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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...world, where it is normalised to see positions in power, filled with a more diverse range of people. To the parents of black children: I am so, so sorry for the losses and the hurt you are forced to experience. I am so sorry that the conversations you are having with your children, are the ones that involve addressing life and death situations. I am heartbroken that...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...world were internally displaced by extreme weather events each year between 2008 and 2016 Taking action for the future There are many projects in Bangladesh developing adaptation measures to address the effects of climate change (UNDP, 2020). It is recognised that the best way of creating effective adaption plans is to empower those groups most affected (Oxfam, 2017)....
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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...world, but it has also developed in new forms in the modern day. Group identity might be developed via online forums and activities around shared arts practices, for example, which are particularly important for vulnerable or marginalised groups (see Zarobe and Bungay, 2017). [Elderly Asian people painting cactus pots for outdoor art therapy ] Closely linked to these...
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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...world-wide Roma community as part of the Indian diaspora. A European Roma-led truth and reconciliation commission has been established to raise awareness of the Roma’s historical and ongoing persecution. A dedicated Roma exhibition and memorial is due to open in the Czech Republic, in 2023, on the site of the Roma concentration camp mentioned earlier. The pig farm has...
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Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...world (Arday, 2019). These findings, among others, influenced the project to explore what can be done to address the disparity between the diversity of the student body and that of Associate Lecturers, who are critical to student success. The project also sits in the context of the faculty’s strategic priorities to ‘enable our students to succeed’ and ‘making a...
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Article 15 mins
The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...world wide for free with no restrictions on their use or distribution. Analysing sections of DNA Fragments of DNA have to be propagated, i.e., large numbers of copies made of individual DNA fragments, generally grown up as sections of DNA in bacteria, or in the test tube, by all the laboratory techniques such as a polymerase chain reaction. A polymerase chain reaction is...
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Kinematics of fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Kinematics of fluids

...world terms. You should now be able to: derive the pathlines and the streamlines in Cartesian and polar form from a velocity field derive the stream function from a velocity field model different flows from a combination of uniform flows, sources, sinks and doublets use the continuity equation to determine whether an inviscid flow is incompressible understand how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...world where people can be judged harshly unless very specific social scripts are followed (for example, not smiling or making eye contact can be interpreted as ‘rude’, ‘bad manners’ or as a sign of not listening). [Woman with sad face holding mask of her happy face] Masking can be an exceptionally laborious process that can leave autistic people feeling exhausted...
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