£450k ESRC grant to investigate children's and adult's making of tools

Posted on Wednesday 24th October 2012

'(Re)Inventing the wheel': Sarah Beck, Ian Apperly and Jackie Chappell awarded three year ESRC grant to investigate children's and adults' making of tools.

An ESRC collaborative project brings together developmental psychologists Sarah Beck and Ian Apperly (pictured right) and bioscientist Jackie Chappell to explore human tool making. The project develops work funded by a College of Life and Environmental Sciences Cutting Edge grant and Nicola Cutting's PhD work. Nicola will be the postdoctoral researcher on the project and a new PhD student will also join our team. The project is worth £450k (FEC) over three years, starting 1st October.Humans use tools in all aspects of our lives, from spoons to bridges to the internet.have lost five of six to drop to 3-6.

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Two weeks after giving up 38 points in the first half in a 51-23 loss to the Patriots, the Bears set a dubious franchise record by giving up 42 points in a half.

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