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What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...introduction of several additional sports to the 2024 games would also mean the introduction of a number of new technical terms that have not yet found a French translation, the French Ministry of Culture together with the Ministry for Sport set up an expert panel to ensure that new French terms that can be used for the games (and beyond) are identified and defined....
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Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...Introduction - The first 1000 days from conception to the age of two is a time of rapid growth, when little brains are growing and developing. Our brains are shaped by the experiences we have in those early years and our parents and other caregivers around us. These early experiences lay the foundations for the rest of our lives, so providing the right support at this...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...manage large projects overseas and had little experience with political and security risk’ (2017, p.756). In his work, Patey shows how experience in Sudan and South Sudan ‘were instrumental in leveraging the competitiveness of the China National Petroleum Corporation, China’s largest oil company, particularly through developing its risk management capabilities, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...managers to avoid words that might make their team sound like employees, David Hann explores how some words have their own agendas...[Deliveroo bike] The Guardian has recently unearthed an internal communication by Deliveroo, the online food delivery company, to its managers which instructs them on the words to use, and not to use, when describing the relationship between...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety

...managers of greenspaces, park users and other stakeholders help address health and wellbeing inequalities? ...Background Ageing well need not be expensive nor be exclusive to the selected few. Using greenspaces, we have been examining how to age well, as part of the Open University and MK Parks Trust’s initiative. Unfortunately, health inequalities still abound, and...
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Supporting care-experienced students in UK higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting care-experienced students in UK higher education

...manage their studies, these students can thrive. What does ‘care-experienced’ mean? The definition of being care-experienced is to have spent at least 24 hours in care by the age of 18 (The Children Act, 1989). This includes with a family member who is not the parent (kinship care), as well as foster care, adoption or residential care. Being in care can mean many...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...projects’. He believes we can identify so closely with them that they become part of our very sense of self. “You are your personal projects,” he used to tell his Harvard class. According to Little, there are different kinds of projects, which carry different loads of value. Walking the dog is a personal project but so is becoming a headteacher in a lovely village,...
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Article 15 mins
Ideas about living sustainably
Nature & Environment

Ideas about living sustainably

...online Sustainability event for staff in 2020 and we looked at breaking this issue down into easier 'manageable challenges' in our lives, so we can all do our bit to create positive change. We invited a range of external speakers to share their ideas with colleagues and recorded these sessions to share wider with those looking to make sustainable changes in their lives....
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Activity 10 mins