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Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...out a new path that is Africa-centred, decolonised and yet globally connected. On the one hand, Makerere had emerged as the leading university in the region based on foundations that were questionable on grounds of, not least, low recognition of local culture and knowledge. On the other hand, Makerere needed and needs to secure its leadership by repositioning and...
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What is Indigenous Psychology?
Education & Development

What is Indigenous Psychology?

...out how people can connect with the natural world in ways that are healthy and sustainable both for people and for the planet (Scull, 1999). One of the significant features of ecopsychology is the emphasis on small group, community, with frequent social interaction to change ecologically reliant human behaviour. The major focus of ecopsychology has been on experiential...
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Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman
Education & Development

Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman

...out. This has happened to me more than once. In fact, in the very same week a member of staff sent an email to a group of people and confused me with another Brown woman to whom the email probably shouldn’t have gone. Had that person forgotten my role, my name, or were they having a moment of brain fog? Or perhaps it was intentional, and they meant to send the email to...
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Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...out of Formula 1 cars, focussing on two components: the wheel hub and the 'tub'. Component function The first step in final element analysis is to understand precisely what a component does and how it interacts with other elements. Lewis Butler from Red Bull Racing reveals the role of the hub in F1 car design. Analysing stresses and strains The second step is to analyse...
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Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...out an online search, you are in fact searching the Web!...Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century: Networks and the internet - As a result of advances in information and communication technology (ICT), our notions of time and location are changing – distance is no longer a barrier to commercial or social contact for those of us connected to suitable...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...out, silenced in the place where she was once most able to speak freely. “We will choke you” Then things got worse. A “Preetha the Prostitute” page appeared on Facebook, featuring doctored images of her in provocative clothing, drinking, and smoking—things that can bring a woman all kinds of trouble in her part of the world. Commenters on another page threatened...
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Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...out on bones thought to be those of the “princes in the Tower” who disappeared in 1483, and who may be buried in Westminster Abbey. With the honourable exception of Alfred the Great (d. 899), whose bones were – disappointingly for some – probably not found in recent Winchester excavations, this interest has tended to concentrate on the kings of England after 1066...
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What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...out in terms of future policy? It is difficult to read Donald Trump because he is so vague when it comes to the specifics of his policies. But I am a believer in the assumption that you should take what politicians say seriously when there is no track record against which to evaluate their behaviour – and there are three key areas where we are likely to see marked...
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