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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...geography; however, they can be defined in other ways, such as communities of identity (for example, of heritage or culture), or of faith or other beliefs. Communities are constantly changing and there will be overlaps between different communities. Each community will have its own priorities and expectations around death, dying and bereavement, all of which will...
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From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...Geography, 20(8), pp. 1114–1137. Hunter, D. J. (2023) 'At Breaking Point or Already Broken? The National Health Service in the United Kingdom', N Engl J Med, 389(2), pp. 100–103. Institute of Health Visiting (2023) Health visiting in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan: In brief. Available at:
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Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...Geography (FASS) and Global Studies. As a social anthropologist she is passionate about research, and has been conducting a research project on Olaudah Equiano’s life in Cambridge and his contribution to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. This project revealed fascinating insights into the social and working relationships between eighteenth-century free...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...Geography. “Adaptability and resilience may be today’s buzzwords but this is the way that cities – and those making policies that affect cities – need to think to keep them working well.” Martin leads a major research project aimed at understanding transitions through boom, bust and austerity for UK cities, and the lessons that can be learned from the past 50...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...geography/climate-change-coastal-erosion-and-flooding-the-thames-gateway-and-london?in_menu=480246 Accessed 28th January 2020 RGS/21stCenturyChallenges https://21stcenturychallenges.org/the-thames-barrier/ Accessed 10th January 2020 UNESCO http://whc.unesco.org/en/climatechange Accessed 12th January 2020 Wadey, M.P., Haigh, I.D., Nicholls, R.J., Brown, J.M. et al (2015) A...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. A recent study [1]...
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Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...Geography...Why maps are made: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify some of the important characteristics of maps in relation to their value to social science recognise and give examples of how maps can influence our “view” of the world describe the relationship between data and space as represented on a map...Why maps are...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...geography plays an important part in tracing your family tree, as people have a habit of moving around the country. Next, talk to your family, especially the older generations who should be able to remember details about their parents and grandparents, people who you may never have met. This process is key to establishing later lines of research, so try to get as much...
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