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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...July bombings memorial The Independent remembers each of the killed with a brief biography of each Goldsmith's Victor Seidler asks if the different nature of attacks on them explains why New York and London remember differently Writing in The Telegraph, Peter Clarke - head of The Met's Counter Terrorism Command at the time - shares his view of counter-terrorism operations...
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Article 15 mins
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...write. The percentage of left-handed people in the USA has grown from around 2-3% at the start of the 20th century, to around 12% today. Handedness is known to be substantially genetically inherited, and there is no evidence that any genetic shift happened over this time. But attitudes did shift: social acceptance of left-handedness increased. Gender is not as simple as...
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Article 10 mins
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...writing and listening. These activities form the foundation of learning and connect across all the wings DO: Encourages meaningful participation and decision-making at the child’s own pace, to build growing agency. DO enables children to learn actively by asking questions, working independently, helping others, and engaging in fun activities. These are supported by and...
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Article 5 mins
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...write (Meaney, O’Dowd and Whelan, 2013, p.89.) Given their preference for life in the big cities, they were also adept at using the American political system to their advantage, especially in Irish dominated cities such as Boston, New York, and Chicago. Tammany Hall in New York, the headquarters of the Democratic Party, became synonymous with Irish political power in...
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Article 5 mins
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...write it from a far more positive viewpoint, with the BAME community being present on all levels in the sporting world, and children getting equal access to sports, no matter their background. [black children with a football in their hands] Watch the following video, a presentation given during Black History Month 2022, which explores these issues further. [BHM 2022 - Do...
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Article 15 mins
A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...writing, music, art Checklist: your oxytocin 🤝 How to spot signs of not enough oxytocin? feeling lonely feeling stressed lack of motivation low energy or fatigue disconnect of relationships feeling anxious insomnia How to get more oxytocin? socialize physical touch have a massage have an acupuncture treatment listen to music exercise take cold showers meditate...
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Article 5 mins
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...Write brief notes below or in your notebook. Discussion Perhaps your employer or organisation provided support and learning opportunities to manage the change required. How far did this help you, or might something else have worked better? If your organisation didn’t offer you support through this change – consider what you could have done instead to explore learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...write much more than the summary discussion set out in the discussion above? If so, it may be that you need further practice in the skill of extracting key points and summing them up concisely. You have encountered so far in this section a general exposition of the main characteristics of the Enlightenment mission, followed by some more detailed discussion of historical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs