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The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...educated, urban Presbyterians that later came to be known as the “Scottish Enlightenment”. Like most of the ‘enlightened’ elite of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Smith was a strong supporter of the 1707 Union of the English and Scottish Parliaments. He had no time for romantic views of Scotland’s Celtic past: for him, the Highland clans represented a past not far...
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Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...education. As Robin Alexander’s recent CPRT submission to the House of Commons Education Committee reminded us, these aims focus on the individual – their wellbeing, engagement and autonomy, and on the relationship between self, others and the wider world – in particular encouraging respect and reciprocity and foregrounding the role of dialogue in learning....
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How jazz came to Wales
History & The Arts

How jazz came to Wales

...Education of Freed Slaves and their children, Nashville, Tennessee, their first concert in Swansea was described as ‘strange, weird slave songs for which the slaves in the southern states are so famous’. They sold many copies of their Jubilee Song Book, giving locals the opportunity to learn their songs. A preface to the music reads: ‘Its unique origin, and that the...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...education, improved healthcare and go far in addressing some of the worst aspects of poverty. Ensuring that large corporate bodies, many of which will be represented at the Davos summit, pay their taxes is central to Oxfam’s arguments about how to address such rising inequalities. Social harms and austerity $7.6 trillion of individuals’ wealth sits offshore, thereby...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...education required to become a police officer varies across forces Educational requirements are standardised and follow specific guidelines for entry into the profession No national or federal oversight of police forces or police conduct National and governmental inspection and oversight of police forces and police conduct Difference in Gun Prevalence among the Public...
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Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline
History & The Arts

Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline

...education, eventually leaving with a poor educational record of achievement. The death of his father when Adolf was 13, releases the pressure on him to get a job working for the civil service, Adolf is able to pursue his preferred choice of study, that of art. He attends art school and regards himself as an artist, absorbing diverse cultural influences, the opera,...
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Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...education, autonomy and legal protection, and dependent on husbands, fathers and families for financial existence, many girls and women may have had no choice but to comply with or be forced into FGM. Senior female family members, for all the above reasons, often play a complicit part in the procedure and in ensuring female relatives undergo FGM, reinforcing the practice...
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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...educating babies and young children either as a practitioner in the workforce or as a parent/carer? In this free course, Supporting physical development in early childhood, you will learn how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how it improves child mental and physical health development. As you explore the holistic health and developmental benefits...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs