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Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation
History & The Arts

Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation

...Social History (2000), The Trombone (2006), a Music and the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century (2013, ar y cyd â Helen Barlow); fe yw cyd-olygydd Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments (1997) a Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments (2018). Mae hefyd yn brif olygydd Cambridge History of Welsh Music (2022). Ar gael nawr A HISTORY OF WELSH...
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Video 1 hr
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...social or environmental outcomes. Without standardisation, there are too many ways to assess EdTech. A review commissioned by the UK government of evaluation criteria and standards for EdTech analysed 74 methods for assessing their quality. Similarly, I carried out a research study with colleagues on available criteria to assess the effectiveness and efficacy of EdTech...
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Article 5 mins
Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...social activity. If you do not know, enjoy finding out together. Fun makes learning memorable. Start with what your child knows and have a clear sense of what they could achieve. Have high (but not too high) expectations. Find a way to make what you are learning about relevant and meaningful to your child Keep listening and be willing to change what you are doing. You...
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Article 15 mins
Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...social and cultural life, but many communities still do not have any land rights over the traditional territories within which they make their livelihoods (Hall and Patrinos, 2005). Compared to the non-indigenous population, indigenous people experience extreme poverty, lower life expectancy, higher rates of child mortality, inadequate or absent schooling, higher levels...
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Article 5 mins
The Tulsa Race Massacre
Society, Politics & Law

The Tulsa Race Massacre

...of hearing and listening to the voices of victims and survivors, and acknowledging the harms and injustices they have suffered. Ultimately, the 100-year struggle for truth, recognition and reparations by survivors and descendants provides inspiration for people all over the world seeking redress, healing and genuine accountability for social harms and state violence....
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Article 10 mins
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...social group, charity or non-governmental organisation. While there are many variants and overlaps between these broad distinctions, and numerous academic books and discussions about the nature of organisations, the above definition of organisations and awareness of purpose offers a working understanding of organisations that provides the basis for exploring the way...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

The following learning is from the Geography strand in The Open University level 1 module D113 ‘Global challenges: social science in action’..._Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. _ This is an invitation to: watch a series of six videos from countries across the Global South as part of the International virtual field trip...
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Article 5 hrs
The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...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 “in” and “out” of fashion. One is the view that economic modernity emerged...
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