The Week in Good News: Our weekly roundup of good news stories from across the disciplines and the world.

Have you ever wondered how Gorillas communicate? This article breaks down how they interact. Read the full post.

The Week in Good News: Our weekly roundup of good news stories from across the disciplines and the world.

Check out the 15 inventions by NASA that we use on earth today. Read the full post.

The Week in Good News: Our weekly roundup of good news stories from across the disciplines and the world.

In an effort to avoid deforestation in an Indian town, they have created a scheme to encourage the farmers to keep the trees rooted which then pays them back in return. Read the full post.

Four Sprinters who are passionate about fixing the food industry shared their perspectives, each highlighting a different challenge within the food industry, how to tackle it, and ways to learn more.Sign up here.

The inaugural Polymath Festival, the world’s first major festival of ideas dedicated to celebrating many-sided human potential and exploring interdisciplinary solutions to complex world problems, took place over the first two weeks of February 2021. They are offering on-demand access to all the content from the festival until the middle of May for those who missed out. Over 40 sessions of live-streamed events, pre-recorded talks, and exclusive podcasts are accessible to watch and listen to whenever you want.
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LIS is a full registered higher education provider. This means you can apply to Student Finance to borrow money to help pay for university or college fees (tuition fee loan) and to help with living costs (maintenance loan). You may also be eligible for additional student funding if, for example, you’re on a low income, are disabled, or have children.

The Sprint: Two five-week, full-time courses, developed to test parts of the LIS Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods curriculum as well as aspects of the wider LIS environment. These courses are a key step in our vision to prepare students to tackle some of the most important and complex problems faced by the world today.

The Week in Good News: Our weekly roundup of good news stories from across the disciplines and the world.

In Seville, a pilot scheme will be carried out using their unwanted oranges to create clean electricity which will then be used to power water purification in the city. Read the full post.

‘The most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.’ – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez