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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...education and for social welfare. (Gilliat-Ray, 2010, p. 182f) The East London Mosque has sought to expand its ability to serve a variety of functions for its community. It added a building to host more community services, the London Muslim Centre, in 2004. It completed building the Maryam Centre, making specific provision for women, in 2013. The London Muslim Centre and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...Education programmes in schools, the French baron Pierre de Coubertin campaigned for the revival of the Olympics. The Ancient Games had been banned in the 390s CE by Theodosius I (along with all other expressions of non-Christian cults), and, except for a few re-creations dotted through history (e.g. events held at the Hippodrome of Constantinople during the Byzantine...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...education, infrastructure (roads and transport, for example), immigration and labour regulation. Economic This embraces the external economic influences affecting businesses and individuals, including economic growth and stability, exchange rates, inflation and interest rates, the availability of credit, the price of resources, and employment policy. Already you may be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...Education.” “Every patriot is severe with strangers,” Rousseau wrote. “They are nothing in his eyes.” Trump, in his tussle with Megyn Kelly of Fox News, and with womankind in general, might also draw comfort from Rousseau’s view of “woman” as “specially made to please man,” who “must make herself agreeable to man rather than provoke him.” Many such...
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Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...education centres. The folk tales and music of the west of Ireland attract festivals and many pubs have live music nights. Enniskillen’s Ardhowen Theatre complex provides a cultural and meeting centre, which is well used. The range of large country houses and traditional cottages make the settled landscape widely variable. Like much of the rest of Ireland, the...
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Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe
History & The Arts

Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe

...education and cultural participation.” 3: Igiaba Scego [Igiaba Scego] Meet Igiana Scego, an Italian writer who takes the theme of identity at the heart of her work. Born in Rome to parents who had fled the Somalian coup of 1969, Igiaba grew up experiencing two cultures. One side brought her parents tales of a charmed life of status in Somalia; the other, the sometimes...
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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...as a fundamental aspect of health. Clinical psychology review, 30(7), 865-878. Hayes, S. C., Luoma, J. B., Bond, F. W., Masuda, A. and Lillis, J. (2006) Acceptance and commitment therapy: model, processes and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1–25. Guilford, J. P. (1968) Intelligence, creativity, and the* educational implications. San Diego, CA: Knapp....
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Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...educated at an elite military school, his father being of sort of noble birth. He became an army officer. He led several important geographical and geological expeditions in eastern Siberia and Manchuria but he became disillusioned with that. He resigned his commission in 1867. He continued his sort of fieldwork, researching and publishing geographical works. He did those...
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