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Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...course. It was challenging to find housing, jobs and even being able to buy food as some local shop owners refused to serve Black people. Due to these challenges, it was also a revolution in small business and home ownership for some Black people, in particular in the Moss Side area of Manchester. Life for me during this period was very isolating because I was a young...
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Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...free. Mchomvu started working with the rats in 2002. He has 24 trainers under his supervision. It’s satisfying work, he says. “To train the rats to detect landmines means we save the lives of people. To work at serving other people – I like it.” He immediately said: ‘This is a stupid idea, let’s do it!’” In another small, hot room at the Apopo TB centre,...
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Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...courses all kicked up for two or three years after Blue Planet, because of the impact that that series made on the public. Should the environmental programme accompanying Blue Planet have been shown on a different channel? Blue Planet came out as eight blue chip, straight natural history programmes and there was a ninth programme which was called Making Waves, which was...
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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...free of oil stain in about two months but were still not fully waterproof. For a feather to be waterproof its components must have a regular structure (Elder 1954) of certain dimensions (Rijke 1968) and a water-repellent surface. It is possible that, as in some plants, a microrough surface is needed for strong water repellency (Amsden and Lewins 1966). Oiling, handling...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...free CPD for RfP across the UK. A monthly newsletter keeps teachers up to date with new resources, events and conferences and, in addition, the Egmont RfP Awards, in collaboration with OU and UKLA, help to profile the work of practitioners and schools who have created vibrant cultures of reading. Significantly too, this community website invites teachers to share their...
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Article 10 mins
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...free sodium abounds, often causing soil structure deterioration. Zambia, for example, has three agroecological zones, distinguished by rainfall and growing season. Soil microbiologist Alice Mweetwa, deputy director for research and graduate studies at the University of Zambia, works with farmers and students across the country to address low soil fertility, low organic...
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Article 20 mins
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...free of particles and toxic wound contaminants. Is non-toxic and non-allergenic. Is capable of protecting the wound from further trauma. Can be removed without causing trauma to the wound (or surrounding skin). Is sterile and impermeable to bacteria. Is thermally insulating. Will allow gaseous exchange. Is comfortable and conformable. Requires only infrequent changes. Is...
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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...course - the superhero genre as a whole is based on the linked binaries of hero v villain, good v bad, and right v wrong, with the former winning out in the end. More recent versions of superhero movies trouble these simple distinctions somewhat. For example, The Dark Knight version of Batman is less clear cut, and the two groups of X-men can be seen as more about...
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