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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...research on the microbiomes of humans and marine mammals for many years. Writing on her blog ScienceIntegrityDigest, Twitter, and PubPeer, she is an expert in detecting inappropriately duplicated or manipulated photographic images and plagiarised text in biomedical literature. Her investigative work has been featured in many international portals, including Nature News,...
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Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...research...Transcript About Arwen Arwen is a knowledge sharing specialist working in the field of agricultural research for development at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Arwen is amongst our first group of postgraduate STiP alumni having enrolled with the launch of the two core modules in 2010...
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A for effort
Health, Sports & Psychology

A for effort

What motivates children more in a problem-solving task: praising their intelligence or their effort?...Transcript.
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...children and young adults in trouble, greater leisure facilities could be made available, such as youth clubs; adventure playgrounds; and educational programmes in music and art. Adult lawbreakers could be helped with community-based employment and job skills training. Implementing social policies The current focus of punishing the offender has meant that the victim is...
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Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?

...research might have a solution...[Tiger moth] The tiny culprit: The tiger moth Following scientific determination that Tiger moth, or Asota caricae, is responsible for unexplained fevers, researchers in Kerala state have begun developing a kit capable of quickly diagnosing lepidopterism, a disease caused by moth allergens. “A provisional patent for the detection of...
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The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!
Miscellaneous

The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!

...research in learning analytics aims to understand how we can provide a better learning experience for each student based upon big and small data. Date: Tuesday 30 January, 2018 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Live stream: Trailer video: Transcript Bart Rienties is Professor of Learning...
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Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...centre of Highways of Empire, and let loose his artistry and playfulness. He even misplaced polar bears in the Antarctic, with a speech bubble that asks: ‘Why are we here?’ How should we read the poster? Empire is depicted as the very model of modernity, with global transport creating one system of trade. Routes are shown, with ships and even an aircraft. The latter...
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Building on strengths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Building on strengths

How can we understand and support children with attention regulating difficulty (and those without)?...Transcript.
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