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Witches in popular culture
History & The Arts

Witches in popular culture

...system in need of reform by and for its female members. More than this, Tomasin becomes one of the gruesome hags who have murdered her baby brother. In this respect, The Witch echoes old misogynist fairy tales, which often feature actual or attempted infanticide, as much as it revels in the witch’s power to destroy an authoritarian patriarch. Eggers’ complex depiction...
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Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
Society, Politics & Law

Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'

...system as being legitimately significant". @FloydMayweather you're the king of jabs, running, ducking hard fights, and domestic violence. — Captain Greenbeard (@cptgreenbeard) April 29, 2015 What sort of messages do we give the younger generation if we allow people who have been convicted of abuse to continue to be sporting heroes and celebrated on a world stage where...
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An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice
Science, Maths & Technology

An exploration of ‘doing’ ethics in design practice

...systems more powerful than GPT‑4. They argued that we needed time to breathe, reflect, and figure out how to make AI safer and more trustworthy before it outpaced us completely. To look at the risks of this ‘race to replace.’ This surge of public attention didn’t just shine a light on AI. It reignited a bigger conversation about ethics across the whole design and...
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Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...system of immigration detention, which in 2007 became a default for some. Amid the debates about the detention of terror suspects without trial, foreign nationals subject to immigration control measures languished indefinitely in privately run detention centres up and down the UK. They didn’t, and still don’t, have the protections of due process, nor are they being...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some of the realities of asylum and immigration in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland today...This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...systems of English and Spanish. We aim to help Spanish language teachers teach the prosodic and segmental characteristics of Spanish to learners whose mother tongue is British English. We pay special attention to those elements of pronunciation that British English speakers find most challenging. The materials are complemented by ideas for activities. Activity 1 Timing:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...system. You will focus on the first of these – anatomical imaging – in the next two sections where you will look at X-ray and MRI...Metals in medicine: 2 Anatomical imaging using X-rays - X-rays are routinely used in diagnosis – for example, in examining broken bones. They are part of the electromagnetic spectrum and have the potential to interact with matter,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...system of things called "Gover'ment," which, whatever it might be, was no business of his, any more than the most outlying nebula or the coal-sacks of the southern hemisphere: his solar system was the parish; the master's temper and the casualties of lambing-time were his region of storms. He cut his bread and bacon with his pocket-knife, and felt no bitterness except in...
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