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Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...adaptive and caring in how we manage the 1% for humans and biodiversity to thrive. References Dwyer, C. (2017) A New Zealand river now has the legal rights of a human. Available at: https://text.npr.org/520414763 (Accessed: 20 August 2021). Edmond, C. (2018) Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the crisis. Available at:
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...adaptations or changes so that things can be different in future? Instead of seeing Mars and saying ‘how can we use it?’, can we see Mars and ask ‘how can we relate to it?’. Over the next year or two, I’ll be thinking about the ethics of space exploration. For me, there’s no distinction between Earth and space; everything we do is interconnected. What we do in...
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...adapted from ONS figures Of course, both industry and government have considered this issue. But attempts as far back as the WISE campaign of the 1980s to encourage more girls to consider careers in construction just haven’t worked. While more women are entering the sector, they are leaving just as quickly. The net result is that numbers of women in construction roles...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...adaptable tool for also addressing the needs of diverse groups requiring tailored interventions, for instance, heart failure and diabetes, where prevention and sustained self-management are crucial for improving quality of life. Since 2019, over 25,000 members of the public have engaged with the talks nationally, and the AWPTS portfolio of resources has engaged over...
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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...adapted songs plus tunes familiar to a UK audience, with refreshed lyrics addressing their situation. At this point I was asked to lead a singing project for the group. It soon became clear that there was a wealth of ability and resource within the group. I decided to support group members’ own confidence in taking leadership. Their challenges included developing a...
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Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...adapted from Kevin Polk, Rachel Collins and Russ Harris) is designed to enable you to challenge your thinking about specific situations you find yourself in, or issues you are experiencing, whether at work or in life in general. It is extremely useful when you feel stuck in your thinking or behaviours. What can you do more in your working life towards what is important to...
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Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...adaptation to environments that are at times harsh, such as the deserts and Arctic, has gone hand in hand with overcoming colonialism and other forms of violence, and dealing with progressively more frequent environmental shocks. People’s knowledge about their environments and the way they have sustainably taken care of them can be generally referred to as Traditional...
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Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...adapted from Kantor et al. (2014) Kantor, D., Wallace, D., Hill, S. and Melville, T. (2014) ‘Putting theory into action: the evolution and practice of structural dynamics’, Society for Organizational Learning: Reflections, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1–9. Figure 5: (geralt)/Pixabay Figure 6: Tumisu/Pixabay Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have...
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