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Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...change. To some extent, we can even say that Hip Hop has become an institution itself, if we think for example of hip-hop themed record labels, clothing brands, youth outreach programmes or university courses. On the other hand, though, Hip Hop activists have consistently critiqued the way the Institution uses resources, knowledge and aesthetics created by communities of...
Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...changes to its climate. VOCs clearly have an intimate relationship with Earth and its life. If we can develop ways to identify VOCs and where they might have come from, we can apply this knowledge to similar environments elsewhere, perhaps even to other planetary bodies where life might have existed in the past. The presence or distribution of VOCs may be a biosignature,...
Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...changed over decades or even centuries. In the Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, Le Corbusier had enclosed his streets within the building: in Sheffield they were left open on one side, and exposed to the less clement Yorkshire climate. Park Hill was awarded a Grade 2* listing in 1998. Although an important milestone in the development of Modernist housing theory in...
From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...climate science, where predictions must be made using incomplete information about the future. The key question is therefore not whether prior knowledge exists, but whether we choose to recognise and incorporate it meaningfully. [On the left side: a stylised drawing of a giant, open-topped human head. Inside the head, a symbol for the parameter theta is visible. A smaller...
Learn with Start Up Loans
Money & Business

Learn with Start Up Loans

...climate and sustainability, mental health and wellbeing, as well as trauma and grief. Who are we? Start Up Loans provides government-backed loans and support for UK businesses that struggle to access finance. We’ve helped almost 85,000 businesses from all across the UK, start up and grow with loans of between £500 and £25,000, as well as mentoring and support. Because...
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Nature & Environment

Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...

...of sources to infer ice sheet interaction and stability. Further, future projections of the contribution of Antarctic ice sheet instability to global mean sea level rise will then be possible to evaluate. The main goal is to quantify uncertainties associated with inferences and projections to inform climate policies on sea level rise. Like science? Go further with the OU...
Celebrating festivals from the past and present
History & The Arts

Celebrating festivals from the past and present

...climate movement. Discover the origin of protestivals and the elements which make up their model. How to prepare for playing at a music festival Timing can be everything when it comes playing at a music festival. Dr Sean Williams explains how he made the transition from darkness to sunrise so memorable at a music festival in Nevada. Literary festivals Dr Shafquat Towheed...
What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...Climate: Teachers are nicer to students of who they have high expectations and create a warmer climate for them. Input: Teachers teach more material to students of who they have high expectations. Response opportunity: Teachers provide more response opportunities to students of who they have high expectations and help them shape the answer. Feedback: Teachers praise...