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Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...physical ills associated with the cities of the late 19th century (Hannigan, 1995). This attitude continues and informs the outdoor movements and the environmentalism of today. Activity 13 You can learn more about John Muir and Yosemite on the Smithsonian website. As you read the article, note the kind of language that John Muir uses to describe the park...Sustainable...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...physical action is important – you don’t just use mouthwash on your teeth,” he says. But the BioBag was perfect for Linda Cowan, a nurse investigator at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Hospital in Gainesville. She wanted to start a trial of maggot therapy and the bagged larvae were just more convenient for patients and their caregivers. With loose larvae, you...
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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...physically attend the event. Clinton would not only attend a forum event, but would also hold a press conference specifically for Irish and Irish American journalists. Her interest in Ireland was taken as a given. Her need for Irish American support was considered vital, not least because Irish America was riven. Senator Edward Kennedy had declared his support for...
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Article 5 mins
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...Physics. Q OK, so now I am going to ask you why you think…. Next what I would like to ask you is why you feel a global perspective is important in science teaching? T Yes, the way I do this to answer this question is something that I have done with two classes at Wellingford. The listeners can do this while I run it through, I get the class and I ask them to think of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...physically in terms of moving round, exercising, having comfortable bedding, nor socially and psychologically in terms of mixing with the right kind of social groups suited for their species. Laying hens might be suffering for their entire lives, more than a year or so. Breeding sows might be in stalls also for pretty much their entire lives. And then you have to say,...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...physical isolation and unique intergenerational risks with their strategic, central importance to the modern economy. Audio Text The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1 Petr Jehlička: Hello, I'm Petr Jehlička from the Department of Geography at the Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers OBE. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences who has spent most...
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Audio 10 mins
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...physical care, we’re seeing a universal movement toward more egalitarian sharing.’ This was the claim of two observers in The Guardian in 2020, as the grip of the COVID-19 Pandemic across Scotland, the UK and globally, deepened and intensified. Important that these debates are, this project was specifically concerned with the often-neglected role of women workers in...
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Article 10 mins
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...physical vacuum. For example, it has implications for the way in which medicalised dying is managed. When dying takes place in a public, (relatively) open and visible space such as a hospital, or a section of a hospital such as the intensive care setting, an individual’s experience becomes a communal issue and a public administrative matter. For example, there may be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr