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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...systemic gendered practices within sport that favour men and ‘masculine’ traits and behaviours (Burton, 2015). This limits gender equity and the opportunities for women to progress and have real influence. After all, sport has historically been a male dominated pursuit, run largely by and for men. Redressing the gender imbalance at the top with quotas has been a...
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Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol
History & The Arts

Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol

...system garchardai, mae Mary Louisa Gordon (1861-1941), meddyg o Brydain ac arolygydd carchardai yn dwyn i gof: I came across another young woman who was continually in prison for stealing men’s clothes. She had several long sentences. I asked her what would keep her out of prison, and she replied, “If I could go to sea.” On investigation I found that she felt it...
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Article 5 mins
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...system/uploads/atta chment_data/file/335186/PRIMARY_nati onal_curriculum_-_English_220714.pdf International Literary Association (2018) ‘The Case for Children’s Rights to Read’ International Literary Association Krashen, S. (2004) The Power of Reading. Heinemann and Westport: Libraries Unlimited Merga, M., McRae, M. & Rutherford, L. (2018) ‘Adolescents’...
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A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Education & Development

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

...system to ensure all the microphones used for speaking were balanced at the right volume, so was in a good position to see the actual enthronement. Every available chair was used, plus more chairs were hired to extend the seating capacity as much as possible. The processions moved from St David’s chapel beside the vestry, past the south transcept gallery where the huge...
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Article 10 mins
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...system of regions administered by centrally-appointed ‘prefects’, top-down regionalism can be long established, and in some cases imposed regions can later become the basis for popular ‘bottom-up’ regionalism...A Europe of the Regions?: 2.3 Diversity within states - There is no simple or necessary correspondence between types of region and types of regionalism....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...System of Units). Examples of SI units are the kilogram or tonne for mass and the litre for volume. This course uses SI units wherever possible, but on occasions it will be necessary (or just more convenient) to go along with the oil industry and quote values in barrels. In order to translate the units used in oil industry publications to those more commonly used in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...system, and there is a range of positions between these two points of view. There is increasing recognition that other people can be a useful resource when an individual is affected by mental ill health; this resource, made up of personal contacts, is sometimes referred to as ‘social capital’ (Webber et al., 2014). Similarly, practice can vary between different types...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...systems, nuclear reactors were built primarily to produce plutonium, a key bomb making material. It’s a byproduct of the fission process. But there was growing political pressure to reduce nonmilitary uses of the technology. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER Today, at Shippingport, Pennsylvania, we begin building our first atomic power plant of commercial size. Mankind comes closer...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs