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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...studies have shown that the public are extremely supportive of integrated schools, and see them as very important to peace and reconciliation and promoting mutual respect and understanding. On their part the trustees of Catholic schools feel unfairly criticised. They argue that separate school systems simply reflect the divisions in society, and do not cause them....
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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...study by researchers from The Open University and Robert Gordon University found deprived areas in Glasgow tend to have lower-quality and less biodiverse green space than their wealthier counterparts (Baka and Mabon, 2022). The world over, benefits from nature-based solutions disproportionately accrue to the wealthiest people and places, and not the people who are at...
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Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?

...studying their effectiveness. This pattern of high availability and a low evidence base can also be seen in apps for treating bipolar disorder, bulimia nervosa and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But the real problem is with the apps that come with a seal of approval from a world-leading healthcare system. Accreditation by the NHS gives apps an appearance of...
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Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport

...studying Sport and Fitness with The Open University. Delve into OpenLearn’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic/Paralympic hub, created with academics from the OU Sport team. The website of British Wheelchair Basketball has information on the sport and how to get started in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For information on wheelchair rugby in England, Scotland and Wales,...
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Europa’s icy shell
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa’s icy shell

...study Enceladus’ plumes and simulate their environment to understand if its sub-surface ocean is habitable or contains life. Now, a search is underway to detect plumes that demonstrate evidence of sub-surface oceans on other icy moons where life may exist. Europa is top of the list, and we can use what we’ve learned about Enceladus to inform our understanding of...
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What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...study corruption4 who are concerned that money allocated to climate projects may not always be spent in the way intended. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Transparency International5 and Oxfam6 share the concerns of activists such as the jailed Russian opposition campaigner, Alexei Navalny. Navalny wrote a letter from prison7 in August making the case that...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween

...to stand out from the crowd of mummies and vampires this October 31, you could do worse than dressing as one of these gruesome characters instead. About this article This article was written by Simon Rodway, Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...study, said: I think I do need a bit of support … And that’s to like, meet people … And that so yeah, gives me a bit of confidence to speak, and see if I can meet the right one, and could say to them, ‘well what d’you think about this … fella?’. Protection from abuse People with learning disabilities – both men and women – are vulnerable to sexual abuse...
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