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What does the French regional election result mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the French regional election result mean?

...Centre-Val de Loire. And along south-western Mediterranean coast, the FN is also in pole position in the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées where Le Pen’s partner, Louis Aliot leads the FN list (cosy, non?). However, this region may be taken by the Socialists in the second round. How political map looks in France this AM before 2nd round. Can see FN in industrial...
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Remembering Thatcherism
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Thatcherism

...Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, was a prescient analysis of the ‘swing to the right’ that was taking place in British society. In this article, Hall outlined the way in which Thatcher and the radical right had put together a critique of the post-war social democratic consensus and were attempting to construct a new consensus drawn from some of the ‘common...
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Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – that learners construct knowledge and understanding for themselves through activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by Gary Spruce: Introduction to Teaching secondary geography by Gary Spruce. Gary Spruce School geography offers fabulous...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...children were just fascinated by instant language conversions and kept asking me to show them more. While I was delighted by the enthusiastic responses from the kids, one question occurred to me afterwards: how many parents in Australia would be happy if their child wanted to become a translator or interpreter? [Dand District Governor Hashim Agha (left) greets U.S. Army...
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The devil is in the (complex) detail
Health, Sports & Psychology

The devil is in the (complex) detail

...children and shared assets, but one which involves multiple partners, with the UK wanting to retain some level of access to the “children” such as agreements on trade, crime, security, nuclear energy, farming, science, and many more. The sheer complexity and speed of Brexit is likely to have further psychological effects that make it different from normal political...
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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year

...children be born in the year of the dragon - it gives them a head start! The table below shows the 12 animal signs and their corresponding years in the last cycle: Year Animal sign Character Pinyin 2012 Dragon 龙 lóng 2013 Snake (small dragon) 蛇(小 龙) shé (xiǎo lóng) 2014 Horse 马 mǎ 2015 Sheep 羊 yáng 2016 Monkey 猴 hóu 2017 Rooster 鸡 jī 2018 Dog 狗 g...
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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...good universities, the pressure to do well for Gao Kao is intense. Many schools hold extra morning classes in science and math for three to four hours on Saturdays. If schools do not have Saturday morning classes, most parents would send their children to expensive cramming schools at weekends or organise one-to-one private tuition for their children over the weekend....
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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...children wear tiger-headed embroidered shoes for good luck. Each Chinese Lunar year is associated with an animal sign according to a 12-year-cycle. Babies born between 1 February 2022 and 22 January 2023 will be given the animal sign ‘Tiger’. Recent and upcoming years of the Tiger are 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and 2022. As the tiger is considered to be...
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