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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...health and unemployment. It is thus no surprise that the gentrification of Harlem over the last couple of decades has been highly contentious. Gentrification is never a neutral process. Much of the academic literature on the subject has highlighted the ways in which processes of gentrification have forced low income households out of gentrifying neighborhoods as the...
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Article 10 mins
Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...health problems (e.g. diabetes), those travelling long distances, women during their monthly cycle, pregnant women and breastfeeding women. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. The overall purpose of the fast is to gain Taqwa (which means to gain piety or God consciousness). This is achieved through an increase in prayers, reading the Qur’an,...
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...health, social work and education. Ferguson (2022) highlights how we can reconceptualise professional learning for social work as a deeply personal embodied journey within daily practice. [Infographic showing seven circles to represent: journey of the self, navigating landscape and place, navigating tasks, learning through the body, learning by chance, practices and...
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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Health, Liberty or Possessions’. For Locke then, people thrive when they come together as citizens through a social contract, consenting to be governed in return for the guaranteed protection of their rights. Which all sounds rather promising. You can hear the voice of Locke when you listen to the words of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776): ‘We hold...
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Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...health, as it could mean the heart does not fill up with enough blood before contracting. The normal heart rhythm is controlled by an electrical signal, triggered by a small set of cells called the sinoatrial node; which set in motion the signal that passes through the heart via the atrioventricular node. This signal is responsible for triggering events in the cell, such...
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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

...Health, 0, pp. 1–4. Livingston, J. (2015) ‘Cops: Killing and Being Killed’, Pacific Standard. Available at: https://psmag.com/news/cops-killing-and-being-killed (Accessed: 11 February 2021). London City Hall (2020) Mayor’s Action Plan focuses on disproportionality of police powers. Available at:
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How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...health and economic outcomes and experiences vary a great deal in the US and England and Wales based on race. However, they are also based on the intersection of multiple identities and social characterisations (class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, ability/disability) that confer different experiences of advantage/disadvantage, privilege and...
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An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum...An education in Religion and Worldviews: 4 An education for life and employment - [A photograph of a group of medical professionals.] The Religion and Worldviews proposal is a potential container for bringing forward discussions which can aid community cohesion, teaching productive dialogue across different beliefs and backgrounds....
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs