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Looking globally: the future of education
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...think critically and to offer creative solutions for problems that no-one has yet considered. Is education fit for the future in your context? What do you think the purpose of education should be? How should it respond to global drivers of change? In this free course you'll reflect on possible purposes for education. You'll then look to the future to think about what...
The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa

...System, rivalling the size of Earth’s moon. Of interest to many scientists, space enthusiasts and science fiction authors is the potential for a vast, global ocean to exist below Europa’s outer icy shell; but why do we think there is a subsurface ocean and why does it attract such attention?...One of the most compelling pieces of evidence for Europa having an ocean...
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...thinking way back from then, because very few people have a coal mine on their land! MR: Yes, although the coalmine’s relatively recent, but I grew up in a coal mining area, and I’m descended from a long line … well not recently, but in the eighteenth century one of my ancestors was pioneer of coal mining in Newcastle and indeed put the first steam engine into a...
How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Nature & Environment

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?

...think that digital is the carbon-free choice. Unfortunately, while it may offer a lower carbon option, digital simply isn’t carbon-free. This is the first place to start. Tackle the notion of ‘digital is carbon-free’ and raise awareness that changes in both purchasing, use and disposal can have in incrementally impactful outcome for individuals, the business and the...
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...think means dog’s body. And I started in radio with someone called Tony Soper who made a film about geese up in Scotland and then I went into television in a small way with Look with Sir Peter Scott and the famous Heinz Sielmann Becker film which was a… I didn’t used to call it the watercooler moment, but people talked about the fact that you could see inside a...
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...think Andy, it’s very close. Can we see the white light one too? White light one? Andy It’s almost there isn’t it? Adam It’s so difficult. I reckon, is that like, it’s very tiny. Andy Yeah on the white light image from here. Adam I reckon it’s about, right, all you don’t forget to shout now when you think it happens look on the big screen. Andy It could be...
Mortgage vs rent
Money & Business

Mortgage vs rent

...think a lot of people have. Of course, the money’s never made until you sell and cash in, which people are finding now, but I don’t think it’ll be as much as they imagine and, again, people typically take into account just headline benefits. They’ll say what they bought at years ago and what they can sell for now, they don’t take into account any of the costs...
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...think, hairdressers must use equations and proportionately when dyeing hair and nurses have to use mathematics accurately every day in their job. Given the prevalence of mathematics concepts in an effectively functioning society it should be a surprise that mathematics teachers are asked, “why do we have to do this?” But it is asked in every classroom, most days....