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The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...history was changed forever...This bus was built in 1948 by General Motors. It's famous not for where it went, or the route it ran, but for what happened upon it. [The bus on which Rosa Park refused to move to the back, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott] On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was returning from work when she boarded the bus. America was a nation in which racial...
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Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?
History & The Arts

Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?

...history. Except the delicious ones, it seems. Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole wonder why...[Peter Capaldi, the current Doctor Who] Peter Capaldi plays the current Doctor, although as a time traveller all the actors are arguably the current Doctor Since the Doctor Who series was rebooted in 2005 the television show has consistently presented the Doctor as a moral leader, a...
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Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...history of the Earth, from shallow sea to desert to the familiar terrain of the 21st century. In this free course, Geological processes in the British Isles, you will explore the processes that have shaped the British landscape over time, gaining insight into the geological evolution of the entire planet...The landscape of the British Isles has undergone dramatic changes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...families and friends about their different statuses and worry about what people might think. These experiences show how HIV stigma continues to shape the participants’ relationships, even if day-to-day they felt the virus has no impact. [Screenshot from Time to look at HIV and relationships animation] More positively, some participants use their relationships as an...
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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...families, the relationships forged with nurses and other carers are central to the quality of their healthcare experience. The quality of these relationships is singled out in patient satisfaction surveys as being of particular importance. To engage successfully with their patients, nurses need to listen carefully, and to get to know their patients as people. Getting to...
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What have big meals got to do with Christmas?
History & The Arts

What have big meals got to do with Christmas?

...family gatherings can exacerbate tensions and even animosities. It is not only that gift giving can become competitive or that it can result in disappointment for those who get new mittens instead of a new TV. It is more that some people think that Christmas feasting is a distraction from the “glad tidings” they associate with Jesus’ birth. Some of these people...
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Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care

...family, friends or a health professional. For an older person and their friends or family, knowing where there might be difficulties in undertaking the 5 Pillars, means you are able to ask for the right kind of support to help you age as healthily as possible. For professionals, reflecting on and filling gaps in your current knowledge and practice in relation to health...
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Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...history was published in 1958, the same year that his essay ‘Culture is Ordinary’ appeared. His argument that culture involved the ‘everyday’, that it was ‘lived’ and was increasingly significant within the expanding spheres of film, television and advertising, was advanced a couple of years later in The Long Revolution, which maintained that these cultural...
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