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Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...Communication is that, even today, much intercultural communication is approached from an orientalist perspective, i.e. a Eurocentric and colonial way of seeing people from other countries as stereotypes. Orientalism finds expression in a myriad of discourses and one way in which it is reproduced is through presenting “foreigners” as weird spectacles. [Picture of "El...
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Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...community or your faith leader. Today the people influencing you are more likely to be professionals – from healthcare professionals to those part of the funeral industry. The place you would have gone to see the person who had died was in a family home, now it is very likely to be at the undertaker’s. Rather than manage death and after care of the body ourselves, as...
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Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...community. This ensures a degree of compliance, at least by scientists. [Apollo 11 Crew In Quarantine] Nixon welcoming the Apollo 11 crew in quarantine. There are concerns about non-governmental spaceflight to celestial bodies. These have been exacerbated by SpaceIL’s lunar landing attempt and their ‘illicit’ tardigrades, and the plans of other private actors (most...
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Article 10 mins
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...community mobilisers helped to connect participants in the CLARISSA Cash Plus programme to government assistance and NGO-provided health care, which they wouldn’t have been able to access otherwise (Howard et al., 2025). Effects can also extend to those who are not involved in the programme. In Burundi, for example, training about hygiene practices among participants in...
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Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...communicate mathematics. Introduction to differential equations consists of material from MST125 Unit 8, Differential equations and has six sections in total. Sections 5 and 6 are considerably shorter than the other four sections. You should set aside about four hours to study each of the first four sections and about two hours for the remaining two sections; the whole...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...community, shows no academic improvement or progress. Her literacy and numeracy scores remain stagnant, and her social-emotional development is limited. She struggles to engage with peers, hesitates to seek help, and lacks confidence. These contrasting stories reveal a critical fact: academic progress and social-emotional development may not always progress in parallel or...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...community is especially valuable, because practical local solutions can arise that help with feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness. For example, working on improving green spaces together, or campaigning for bike lanes. Being part of a group gives a sense of togetherness and belonging and creates social bonds which help us to feel supported as we manage our feelings....
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Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...community centres, national water conservation education and has also improved general health (the lack of water or use of polluted water can generate ‘water-related diseases’). The WWP therefore actively addresses the impoverishment of black South Africans, which is a serious issue. 14 million South Africans currently have no or inadequate water supplies. In 1997,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs