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Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...attention to the materials used. Water and sanitation in Imperial Rome An explanation of how the Romans washed and acquired their water. Roman industries Fulleries and bakeries played a prominent part in everyday Roman life. This video explains how. Roman baths The Romans have always been renowned for their famous baths. This video focuses on the engineering and...
Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...attention. Unruliness and cities The relationship of order and disorder in the city, and the intensification of social relationships in cities. Is such disorder positive or negative? Power Relations Is the spacial order of cities a reaction against disorder? The suburbs as a social response to the city environment, the importance of connections in the city. Order and...
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Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough

...attention is being drawn to the ‘invisibility’ of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) health issues and the need for more inclusive sex education in schools in Great Britain. So what is the evidence behind these calls? [School children] Only 13% of pupils have learnt about healthy same-sex relationships at school (Stonewall: 2017) What is the evidence? A...
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...attention to awkward realities that patients or their carers try to bring to their attention. Precisely this kind of thing has been documented in detail by Robert Francis QC in his inquiry into how very poor care was some years ago allowed to persist at Stafford General Hospital. The approach set out by the ‘Berwick Report’ is undoubtedly enlightened and represents...
Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...attention. [Child eating cookie ] 9.6% of children in reception classes in 2016-17 are obese (source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely regarded as ethically problematic. Young children cannot distinguish between advertising and editorial or entertainment content; and older children, even if they rationally understand the selling intent behind advertising, are often...
The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...attention away from stuck patterns in the way we see ourselves or others. Through the practice of description, we can challenge our preconceptions and change how we perceive and sense our environment. One of the key skills of creative writing is describing in a way that allows a reader to ‘see’ (in their mind’s eye) what we see (whether in reality or in the...
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...attention to the arguments for mass production of education...[map of the UK depicting the OU at 45] Forty-five years ago, when Britain’s Open University (OU) began broadcasting its first lectures over BBC television and radio, there were many reasons to discount its importance. For one thing, the concept of providing higher education at a distance wasn’t new: the...
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...attention and consolidate things properly into our memory, causing us to feel more and more ‘goldfish-like’, which can be quite distressing in itself. This is backed up by research which is beginning to show correlations between high smartphone and internet use, and poor cognitive skills such as attention, memory and learning. 2: Sleep Dysregulation [woman asleep with...