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Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...research the history of the following concepts that are commonly used in geography: biodiversity globalisation sustainable development. Are there other concepts you can think of that have emerged or significantly changed recently? Comment There will be a long list of possible answers but you could have answered something like this: Biodiversity provides an example of the...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...research and practice that focuses on people’s health across the globe, in high-, middle- and low-income countries alike, and recognises that health is influenced by issues that surpass national boundaries. Activity 3 Global health – no boundaries Timing: Allow about 30 minutes Read the following two short case studies and answer the question that follows: Adole Adole...
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...researcher into heredity, was initially asked to resolve a dispute between two investigators about who had made certain discoveries first. In the process he became fascinated with fingerprints and decided to conduct his own studies that led to his book. In the book, as well as some original insights, he used data and conclusions that had been previously discovered -...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...Research. “With utilities, you start providing services over a certain network and you’re kind of stuck there; they have no growth potential, and people don’t want to invest in them.” He spoke with LSE Business Review managing editor Helena Vieira during the Mobile Money and Financial Development Conference at LSE. Could you tell me briefly about your digital...
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...research into the violent and fatal encounters experienced by black women, bringing attention to cases such as those of Sandra Bland and Rekia Boyd. She highlights the relative invisibility of cases like this when it comes to not only those in academia but also in terms of what captures the media’s attention, the response (or lack) of policymakers and the general...
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...research with this article. References Kirsty Hughes (ed) ‘An Independent Scotland in the EU: Issues for Accession’, The Scottish Centre on European Relations, March 2020, available at: www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/An%20Independent%20Scotland%20in%20the%20EU.pdf Drainey, N. ‘Meet the Scots who can’t wait to finish Brexit and...
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...research) whether this has changed in the last 50 or 60 years? This means that questions like the following are asked: Do men and women share tasks more equally? If this has happened, why? To what extent do our conclusions need to take into account the differences between families? So, these changes are the starting point of this particular social science cycle of...
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...research (1981). Whilst this has been developed and refined over the years, it still forms the basis of research and writing about teamwork. Belbin identifies nine clusters of behaviours, or roles, in a team. He suggests that individuals are more effective if they are allowed to play the roles they are most skilled in or most inclined to play, although they can adopt...