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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...resources in the Universe to accommodate the growing population? The disappearance of matter without the creation of energy is not consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. There is no algorithm presented in the Methods that describes the selection process for who gets to live or die. To make this a random process is not only intellectually lazy, but it also contradicts...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...is Race?: A Resource Book on Race, Culture and Biology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. Sampson, R., Wilson, W.J. and Katz, H. (2018) Reassessing Toward a theory of race, crime, and urban inequality: Enduring and new challenges in 21st century America, Du Bois Review, 15(1), pp. 13-34. Read on to find out more about the differences and similarities in UK and US policing......
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Reflecting on Race at The Open University
Education & Development

Reflecting on Race at The Open University

...resource and we need to appreciate our differences. Transcript Staff Views: Let’s Talk about Race and Working at the OU Ola Fodaju, Associate Lecturer and Staff Tutor gave a moving presentation on his findings when he ran an online discussion thread on the Associate Lecturers Common Room forum, focusing on race. Ola found that a small number of colleagues expressed some...
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Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...resources, knowledge and aesthetics created by communities of Hip Hop heads without giving back anything of value to them. The Institution’s appropriation of Hip Hop has also led to divisions within the Hip Hop community, for example, when certain people and groups receive institutional funding but others are excluded. It has also exposed larger questions relating to...
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5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...resources: Stress Container Exercise (BBC) Stress Container (MHFA England) 3 - The 4Ds [yellow post it notes and a blue pen] The 4Ds can work well when used in conjunction with the stress container but they can also be applied to your never-ending to-do list. But what I really love about the 4Ds, is that it is a very simple and quick way to triage any unexpected tasks you...
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...resources. When children’s educational needs are not met, parents feel that promises are broken. Families feel unsupported, and relationships can break down as a result. Repeated patterns Families explained the negative experiences and broken relationships between schools and children or their parents that caused their move to home education. There were patterns in...
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Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...resources as all computing systems, but just at an incredible scale. This scale multiplies the cloud’s impact, both good and bad. Our job at an organisational IT level is to know how to recognise and minimise the negative, while promoting and accelerating the good. This article looks at just some of the ways cloud contributes to our digital carbon footprints from...
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Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...resources around children’s rights, among other things. “All of these things have been influenced by the various volunteering roles that I’ve had over the years”, she says. Sarah estimates that she spends a few hours every week on volunteering activity, but this can be flexible. “The trick is to find the right thing that can fit into your life”, Sarah says....
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