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Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs
History & The Arts

Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs

...researching her own sequel, children’s author Julia Donaldson discovered that Lear wrote – but never completed – his own follow-up. In this fragment the cat falls out of a tree and the “elegant fowl” goes demented with grief – treading the characteristically fine line between joy and melancholy in Lear’s writing. Edward Lear – the 20th child of a bankrupt...
Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...research and share their work in a managed safe environment...WHY: Following two very successful biannual conferences, feedback from our delegates and supporters have led us to conclude that this type of platform is both innovative and essential and requires an ongoing effort to secure a structured, organised and accessible space for Hip Hop Education. WHAT: Our aim is to...
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What is the national learning hub for volunteers?
Education & Development

What is the national learning hub for volunteers?

...needs and opportunities? These free OpenLearn courses will help you on your quest, featuring topics like: communication relationship skills human resources freedom to act physical effort mental effort emotional effort working conditions business acumen skills research and development Get started and discover content with our website for people who work with volunteers....
Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...Researcher, Clare Warren, nominates Dorothy Hodgkin - the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize. Barbara McClintock American geneticist Barbara McClintock won a Nobel for her pioneering work on genetic transposition. Chosen by Dr Hilary MacQueen, Head of the Department of Life Sciences at The Open University. Women in Science Today All the speakers work at The Open...
A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...researchers have found that concussions in rugby are common, it has been found that concussion accounts for 29% of all injuries associated with illegal play, but only 9% of injuries sustained in legal play (Gardner, Iverson, Levi, Schofield, Kay-Lambkin et al., 2015). Accordingly, Roberts, Trewartha, England, and Stokes (2015) investigated collapsed scrums and collision...
Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...research with users of messaging apps is that people have developed both technological and social strategies for prioritising and managing messages in the context of their busy domestic, social and working lives. Technological strategies include: turning off notifications, so that people can check messages when they choose to do so. This is done most often for large group...
What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...research carried out in August 2020, which identified the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on businesses, organisations and the individuals who work there and how prepared they were to deal with these. Read more about why this hub was created. The hub launched in June 2021, but we will not stop there. We will continue to add content and already have some exciting...
Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?

...research area. Additionally, evaluating the role of stakeholders in landfill restoration could complement this research effort by widening our understanding of these unique spaces. Potential benefits The UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 highlights the importance of protecting and restoring habitats, including halting, and reversing, biodiversity loss. Instead of adding...