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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...Sustainable Development Goals. However, for some families in the UK, it seems that home education is a response to the current reality of schooling. The UK government acknowledges this in their listed reasons why families may choose to home-educate. Reasons for beginning home education: Dissatisfaction with the school, or school system Bullying Children’s mental or...
Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...sustainable future? More courses about our planet Learning languages [Children Uni - Subject icons] Have you ever wanted to learn about a new language? You might want to learn some basics to plan for a trip, or maybe get some extra insight into a language you’re already studying. Perhaps you just want to learn something entirely new. There’s a Chinese proverb that...
Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...sustain a mood and seek out new territory (2014). Sinéad Morrissey frequently explores ideas of voice, history, visual media (photography and early cinema) and politics (with a particular interest in Russia and the Soviet Experiment, 1917–1991). This historic focus often works to highlight the lives of women forgotten or excluded from the mainstream narrative. Critic...
Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...sustained beyond the end of Veganuary, suggesting a lasting impact, and being echoed by increased vegan sales in supermarkets and grocery stores. 25% of Veganuary participants report intending to remain vegan, indicating that Veganuary may be playing a significant role in the recent rapid increase in the number of self-identified vegans: around 150,000 (0.25% of the UK...
How should Rwanda remember the genocide?
History & The Arts

How should Rwanda remember the genocide?

...sustain these processes over time? For example, the research shows that, although some survivors feel validated when former perpetrators join them at commemoration ceremonies, others fear that requiring former genocidaires to attend when they still don’t accept their guilt might result in a backlash. Some individuals attend kwibuka to support their neighbours but do not...
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...Sustainable Earth Institute main website, Plymouth University The Sustainable Earth Institute Blog, Plymouth University Marine Institute, Plymouth University Environmental Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin What We Know, a science outreach project of AAAS (the American Association for the Advancement of Science) Carbon Brief Climate Communications, Aspen...
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...sustain care towards other animals while making it more difficult to know about, and act upon, the realities of the harms inflicted on them. Our own interest in the paradox of animal care/exploitation arose from observing the puzzling phenomenon of children’s fast-food meals that juxtapose animal products – such as burgers or chicken nuggets – with toy...
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...sustainable organisation in the face of continuing change and evolving employee expectations...In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic organisations had to plan and adapt within a week to move almost their entire workforce to remote working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an unprecedented global...