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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...manage their condition. This research led her, in 1991, to obtaining a fellowship in Pittsburgh, USA, where she worked alongside researchers from all over the world, on a project which is still ongoing: the Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study. On her return to the UK, she worked alongside practitioners in Birmingham to develop ways of involving people with...
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...year running. [Northern Ireland Science Festival Logo][Copyrighted image Icon][space science masters image]Study space science at postgraduate level to prepare for managing major missions like those to Mars: MSc in Space Science and Technology Study space science at undergraduate level: Questions in science - introductory level Planetary science and the search for life...
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Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...Tools to support learners to share ‘where/who they are’ Optionality in what is studied/assessed Diverse examples/voices Resources to support the purpose of feedback – how this can be managed e.g. re-read the next day, seek support. Memo cards were created to reflect on these sustainable pedagogies. [Supporting Learners To Become Agents Of Sustainability] Transcript...
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Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof

...managed to learn a few with the help of my father. He taught me French and German. Later on, I learnt some English and even got into some Lithuanian and Italian. Alongside modern languages, I also studied classical languages such as Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, while at school. I am, in fact, passionate about languages! Where I grew up, on the Polish-Russian border,...
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Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals

...manage these communications. Open communication supports informed consent around interventions, and the opportunity for advance planning in terms of care and personal matters, as it provides the patient with information to inform such decisions and actions. However, for people who do not wish to receive this information, or are ambivalent about open communication,...
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Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...that enables the secure and resilient management of distributed data in combination with data analytics techniques that add scale and flexibility to the way levels of qualifications are defined and granted. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
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Environment: journeys through a changing world
Nature & Environment

Environment: journeys through a changing world

...Management. Conservation workers describe how revenue trickles down to communities via job creation, extra trade, and a percentage of Park entrance fees. The Positive Effect of Gorilla Tourism Eliminating Malaria. A doctor from Bwindi Community Health Centre talks about improvements in the locals' health and well-being. The Negative Effect of Gorilla Tourism HIV and...
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Living in a globalised world
Society, Politics & Law

Living in a globalised world

...manager on the border explains how his factory straddles both worlds. Campaigning for workers' rights An activist talks about campaigning for workers' rights. Losing workers' rights Research into migrant workers' conditions of employment shows great inequality. Water scarcity The uncertain future of clean water facilities for the people of Juarez, Mexico. Re-using waste...
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