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Oscar-nominated Timbuktu: right at the heart of the world

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imageSissako’s eye is painterly, masterful.Abderrahmane Sissako/Curzon

A tracking shot of a gazelle running across the northern Mali desert. Shattering gunshots. A van of men is chasing the beast, concerned not to kill, but to exhaust and capture it. More gunshots: traditional wooden statues are blown to bits in the sand.

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Feedback from teachers doesn't always help pupils improve

  • Written by The Conversation
imageIs feedback always helpful?Gold star by Brian A Jackson/www.shutterstock.com

The feedback that a teacher gives to pupils has been seen for decades as one of the most important factors in how people learn. It occurs when teachers let their students know how well they are doing and what they ought to do to improve and move on to the next stage.

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  1. If the government is serious about reviving British industry, here's what needs to be done
  2. Trident whistleblower must now contend with outdated, unfair laws
  3. Government appears helpless as hundreds of young Britons click through to jihad
  4. Getting doctors to the bush depends on more than just uni places
  5. What's in your purse dictates what's on your plate
  6. Why Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change
  7. The world's unexplained silence over human tragedy in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
  8. After school learning makes kids masters of their own maths destiny
  9. Ghostwriters haunt our illusions about solitary authors
  10. India and China move closer as Modi tours 'Act East' policy
  11. Groundwater: the natural wonder that needs protecting from coal seam gas
  12. Patent applications are down in Australia thanks to tougher rules
  13. Employers need more than money to hire older workers
  14. Osamacide, 'justice' and the deadly legacy of Bin Laden
  15. Stanley Donwood, Radiohead and the power of musical artwork
  16. Iron ore miners should leave the market if they can't compete
  17. Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee 'personhood'
  18. FactCheck: Has any country bested Australia in emissions intensity reduction since 1990?
  19. Coal and climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef
  20. We need a smart urban revolution, and Asia is just the place to do it
  21. Putting words to the tune of Indigenous constitutional recognition
  22. Book review: Selling Students Short
  23. Some people with bipolar struggle to communicate – and here's why
  24. No, we're not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wifi
  25. How our obsession with cheap flights is sparking a security risk beneath our feet
  26. Lessons for Labour: how to be an effective opposition
  27. Health risks beneath the painted beauty in America's nail salons
  28. The End of Representative Politics?
  29. Don't panic – UK deflation is nothing more than a blip
  30. Russian whistleblower poisoned with heartbreak grass – an ancient perspective
  31. War between miners catches government in the crossfire
  32. Explainer: Ireland's world-first popular vote on gay marriage
  33. Explainer: what is a 'coasting' school?
  34. Apple and Starbucks could have avoided being hacked if they'd taken this simple step
  35. California's water paradox: why enough will never be enough
  36. Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean's words
  37. What does nuclear power cost? Old plants dispel easy answers
  38. Federal advisory committees are critical to the legislative process – and the public should be more involved
  39. Explainer: how do you measure a sea's level, anyway?
  40. Who are the top football teams in the health league?
  41. As refugee crisis deepens, the world is losing patience with South Sudan
  42. A bonfire of the economists as Britain loses faith
  43. Without a safeguard, Australia will burn through our emissions target
  44. The verdict's in: we must better protect kids from toxic lead exposure
  45. Scott McIntyre vs SBS will test employees' right to be opinionated
  46. The end of humanitarianism?
  47. Corruption cripples Iraqi armed forces in the fight against Islamic State
  48. Why men are not biologically useless after all ...
  49. Why NATO and Russia are playing a Cold War game of hotlines and spooks
  50. The buck stops elsewhere: how corporate power trumps politics

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