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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...resources and activities, as well as being able to use different media, so that they can engage all the senses. Being creative Everyday approaches to teaching also emerge from the empirical research into creative pedagogies. They rely upon an open ethos and high degree of acceptance of children’s ideas, setting aside time for learners to explore resources and generate...
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FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...resources to Nepalese people, regardless of their gender, social status, ability or economic means is pivotal and challenging in a developing country where gender, ethnic and social discrimination are still a major issue. [Photo of outside] [Photo of entrance] [Photo of the sign] [Photo of some of the equipment] [Photo of sewing machine] When I met the team in 2022 and...
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Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are the Paris attacks given greater attention than the ISIS killings in Beirut?

...resources to fight this War on Terror. There is also the inherent risk that Islamophobia may take deeper root – not just in France but in Europe as a whole. Yet as the world consumed the messages of support, sentiments of outrage and condemnation of violence, some also asked: why such a strong show of support for Paris and not Beirut? The answer, seemingly, was that it...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...Human activities have produced a variety of changes which are dramatically altering the oceans. Climate change produce by our carbon dioxide inputs is already leading to warmer waters causing some species to migrate, oceans to become more acidic, glaciers and ice sheets to melt. Waste from our industry and general lifestyle now pollutes the oceans with chemicals,...
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Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?

Human cloning is currently banned under EU law. Brexit should allow the UK to dump this rule, believes Hugh McLachlan...According to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, human cloning should be illegal because “everyone has the right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity”. The UK’s laws have to be in line with this – but only until Brexit. Fifteen...
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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...human genome. You will also learn how the principles of inheritance work, the effect that our genetic make-up has on health, and how genetic material is passed on from generation to generation...Genes are units of inheritance that contribute to a person's behaviour and health. In this free course, Inheritance of characters, you will learn what genes, DNA and chromosomes...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...human lives? When these goals compete, how should we proceed? In the first week of this course, you will examine Notre-Dame as a case study exemplifying this dilemma. You will explore the plans to restore the cathedral after the fire in 2019 and their extraordinary cost. You will also assess some of the arguments given both for and against this restoration...Week 1:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...human life is entangled with non-human forces and processes in the making of today's globalised world...Climate change: island life in a volatile world: 1 Dividing the planet - A good globe can set you back quite a lot of money. Of course, I don't mean the little moulded plastic planets or the globes you can blow up as if the world were a beach ball, but the decent sized...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs