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Block of apartments with plants in windows
Date
02 November 2018 - 10:19

How to create a garden in the city

The British Council's Julie Wright and gardening blogger Graham Wright have advice to grow a beautiful, productive garden, even in a small or difficult urban space.

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Science
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Date
30 October 2018 - 10:15

My four-question checklist for a research proposal

On #ChecklistDay, biochemistry PhD researcher Eoin Murphy shares the checklist he uses to design research proposals.

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Science, Scientific research
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Date
25 September 2018 - 07:22

Andrew Smyth's recipe for teaching science concepts

Andrew Smyth is an aerospace engineer, Famelab UK judge, and finalist of the Great British Bake Off. Here are his best ingredients for explaining tricky science concepts.

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Science
Knitted baby shoes
Date
04 September 2018 - 12:03

How researchers developed an app that decodes babies' cries

Anastasia Ntracha is part of the team that developed the iCry2Talk app, which tells parents and carers what babies are saying when they cry. 

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Science
Smoke against a dark background
Date
08 June 2018 - 13:18

How can researchers encourage people to have smoke-free homes?

Dr Sean Semple, Associate Professor at University of Stirling, describes the effects of second-hand smoke and what some researchers are doing to reduce it.

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Science
Person walking away from the camera on a dark road in the mist
Date
31 October 2017 - 13:03

Are you afraid of the dark (matter)?

How do we begin to visualise dark matter, and how does it differ from dark energy? Dark matter enthusiast Anna Christodoulou takes us on a tour of the unseen world this Halloween.

Tags
Science, Scientific research
Women are consistently under-represented in leading positions in science, despite often making up more than 50 per cent of the undergraduate population. Image © James Glossop (British Council).
Date
24 July 2015 - 10:51

What institutions can do to support women in science

The British Council's Director of Science, Dr Claire McNulty, takes the Tim Hunt affair as an opportunity to look forward.

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Science, Equal opportunities and diversity

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