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Making Science Public
From climate change to flu epidemics via genetically modified crops and the large hadron collider — […]
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Tags: communication, event, Institute of Science and Society, Making Science Public, media, science, social science
Tough limits on global greenhouse gas emissions could reduce some climate change damage by two-thirds
Tough limits on global emissions of greenhouse gases could avoid 20 to 65% of the damaging […]
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Is there such a thing as the ‘perfect gift’?
With just twelve more Christmas present-buying days until the big day, researchers at The University of […]
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Tags: Christmas, gifts, giftware market, Nottingham University Business School, research
It’s goodbye Oxford, hello Nottingham for Professor Michael Freeden
After a long and distinguished career at the University of Oxford, Professor Michael Freeden is joining […]
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Tags: Professor Michael Freeden, School of Politics and International Relations, University if Oxford, University of Nottingham
Research criticises young offenders’ institution for gang-related violence
A youth offending facility in the East Midlands has been criticised in a new report for […]
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Tags: football hooligans, gang warfare, Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution, Home Office, Loughborough University, Nottingham University Business School
Innovative teaching not technology alone has greatest impact in the classroom
Digital technologies in the classroom must go hand in hand with innovative teaching to have a […]
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Tags: Decoding Learning, interactive whiteboard, Learning Sciences Research Institute, learning technologies, School of Education, teaching and learning
What is fracking?
Public awareness of fracking – the method of extracting shale gas — is low, despite high […]
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Tags: fracking, public opinion, School of Geography, shale gas
Poorest countries may adapt better to climate change
The poorest societies may be more able to adapt to the threat that climate change poses […]
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Tags: climate change, crop failure, NGO, School of Geography