with...
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Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...world, politicians, policy makers, academics, educationalists, parents and children alike all grapple with this question in different ways and for different reasons. The way you think about education is influenced by your own values and beliefs, the values and beliefs of others, political ideologies, socio-economic climate, religion, culture, acquisition of knowledge or...
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Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...world a better place means picking up litter and not killing whales.” Where does children’s rights come in there? This is called an inaugural lecture and I suppose the idea came from a youngish professor inaugurating or instituting a program of work over the next 20 years or so. Well, I haven’t got that long time ahead of me, so instead I hope that the Institute...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs