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Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26
Nature & Environment

Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26

...become cost-effective. Renewables now provide 42% of UK electricity, 29% globally and the industry is growing exponentially. Despite this, globally, fossil fuel companies receive nineteen times greater levels of subsidies compared to renewable energy. Additionally, fossil fuel companies, often with government support, continue to prospect for more oil and gas globally,...
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EdTech Evidence: What works and why
Education & Development

EdTech Evidence: What works and why

...become perplexing. When it comes to frameworks for evaluating the quality of educational technology (EdTech), the proliferation of evaluation frameworks has led to uncertainty among educators and decision-makers. Which evaluation framework holds validity and which one should be adopted as the definitive framework for establishing what works in children’s EdTech?...
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Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

...becoming a Dove Partner. Nobody thought this would result in court action, but the EHRC believed in my right to attend school as myself and funded my case. We’ve continued to work closely with them, and I was proud to help launch new school guidance and for my story to be included as a resource for schools. I intend to keep speaking about this until the issue is solved....
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Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...become bigger and stronger along with the benefits and rewards – can lead some to take short cuts. These pressures are the precise reasons cited by Sam Chalmers, son of former Scotland and British & Irish Lions fly-half Craig, who received a 2 year ban after testing positive for two anabolic steroids at a Scotland under-20 training session in 2013. So, in returning to...
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Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...OU led the project and the distance education elements we were supported in the teaching of Education for Environment and Sustainable Development by distinguished colleagues from the Universities of Oxford and Manchester. Between the three universities, we had made inroads into the professional development of over 350 higher education staff from 40 higher education...
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...students, and filtered by subjects that you will recognise from your curriculum...It’s all been selected as content that can support your studies, be that in developing study skills or as further learning around the curriculum. So while we can’t guarantee there is content on every topic you are studying, with 350+ articles, courses and interactives hand-picked for...
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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...students who attend a mainstream school in the Midlands. From mainstream to segregated Peter White meets a sight impaired student who moved fro mainstream school back into a special school to pursue her A level studies. Disability and Difference The impact of continued research into genetic screening and therapies is debated by people with disabilities and geneticists,...
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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...student, the presentations may also provide a chance to develop ideas for your own project or research study. Transcript The presentations took place on Thursday 27 January 2022 as part of the OpenTalks series of events run by The Open University in Wales. The event was also made possible by the British Psychological Society. Read more about the speakers and their...
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