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What makes a great Christmas number one?
History & The Arts

What makes a great Christmas number one?

...family unity - which allows Bob the Builder (2003) and even Mr Blobby (1993) to achieve pop success. Songs that get to number one at Christmas often draw on a spirit of community and togetherness. Musically, songs that are successful at Christmas often feature massed backing choirs which allude to religious choral traditions - check out the massed gospel voices backing...
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Article 10 mins
What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...families refusing to allow their relatives to return home from hospital but rather insisting that they are found a place in a nursing or care home. Delayed discharge of patients is not a new phenomenon or one that is unique to the United Kingdom. When I was nursing in the 1980s, there were often people on the wards who were not there for medical reasons but because no...
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Article 5 mins
Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...Family members and close friends are often affected by the progress of a loved one's dementia due to little help and lack of understanding. Carers can be overworked and dementia sufferers distressed as there is an insufficiency of support and resources. [A woman speaks to her grandmother who has dementia] What are the symptoms? Every person will experience dementia...
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Article 20 mins
SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...families incorrectly believing that a formal diagnosis is a prerequisite. Therefore, a diagnosis is sought before any support offered. Research also shows that a lack of diagnosis can have a significant impact on individual lives. This ranges from lower grades to lower self-esteem and many things in between. And these impacts are not just felt in childhood but have a...
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Article 5 mins
Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...family, research has explored some of the same issues involved in education settings, suggesting the need for caution in simply asserting that having male role models in schools is beneficial for boys. For example, there is evidence that some male teachers are overly disciplinarian and denigrate the work of female teachers, rather than challenging traditional gender...
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Article 10 mins
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...history of publishing. As Charles Rzepka puts it, Christie is ‘not only the most prolific and popular author of detective fiction in the twentieth century, but the world’s best-selling writer, ever’ (a record which remains intact at the time of writing). In this free course you’ll examine one of Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...history', much in the style that David Attenborough (DA) adopts in LoM, relating the lifestyles of tree dwellers to the environment in which they live. What we know of these animals reflects what is possible to observe in field studies, rather than from carrying out extensive investigation in the laboratory. Tree dwellers are elusive and cryptic animals, qualities that...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...family, because of redundancy or for other reasons. Watch the following video in which Dr Sue Black OBE introduces the course. Transcript There are case study videos placed throughout the course to show you how other people have navigated their own unconventional careers. Importantly, you will hear about how they have got back to STEM employment after a career break. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs