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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...out her life and work through her books and attending her talk at the House of Parliament in London. With rising concern in environmental issues and the need for scientists to be active in matters of politics, a few aspects of Wangari Maathai’s life are worth mentioning. Personal sacrifice Wangari’s story shows a person who fought against and overcame societal...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...out today, the eventual result will depend even less on what Theresa May wants and even more on what the rest of the EU will give her. Commentators tend to argue that there are too many unknowns to figure out the positions and bottom lines of the 27. But nevertheless, the fundamentals are arguably simple enough to be described in three short equations, each of which gives...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...out...[Older woman and young woman on a hommock next to a lake] It is great for everybody to get outdoors once in a while. But that is not so easy if you are living with dementia living either in community, or in a care home. The Parks Trust in Milton Keynes and The Open University are working together to evaluate a new initiative - 5 Ways Cafe event including walking...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...out on 48 days of school due to their caring responsibilities (YoungMinds, 2020). Young carers may also lose out on some of the other key experiences that other people their age take for granted, including opportunities for physical activity. When somebody else is dependent on you for their everyday needs, just getting out of the house can be difficult, let alone finding...
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North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...out at over 8 million flights ferrying a skilled workforce from mainly Scottish airports over some of the most treacherous seas in the world. In the early 1980s, I contributed to these statistics when working on one of the deep-water platforms. Before each trip I remember an adrenalin-fed focus that took in every word of the flight safety briefing. That’s still how...
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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...out about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses As the Dementia UK report indicates, severity of dementia is also linked to increasing age. There are therefore serious implications for quality of life (QL) and care of those living with dementia in long term facilities. Dementia is characterized by a range of cognitive impairments such as difficulty in...
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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...out his classmates and win a preliminary contest to wind up here today. “It seemed impossible and I am actually here. It is like a dream,” Jybr says. This isn’t the Scripps National Spelling Bee that you watch on ESPN. This is Concurso Nacional de Deletreo en Español, the National Spanish Spelling Bee, held this month in San Antonio, Texas. Words are drawn from the...
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Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...out more about The Open University’s history courses. [Ladies of Llangollen]Eleanor Charlotte Butler and Sarah Ponsonby ran away from Ireland to escape the social pressures of conventional marriage. They arrived in Llangollen in 1778 and settled there as a couple, becoming famous throughout Europe as the 'Ladies of Llangollen'. Painting by J.H. Lynch c.1880 courtesy of...
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