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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Research completed by Donne Women in Music in 2024 found that 92.5 per cent of orchestral repertoire performed worldwide in the 2023/24 concert season was written by men, while music written by women made up just 7.5 per cent. (Donne Women in Music’s research was based on an examination of the repertoire presented by 111 orchestras based across 30 countries.) These...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about weight in therapy – Top tips for size affirmative practice

...research shows...As a psychotherapist who is also a fat woman it did not previously occur to me how my size and that of my clients impacted on the work we did together. Size is hardly ever considered as an aspect of diversity, except in the size acceptance and fat activist communities. My perspective changed when I read ‘Health at Every Size’ by Linda Bacon and...
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Article 10 mins
How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...research into jury decision making that prohibit this. Research undertaken with mock juries has now shed some light on this issue. Mock jury research attempts to simulate a real criminal trial and asks members of the public to act as jurors. Our mock jury project – the Scottish Jury Research – involved 863 participants divided into 64 juries. They all watched a video...
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Article 5 mins
Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...research is so important to prevent long-term injuries...This content is associated with The Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. As we look forward to enjoying the action of the 2023 World Cup there is a growing awareness that there are significant differences in how women’s and men’s bodies respond in sport. In particular, after ACL...
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Article 10 hrs
How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...children born per women in different countries of the world) will inevitably lead to a stabilisation in the total world population: if the average fertility rate is about two, and the proportion of women in the population is about a half (that is, 0.5), then the population will settle down to a relatively constant value... ...eventually... ...because as Hans Rosling...
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Article 10 mins
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...children, reports IOM Madrid’s Ana Dodevska. Spanish arrivals in June are now nearly 4,000, by far the heaviest volume of the year so far (see charts below). [Graphic supporting the text] Dodevska reported the following developments between Friday and Monday (15-19 June): 15 June: 682 people rescued on the Western Mediteranean Route. 16 June: 304 people rescued on...
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Article 5 mins
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...children or with adult students, who hopes to use the Black History Month resources to make your teaching practice more inclusive for pupils and students from a black or minority ethnic background? Here are some quick tips from Anita Naoko Pilgrim on how you might approach that work...Multiculturalism This approach looks to acknowledge and celebrate diverse cultures,...
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Article 10 mins
International Day of Peace
Miscellaneous

International Day of Peace

...It is not enough to teach children how to read, write and count. Education has to cultivate mutual respect for others and the world in which we live, and help people forge more just, inclusive and peaceful societies.Learn more about the processes of peace, the aftermath of conflict and more with the articles, interactive, free courses and videos below. More about peace...
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Article 5 mins