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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...et al. (2023), evaluated the engagement of the public in nature-based citizen science projects. Nature-based citizen science is an activity in which people collect high-quality data for scientific use and environmental monitoring. Here Pocock and team tested people’s exposure to nature with both observation as well as citizen science, and confirmed that active...
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Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...et al’s chapter on MOOCs draws attention to the ‘labour iceberg’ of MOOC delivery and the way the MOOC marketplace may lead to some voices, content and forms of knowledge being privileged over others. These perspectives draw further attention to the complexities of work within the neoliberal university context. Taken together, the overall direction of The Digital...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...et al (2020) The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/social-care-social-work/the-effects-self-isolation-and-lack-physical-activity-on-carers This work was undertaken by The National Guideline Alliance which received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The...
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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...et al., 2021). A combination of techniques (known collectively as psychological skills training) that are often drawn on by sports psychologists may help commercial pilots maintain - or improve - their performance. Training to excel in any sport and learning to become a pilot both require copious amounts of time, effort, focus, and motivation. International travel is an...
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Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...et al., 2020). Effective research dissemination is critical then, particularly when viewed through the lens of Black feminist theory, as it emphasises the role of research participants as both subjects and agents of knowledge creation (Collins, 2000). Bridging the gap between discourse and practice In the Mothering at the Margins study, we aim to use our positions to not...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...doubled since 2010. But homelessness extends beyond rough sleeping. And long-term solutions like affordable rented housing – historically provided by local authorities or housing associations – are vital to addressing this issue. Yet on the matter of social housing, Osborne was largely silent – aside from a pledge to delay imposing the benefit cap on supported...
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Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...double the national rate. Never mind the season of goodwill; for the Chronicle, it was unquestionably a winter of discontent. 2002 In the summer, high street tills had jingled as shoppers scooped up "gypsy fashions". But price-conscious consumers and uninspiring winter collections, reported the Daily Mail, meant "this could be a winter of discontent for clothes...
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Sut daeth jazz i Gymru
History & The Arts

Sut daeth jazz i Gymru

...Double Shuffle a'r dawnsiau Louisiana Toe ‘n’ Heel. Gwnaeth rhai cwmnïau cerddoriaeth Cymreig a oedd yn perfformio ag wyneb du gynnwys harmoniwm yn eu Skedaddles, a oedd yn nodwedd leol iddynt. Ar ddechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif, roedd y gerddoriaeth yn esblygu i gyffro newydd ragtime, neu gyfnod raggedy, a'r gystadleuaeth troelli ar y llawr dawnsio, y cakewalk, gyda'i...
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