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

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

...family/friends who are LGBT? Homophobic bullying is almost endemic in schools and impacts profoundly on young people's well-being and academic attainment. The current Ofsted framework looks explicitly for evidence of how schools will meet the needs of all groups, with a specific emphasis on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pupils. What’s in a word? How is the word...
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Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...family crossing the Mediterranean to try and get to a safe haven and start their lives again unless what they’re fleeing is much worse than what they’re facing. People are living in an absolute hellhole in those camps in Calais, Dunkirk, and other places. And we must send a strong political message. John Rees: And there are people here today from the Shetland Islands...
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Video 10 mins
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...families show many adverts to children. They may use manipulative features to keep children on screens without teaching them anything new. This technology is here to stay and will remain a significant part of how children learn – so knowing whether it works is imperative. Assessing and addressing the quality of EdTech is a significant task, especially when it is already...
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Article 5 mins
When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween
Society, Politics & Law

When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween

...family members of the property where the skeleton or dead body has decided to remain as to what to do with it. Along with the fact that the location of the skeleton or dead body’s grave may not be known! [Halloween skeletons sitting in beach chairs on a porch outside a house.] As a lawyer I would normally say ‘let’s look at what the law says’ to help with...
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Article 5 mins
12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning
Education & Development

12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning

...family." 9: [When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.] "When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self." 10: [An image of four highlighter pens laid down on paper with markings of each colour on the paper and a quote showing...
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...family, they are often isolated and disbelieved. In the interview below, Meena Patel describes the work of SBS; set up in 1979 during an anti-racist movement, after two South-Asian women died in Southall, West London from their partners abusing them. SBS felt it was important to break the silence about gender-based violence within communities and set up a service for...
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Article 5 mins
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...history, and certainly less than it was for the war-torn first half of the twentieth century or most of the ideologically divided decades of the second half. It is incomparably richer than at any other stage of its development, and seems to enjoy unparalleled prospects for concerted growth and harmonious economic development. Nevertheless, the nature of this new Europe...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...family members and friends. Among them was Janet Cunliffe, the mother of Jordan Cunliffe who was convicted of murdering father of three, Gary Newlove, in 2008. Like Alexander, Cunliffe had been out with friends when a confrontation between Newlove and the group turned violent. The judge accepted that Cunliffe, who was 15 and registered blind, was not involved in the...
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Article 10 mins