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Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...world growing up is tough - making friends, fitting in, changing schools. And it's even harder for children with disabilities. This album looks at PLUS, an organisation working towards the inclusion of disabled children and young adults in social activities and organisations, encouraging friendships and fun. It looks at PLUS from the view of the children, the carers and...
Evolution and the human family
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution and the human family

...world. © The British Council 2009... Evolution and the family A short introduction to this album. How families have evolved What happens when you apply Darwin to human social structures? Ruth Mace explains the value of this approach. Dismantle the family with Darwinian tools The comparative method can be used to investigate how culture relates to environment. The...
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...World War as an incubator of heightened class consciousness and militancy in the region. The extent to which the years 1910-1914 marked a watershed in industrial relations has been widely debated in the British literature, but hitherto there has been no systematic treatment of the pre-war 'labour unrest' in Scotland. This work will have a wide appeal to labour activists,...
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...World Cup in the news currently, the shining a light on the sport of rugby shows it appearing to be making strides to tackle homophobia in sport. The most recent TV advert from Guinness stars Gareth Thomas telling his story about coming out to his team. A longer video features an interview with him about how he felt as a gay man in the world of professional rugby. The Out...
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...world’s most dynamic start-up clusters and the most prominent start-up ecosystem in Europe. But, as this takes place, there’s a huge need to address the industry’s gender imbalance. My research into tech accelerator programmes has found many (often unwittingly) cater for men over women. [A talk at a 2009 YCombinator event] A 2009 YCombinator event You only need to...
Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...world, destroyed itself in fantasies that it was being colonized in turn" — historians. — Ted Scheinman (@Ted_Scheinman) June 24, 2016 Of course, this spectacular act of self-harming is more like a murder-suicide in that the damage done will not be contained to Britain and affect the rest of the world in ways that we cannot yet know but that look distinctly unpleasant...
London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...world, causing an estimated 6.5 million premature deaths annually. “Lots of things in life we have choices about. Breathing isn’t one of them” After the wreath-laying, the organisers will establish a video link with Delhi, the city which has possibly the world’s worst air quality, with local people reporting on conditions there. On 3 December a cricket match in...
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...world of HIV medicine. Since the late 90s, the availability of highly active antiretroviral treatment (sometimes known as HAART) has meant that, for those able to access it, HIV has become more like a chronic condition than the fatal infection we’ve seen on our screens. [Map showing couples around the UK] Effective HIV treatment stops the virus from reproducing itself,...