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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...education and skills; housing; natural and built environment; access to goods/services; and power and discrimination. Physiological impacts contains high blood pressure; high cholesterol; and anxiety/depression. Health behaviours contains smoking; diet; and alcohol. Psycho-social factors contains isolation; social support; social networks; self-esteem and self-worth;...
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Article 5 mins
‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout

...Education Association report notes, resilience alone isn’t enough. Without proper investment in both physical and mental health services, the long-term wellbeing and careers of these athletes remain at risk. While mental toughness is often celebrated, research shows that resilience depends heavily on the support structures available. In the WSL, access to mental health...
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The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...education and political science at University of California, Berkeley. García Bedolla’s research interests center around the civic engagement, community activity, and educational success of ethnoracial groups in the United States. She is author of Latino Politics. [Donald Trump] Donald Trump: If he's not invited to the party, he might go alone Trump issues a warning...
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Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...education, or to the writing of a book. I ought to know why I should do that. So long as I did not know why, I could not do anything, I could not live. Amidst my thoughts of farming, which interested me very much during that time, there would suddenly pass through my head a question like this: ‘All right, you are going to have six thousand desyatinas of land in the...
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Article 15 mins
How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...educate themselves in the realities of racial discrimination against various groups and about the various aspects of individual and institutional racism, that is radical discrimination that has become established as normal behaviour within a society or organisation. If we can acknowledge that racial prejudice and discrimination exists within the systems of our society and...
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Article 10 mins
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...education to be accessible to and affordable for all Americans. Although Sanders is 74, his support base currently consists mainly of young people, only 20% of whom voted in the 2014 elections. This is a major electoral constituency which the Republicans have simply ignored, and which other Democratic contenders including Hillary Clinton have failed to attract in large...
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Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...educational achievement. As a result the solutions provided are pitched at the individual or family level. 3. In terms of children, which borough in London is England’s ‘most obese council’? Comment In the ninth paragraph Cohen reports that Brent is England’s ‘most obese council’; it is also England’s ninth poorest. Of the ten areas with the most children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...technology has changed the way we think about problems, by offering ‘mind tools’ that can help us to find solutions. They can help us share information, filter and process that information, discover new facts, invent new ideas, visualise solutions, and share the fruits of our thoughts with other people worldwide. In this session you will look at what is meant by a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs