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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...heritage: think of the Plane trees that line the Mall in London or the Sycamore tree at Hadrian’s Wall, one of the most photographed trees in the UK. Trees also play an important role in supporting our mental as well as physical well-being. With all these benefits, you might think that urban trees are well documented, cared for and protected, but this couldn’t be...
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Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...world to record videos of people narrating a story or incident in their native languages. I loved the idea. Videos on Wikitongues helped me learn about many beautiful stories from all over the world that would have been totally hidden otherwise. They also inspired me to add subtitles and more information to my recordings. Unfortunately, many languages are dying, and quite...
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Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...world, and aimed to showcase the diverse individuals and communities that make Milton Keynes their home. Those who call Milton Keynes their home The 2011 census reports that people of BAME origin (those identifying as an ethnicity other than White British) made up 26% of the population of the Borough of Milton Keynes and 18.5% of people living here were born outside of...
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Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...World War centenary period. There actually wasn’t that much First World War on my degree, but the general buzz of discussion, and a lot of well-publicised public events and projects, served to get me more interested in the conflict. I think it may have been a passing mention in a lecture about interwar popular culture – something about soldiers chewing gum and smoking...
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Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...world. Most of the existing scholarship on anti-nuclear activism in the late Cold War focuses on Western Europe and the US. With this project, we explored the different forms of anti-nuclear activism beyond the North Atlantic, leading to an edited volume (which can be read open access here). Related to this, I’m just finishing writing a monograph on anti-nuclear...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...World’ and the innovative ‘Reefwatch’, where he was one of the team that developed the first live broadcasting from beneath the sea. Alastair went on to work on the BBC1 series ‘The Trials of Life’ with Sir David Attenborough. In 1993 he produced ‘Life in the Freezer’, a six-part series for BBC1 celebrating the wildlife of the Antarctic, presented by Sir...
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Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...world which was very different to today’s. Perhaps there were only a few television channels, or perhaps you remember the days of black and white broadcasting, when ’iPad’ or ‘Google it!’ were not in the vocabulary. But how different was your experience of childhood from that of today’s children? Do you think it was different in fundamental or just in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring the science of climate
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the science of climate

...natural records reveal about global climate over the last 150 years. Climatic evidence from sediments What sediment cores from the world's oceans reveal about climate patterns. Sun, sunspots and volcanoes The influence of natural phenomena on global climate. Observations, theories and climate models Dealing with discrepancies between climate models and observable data....
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