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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...change so I agreed to trial it.’ Others described sleepless nights and weeks, or even months, spent researching before undertaking home education, having – they felt – exhausted the avenues available to them in their efforts to secure support for their children. School reactions to deregistration varied – some schools and teachers reportedly supported parental...
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Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...changes into a harmful, damaged version of the protein that can no longer stabilise the brain, and brain cells will lose their ability to function (McSweeney, 2022). This damaged tau protein kills brain cells that are needed for thinking and regulating emotions (McMinn, 2023). Sub-concussions in football Show descriptionA photograph of an injured player on a football...
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...changed quality in awareness; sensing values, ideas about good and evil or what matters; sensing mystery, wonder and awe; sensing meaning or insight or connectedness. This ties in closely with humanistic concepts of spirituality which embrace: 'aspirations, moral sensibility, creativity, love and friendship, response to natural and human beauty, scientific and artistic...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...change the world. Today, neural nets are used for an incredible range of tasks. They identify images, speech and music, they translate between languages, recognise handwriting and identify trends in social media feeds. Neural nets buy and sell stocks and shares, identify gene sequences that lead to disease, drive vehicles, filter spam email, monitor computers for...
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...changing the formulation of the material to use more renewable and biodegradable resources, or to include an active function to the material that extends the shelf-life of foodstuffs. Traditional packaging seeks to provide a barrier to the external environment, whereas active materials delay food spoilage by reducing harmful agents such as microbes and oxygen....
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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...changing.” These findings present a different interpretation to participation which perhaps relates more closely to a desire to escape the confines and restriction of current society. Participation can facilitate more positive psychological experiences and allow people to experience freedom and re-connect with nature (Brymer and Schweitzer, 2013). This need for freedom...
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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...changes made by tutors, module teams (and departmental and faculty management teams) can make a huge difference. Practical actions from recent research Below is an accessible, thematic summary of recommendations from selected studies. Each theme contains the core steps research shows can help close awarding gaps. 1. Make expectations clear – especially for unfamiliar...
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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...is thought that this effect may not come from changes in the dilation of blood vessels but may originate in the brain itself. [The Conversation] All in all, alcohol has multiple effects on your mind and brain. If you do decide to have a drink, for whatever reason, do so with knowledge. This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article ....
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