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The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really like
History & The Arts

The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really like

...type book Going Solo became two of his most successful self-publicising projects, which recorded his own fascinating childhood memories and action packed wartime experiences. The stories of his warm family, his rustic summer holidays in Norway, and his chocolate testing, reveal how happy a child Dahl was – though he grew up without a father, who died when he was only...
The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...types of communities, across the country. Their role is to provide safety, support and care for children and adults for a variety of reasons and for varying periods of time. The contribution foster carers make and impact they have is transformational and the biggest impact of all is making a difference in a child or adult’s life. We know times are changing with many...
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...type of data suggests there's not necessarily a big gap between normal male and female ranges of the hormone, explained Dr. Katrina Karkazis, a bioethicist at Stanford University who also testified on Chand's behalf. However, Martin Ritzén, a Sweden-based professor who specializes in pediatric endocrinology and testified on behalf of the IAAF, said the probability of a...
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...type 2 diabetes, and stroke. Taxing soft drinks appears an effective preventive measure. Such taxes have been introduced in Brazil, France, Mexico and parts of the US and evidence suggests they are effective at reducing obesity, either through reduced consumption or switches to less sugary drinks. The sugar tax will be implemented in two years, allowing the industry time...
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...type of person who “can’t let things go when there’s always more to be done”. She estimates that she spends up to five hours per term on work as a school governor, a similar amount of time on her trustee responsibilities at the Grange Pavilion, and a few hours a month litter-picking plus time spent on organising the picks and meeting community partners. Her advice...
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...types of effect, namely: the emotional impact of an artwork and how to record your feelings about this impact the way in which the different elements of an artwork prompt you to ‘read’ it in a particular order, focusing on one aspect of it before others. [A line drawing of a diamond on its side with a word written at each point.] Figure 1 The study diamond...Week 3:...
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...type for and is the outcome in some way ‘better’ than traditional methods of policy making? Our interest therefore is with ‘two-way’ interactions – dialogues between science and some part of ‘the public’, particularly in the context of imminent policy making. Dialogue in this sense is closely allied to what is called public consultation. Indeed, a great many...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...type of discrimination? Week 2, Activity 2 – Exploring neurodiversity Week 2, Activity 3 – Black Lives Matter Week 2, Activity 4 – The Bechdel Test Week 3, Activity 1 – Which generation are you? Week 3, Activity 3 – Reflecting on assumptions Week 3, Activity 4 – Enhancing your own social capital Week 4, Activity 1 – Your own Unconscious biases Week 4,...