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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...study into ethnic, socio-economic and sex inequalities in educational achievement. It found the most disadvantaged pupils are working class white males. However, this disadvantage is not reflected in economic, health and employment outcomes of this cohort as they grow up. The methodology was also interesting: the study collected data from a recruited representative...
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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...study the icy moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto; and Dragonfly, focusing on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. [A photograph showing plumes of water ice and water vapour rising from the south polar region of Enceladus.]Plumes of gas and water ice emitted from Enceladus' south pole show water must be present beneath the ice shell.Show descriptionA black and white...
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How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...study of 40 exchanges found that nearly half closed during the study, most taking all of their users’ money with them. Before you change any money through an exchange you should do as much research as possible to determine if they are trustworthy and that they can process your payments. Currently, Bitcoin exchanges are not regulated in the same manner as banks and...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...study found that 2 hours TV watching each day was independently associated with a hazard-ratio of 1.09 – I scaled this down to 1 hour giving a hazard ratio of around 1.05 A couple of bacon sandwiches a week: another study from EPIC estimated a hazard ratio of 1.19 from daily consumption of 50g of processed meat a day: a couple of bacon sandwiches a week is around 15g a...
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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...and soils study the microbes that live on and in our bodies, even after death Researchers have even used metagenomics to study the thanatomicrobiome, the community of microbes that live on a body after death. If you would like to explore these ideas further, you can read the BBC article mentioned above and other OpenLearn resources on DNA, genomes and bioinformatics....
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The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...study, and not just for academics; whether you’re interested in the environment, social issues, or the sources of prosperity, the history of how economic modernity came to be really matters. Historians have been debating this subject for years, and the literature is vast and diverse. But, to simplify for a moment, one could talk of two schools of thought that seem to go...
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Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...study A100 The Arts Past and Present which includes material on Irish national identity in the unit ‘Tradition and Dissent’. A multi-disciplinary course, AA100 also introduces you to literary study. If you enjoy in-depth discussion and analysis of literature, you might be interested in taking the second-level course A230, Studying Literature. Sources and References...
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The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...study here. As we are aware spending time outdoors, walking, being present and mindful is crucially important for our physical and mental health and wellbeing (see more OpenLearn related resources below). A crucial area for this study has been the 5 Ways Dementia Friendly Café in Milton Keynes. Running since 2019, the Café has been a useful place to assess the impact of...
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