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A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...social and cultural experience for many Western people. Their religious lives were no exception. The era has often been presented as one of significant religious crisis for the dominant tradition in the West: Christianity. In the case of Britain, for example, the eminent social historian Callum Brown spoke of the beginnings of a rapid demise of Christianity in the late...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...social, economic, cultural and environmental issues with focus being made on world’s poor as well as the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs. Sustainability’s connotation of “maintenance over indefinite time period, while overcoming disturbance”, has been around in the scientific realm. However, it is relatively recent that is has been used in...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy

...social movement’s ideas. Sociological content analysis can be used to examine the media ecology of tweets, photos, videos and other website content. The extent to which a social movement’s ideas and language gain traction can be measured by examining how ideas from the 15M social media capture the attention of traditional newspapers. Such methods go some way to...
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Article 5 mins
How to read the news
Society, Politics & Law

How to read the news

...social media. You may even want to think about any preconceived ideas you have about the author, and whether these are likely to affect how you interpret the article. With respect to publishing organisations, from newspapers to social media accounts, it can be useful to look at who funds them, and what this funding or governance is likely to mean for the perspective...
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Article 5 mins
Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...social and practical support, and society’s negative and stereotypical attitudes. Although attitudes are changing, it is evident that some caregivers still hold these negative perceptions, which include the belief that people with learning disabilities are asexual or “childlike”. Not only do these beliefs hold people with learning disabilities back from...
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Article 5 mins
10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...social media boundaries [person holding phone with social media icons displaying] Studies have found a link between heavy social media use and an increased risk in depression, anxiety, loneliness and self-harm. Take time to notice which accounts have a negative impact on your mood and unfollow them, avoid social media use an hour before bed and when you first wake up in...
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Article 10 mins
Hip Hop and the Institution
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution

...social organisation that has the purpose to legitimise and promote particular ways of living, types of knowledge and forms of relationships. An institution could be any such organisation, ranging from schools to prisons, from record labels to dance studios, from museums to universities, or from grassroots activist groups to the state’s global soft-power politics....
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Article 5 mins
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...work in your local primary school? Are you thinking about becoming a teaching assistant, or becoming a teacher in the future? In this free course, Primary education: listening and observing, you will have the chance to look inside primary schools, and watch and listen to children and teaching staff. You’ll also find out what head teachers look for in people who want to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs