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Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?
Nature & Environment

Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?

...Managing seaweed harvest correctly will also maintain the dissolved oxygen and nutrient levels in the water, contributing to the overall health of the ocean. [The Conversation]Making algae a common part of more people’s diets won’t be easy. We need to ensure that any new algae food products on our dinner plates have the needed nutritional value but are also attractive...
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How can education contribute to sustainability?
Education & Development

How can education contribute to sustainability?

...Warwick, P. (2016) 'An integrated leadership model for leading education for sustainability in higher education and the vital role of students as change agents', Management in Education, 30(3), 105-111. Winter, J. Sterling, S. and Cotton, D. (2015) 7 Steps to Embedding Sustainability into Student Learning, Plymouth: Educational Development, Plymouth University....
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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...Pressure your local authorities to improve how they manage waste. 5. Want to learn more? Check out the OpenLearn course Science and Society. Find out more: https://www.unep.org/interactives/beat-plastic-pollution/ https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241516198 The problem with microplastics - YouTube Next steps to tackle plastic waste - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...manageable way. Festival can be understood like this: as a temporary suspension of our usual rules or ways of coping; a time when familiar oppositions – such as life and death, inside and outside, self and other – become uncertain. Halloween may delight us in this way. Yet our thrills likely depend on how we know the costumes will soon be replaced by everyday clothes....
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Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Education & Development

Support for dyslexic language students through feedback

...managers. If teachers have contact with their dyslexic student’s mentor, they should welcome and discuss any suggestions given and ensure the student is given consistent advice. Students also need to understand the different role that their teacher and their dyslexia Tutor or mentor play and the different type of support they offer. In particular, the student needs to...
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What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?
Money & Business

What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?

...management, and the duty to plough any profit back into the charity’s services and not distribute it to private hands. There is also an overarching duty to act only in the best interests of the charity in the course of their trusteeship. Carrying out these legal duties can in itself lead to negative publicity, such as when the Church of England chases people for...
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Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...Management Appraisers and Appeal Appraiser(s) pay review and pay review appeals grievance and grievance appeals capability and capability appeals complaints procedures. Each governing body committee will have a reference document setting out its powers and duties, its place in the reporting structure, minimum number of governors. This must be reviewed annually. More...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...manage more effectively the process of consensus conferences in the UK context (perceptions about the independence of the steering committee and the lay panel, media influences, timescales, etc.). Although the first UKNCC seemed to have little measurable long-term impact, there is no doubt that the second one on radioactive waste addressed some of the key lessons learned...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs