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Catalonia: What happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

Catalonia: What happens now?

...centre-right Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) and former deputy president Oriol Junqueras’s Republican Left (ERC) have, for now, indicated that they will take part in the election. However, Puigdemont’s parliamentary majority also depended on support from ten representatives of the far-left, anti-capitalist Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). The CUP has been...
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...centre research study in patients seen within an NHS Improving Access to Psychological Interventions (IAPT) service with suspected generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)'. The study involves '120 patients from the Leicestershire and Rutland area' who will use the device 'for 60 minutes every day for 6 or 12 weeks, either whilst on the waiting list for standard care treatment...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...research shows that the actions of users themselves are still a very important element in the way that Facebook gets used. [people looking at their phones] Research conducted at the Open University has been looking specifically at how people’s actions create the context of the space in which they communicate. Of equal importance to the influence of the algorithm is what...
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Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...Children and Young People and the Centre for Rural Childhood. Executive Summary (paras 1–1.2, 2.4–2.6.2, 3.1–3.3.1 and 3.6–5) Table 1 on p. 40 (Screen reader users please follow this link for an accessible version of this table) Chapter 5: Recommendations (pp. 74–76). While reading, take notes of the key points, which will help you build answers to the following...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

...children and families Applying social work law to asylum and immigration In An introduction to social work law you will learn what social workers do in their day to day practice with people. You will explore the importance of social work values and consider the challenges of applying these values in practice. In Social work law and UK regulation you will learn how the law...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...Research done by the UK Centre for Astrobiology (Wadsworth and Cockell, 2017) showed these chemicals can even kill very hardy spore-forming bacteria that can survive most conditions on Earth. Even though Mars is mostly dry now, the Martian landscape has features that on Earth are associated with flowing water, meaning there was once water on Mars’s surface. We know...
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Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...research work has spanned geological studies of ancient igneous terrains on Earth to diamonds to lunar, Martian and other meteoritic samples. His recent research has focussed on understanding the history of volatiles in lunar samples, specifically, the abundance, distribution and sources of water in the lunar interior. He has been involved in supervising over 25 PhD...
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Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?
Education & Development

Effective approaches to mentoring: what works and why?

...research project investigating effective mentoring approaches of student teachers...In the session, participants were engaged and represented a range of backgrounds in mentoring (both within Initial Teacher Education and beyond). The project’s findings showed that a range of approaches to mentoring of student teachers are needed in order to be effective and that these...
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