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Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...world to me. One friend gave me a tiny book called The Gift of Peace – Thoughts for a Peaceful World by Brahma Kumaris. Another gave me A Widow’s Journey by Gayle Roper Recently I have read A Gift for Grief by Louise Bates. Nowadays people who knew Alan before I did tell me things I didn’t know about him, which I enjoy learning. Grief, love and loss I still grieve....
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Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...world problems. Section 4 introduces the integrating factor method for solving linear differential equations. The final two sections summarise and revise the methods introduced in the previous sections and describe various other approaches to finding solutions of first-order differential equations and to understanding the behaviour of the solutions...Differential...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...world. By 1911, the plant had expanded to employ over 12,000, around 3,000 of which were women. Census data from 1911 shows how the workforce was drawn, not only from Clydebank, but from all the adjacent communities along Clydeside, a factor that was to prove significant during the 1911 strike. In tune with its American roots, the Singer Company was aggressively hostile...
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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...World Energy Outlook publication. He is also the founder and chair of the IEA Energy Business Council, which provides a forum to enhance co-operation between decision-makers in the highest levels of government and industry. Dr. Birol’s selection as IEA Executive Director marked one of the rare occasions that the head of an international organisation has been selected...
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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...world, shone during many ages; and by the colonies of saints with which it peopled many foreign countries; for, under God, its inhabitants derived from their glorious apostle the streams of that eminent sanctity, by which they were long conspicuous to the whole world. St. Patrick was born in the decline of the fourth century; and as he informs us in his Confession, in a...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...world, European and national levels. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that: Infection prevention and control measures aim to ensure the protection of those who might be vulnerable to acquiring an infection both in the general community and while receiving care due to health problems, in a range of settings. The basic principle of infection prevention and control...
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Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?

...World Fair. McDonald’s began as a hot-dog stand founded by two brothers in 1937. Salesman Ray Kroc saw massive potential in their production line methods of preparing food, and heralded a massive expansion partly thanks to the baby boomers of the 1960s. The first British McDonald’s — and 3,000th worldwide — opened in Woolwich in 1974. Science Choosing a good piece...
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Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth
Education & Development

Postgraduate study: Education, Childhood & Youth

...world issues and problem-solving skills, which are highly valued by employers. Practice and policy are central to postgraduate study and will encourage you to think critically about how to apply your learning to your own context. [A word cloud from some students when studying the Masters in Education programme.] Keywords students identified when thinking about their...
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