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Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...family name 王 Wáng is often put alongside a tiger image in traditional Chinese art and crafts. [Traditional Chinese tiger shoes for young children] Learn Common Chinese New Year’s greetings The most frequently used new year's greetings are: 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè) 新年好 (xīn nián hǎo) 恭喜发财 (gōng xǐ fā cái) The first two expressions mean...
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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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An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...History of Humankind, Yuval Harari argues that language is one of the key reasons why homo sapiens came out on top, as this allowed our species to create the glue that would hold large groups together. Can you tell what this glue is? The answer to this question is in the text below. Read the following extract from Sapiens and deduce which term is used in the original text...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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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