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Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

...and to value autistic children and the families they live in. Asking what causes autism is asking the wrong question. Asking how we as a society value the skills, abilities and qualities of autistic children and adults is a much better one.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...When work becomes home, to what extent do your workmates become your surrogate family? Are we moving toward an age where our personal relationships are by default confined to those you work with in the face of encroaching era of 24/7 capitalism? Paul Levy discusses these themes in his article for the Conversation “Are ‘frolleagues’ replacing our friends”....
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...family has their own recipe for this sweet exotically scented cake, traditionally made a few days before Easter to allow the flavours to merge. Image: Francesca under Creative Commons license Le sfogliatelle napoletane Sfogliatelle literally means leaves or layers. This delicious speciality from Naples is a little pastry parcel filled with ricotta, semolina and candied...
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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...family groups of two parents with chicks and adolescents, coalescing into larger tribes. [Turkey close-up] When it rains, wild turkeys go about their business, pecking at food – I’ve yet to see one raise it’s mouth and drown. And they have feelings. My daughter and I once watched as 4 turkeys stood around a comrade who’d just been run over, clearly distraught....
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...families are more likely to be poor and in persistent poverty, live in areas of deprivation, have lower attainment and progress in comparison to White pupils in schools and be economically disadvantaged; 1 in 10 adults who identify as BME are more likely to be unemployed in comparison to White people at 1 in 25 (Race Disparity Audit, 2017). Within the Higher Education...
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The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...families navigate technology safely and addresses emerging parenting challenges in the digital age. Parentzone is one of the partner organisations at the Centre for Protecting Women Online. Vicki is also a Trustee of the Media and Information Literacy Association, Chair of international youth-led organisation Voicebox, and chairs a consortium of organisations researching...
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What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...families of viruses] Figure 1. Morphology and approximate relative size of different families of viruses. Viruses consist of DNA or RNA that is often tightly associated with proteins to give more stability. The genetic material (DNA or RNA) can be contained within regularly-shaped proteins that give geometric shapes (capsids) or have a looser membrane covering, or both....
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Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...history provides plenty of examples and one of these is the demise of the independent British car industry. In the 1950s Britain was the world’s second biggest car producer. By 2005, MG Rover, Britain’s last independent car manufacturer, was declared bankrupt. Critics pointed out that Britain’s car industry had produced the wrong cars, for the wrong markets and at...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs