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Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care

...social care practice, particularly at the end of life. Here is a list of five reasons (of many more!) why people may not make an advance care plan and some of the reasons why healthcare professionals want more people to think, talk and document them. 1: It’s not relevant to me [slipping on a banana skin] A lot of people think that they don’t need one (yet!),...
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Article 10 mins
What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...work by virologist John Oxford and his team identified one of the camps on the Western Front as being at the centre of the flu outbreak. So how significant was the influenza outbreak on the casualties at the end of the First World War? “In the American Army it was hugely significant. I mean more American soldiers died of the influenza than died from German action.”...
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Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...social security, the right to work, equal pay for equal work, and the right to join a trade union. Articles 24–27 dictate rights to rest and leisure, to a ‘standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family’ [sic], to education, and to participate freely in cultural life. Article 28 specifies a right to a social and international...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...social and working relationships between eighteenth-century free Black men in England, English scholars, and clergymen. The significance of this is their active involvement or connection with the transatlantic slave trade and enslavers. Carol’s goal is to inspire the academic and public community to increase their knowledge and explore past events in history. Transcript...
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Article 5 mins
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...working experiences, to explore examples of team working in schools and to reflect on the importance of teamworking and leadership in building successful teams. Throughout you explore the relevance of teamworking to your governor experience and its function within your own governing body. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...Social Sciences. Betty and Bryan settled in Manchester in 1961. Bryan worked in Adult Education and Betty began her lifelong connection with the African Caribbean community in her new role as a community development worker employed by the Commission in the UK for the West Indian Federation. The aim of the post was to support newly arrived West Indians settle in the UK....
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Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...social moves and certainly not a way of ‘showing off’ around monolinguals. My research participants are a group of six adult female Arabic speakers in their 20s and 30s. Five of them came to the UK from Libya as international students about seven years ago and are currently living in the city of Manchester. In addition to these five ‘late’ bilinguals, who learnt...
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Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality
Education & Development

Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality

...work, or family conform to traditional fixed gender roles, thus reinforcing the status quo that although women have full access to education they should still maintain their traditional roles in society in and outside of the home. The disparity in gender roles is further reinforced with an emphasis on the theme of the protection of traditions, cultures, and customs. In...
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Article 5 mins