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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...think about gender, we only think about quality. Then you have to remember that opportunities never came equal for people. Now it’s our job to really try to do our job to find these pieces first. The second challenge, then they’ll say that we decided, okay, I want to include. I think we have to take a conscious decision, I guess, when you are wishing to programme that...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...think I was a candidate for this world-class accelerator. I didn’t think I looked like a ‘YC founder’. Thus, women may be opting out of accelerator programmes because of a perceived lack of fit with the predominantly male tech and start-up culture. For those women who do overcome this problem and get onto the programmes, they often then encounter prejudice and...
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Article 5 mins
"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school
Languages

"That's so gay!" Homophobic language and school

...think can be affected by homophobia in schools? Pick the responses from this list that you think would apply: Children who declare themselves or who are perceived to be LGBT Other children in the school Staff who declare themselves or who are perceived to be LGBT Other staff members Parents of children who are or are perceived to be LGBT Other parents In the video below,...
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Video 15 mins
What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration
History & The Arts

What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration

...think they ought to be able to do. It suggests that religion is more like a hobby than a serious pursuit, and can lead to public acts of religion being seen as ‘extremism’. But this is not the only way of thinking about what religion is, and what the relationship between it and the state should be. [Religious toleration: church gate] Over to you What do you think the...
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Article 10 mins
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...thinking, if I can’t just sit in this freezer, then I’m going to really struggle. Although I felt I could do it, there was always that element of doubt. After six days at sea, we had arrived. If the swim was to go ahead here, we would be the first people in the world to swim a mile this far south. I just knew if I don’t sit still and relax, I’m not going to pass...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters
Nature & Environment

Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters

...system on which some 200,000 people depend — almost half of Belizeans. Nadia Bood, a marine biologist at WWF-Belize, warns that populations of some fish, lobsters and molluscs have declined dramatically in recent years, leaving local fishermen and traders with less stock to sell. “It's a constant battle” she says. “Unless NGOs, society and government work...
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Article 5 mins
The delivery service to fix your brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The delivery service to fix your brain

...system we have our cargo which in the future could be interchangeable, but we have started with a special molecule which we believe could be effective in treating a number of problems in the brain. Nicknamed the “miracle grow for the brain”, we are aiming to transport therapeutic cargoes which have been linked to repair and growth of new brain cells. More on the brain...
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Article 10 mins
The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...think it odd that it should be so dull, for a good deal of it must be invention”: exclaimed Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, when discussing history. I hope to demonstrate to you and Miss Morland in this often quoted outburst (most famously in E.H. Carr’s book, What is History?) that these prejudices and fears are groundless. I am biased but I...
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Article 10 mins