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Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting social work learners: practice educator refresher (England)

...manage the power and authority in the educator/assessor role skilfully. (A2) Devise an induction programme that considers learners’ needs and their previous experience. (A3) Create reflective spaces for learners’ growth and development and provide regular reflective supervision. (A4) Ensure all those involved in supporting the student have clarity and understanding of...
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What do the latest pictures of Pluto tell us?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do the latest pictures of Pluto tell us?

...projecting up through it are wonderfully shadowed, and look at the incredibly complex haze layers that you can see above the distant horizon. These are probably a product of the solar ultraviolet light stripping hydrogen from molecules of methane, which then link together to form long chains of tar-like substances called tholins. These form tiny particles, and those that...
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Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...project. He also, was glad to hear that the riots were better. Tuesday 13th June 1848 A fine morning, and we were out for some time. There was an alarm, which however ended in nothing, of 40 Chartists having come over to Cowes, with the intention of coming up here [Osborne House, the royal residence on the Isle of Wight]. In an instant all Cubitt's men & all our labourers...
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...project, I teamed up with two colleagues from Southampton University (Tristan Berchoux and Kun Xiang) and Xu Yiyao from Xiamen University in China to look at one increasingly common life-course event: Chinese students studying in the UK, and whether that ‘window of opportunity’ actually changed their green attitudes and/or behaviours. We conducted focus groups in...
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Selling Empire: Posters
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Posters

...projection to suit its size. Gill was already famous for his playful pictorial underground map (The Wonderground Map of London Town, 1914), with its whimsical speech bubbles and rhymes designed to entice the viewer to visit new locations. Gill placed Britain at the centre of Highways of Empire, and let loose his artistry and playfulness. He even misplaced polar bears in...
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What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...project to an abrupt halt. This element of Le Pen’s planning has been little discussed among international onlookers, who have tended to focus on immigration, law and order, Europe and the economy. Le Pen may well be disappointed, however, that launching her programme hasn’t given her much of a poll boost. Despite her opus, she continues to hover around the 25-26%...
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Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...project explores the experiences of dating app users and investigates how the technology has influenced their sexual practices and views on romantic ideals and long-term relationships. Offline desires, online realities Meeting sexual and romantic partners specifically through dating apps has four characteristics: First, users are able to engage in casual, one-off or...
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The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...project. Data for Ukraine analyses Twitter data in order to detect a variety of developing events in Ukraine: civilian resistance; displacement of population groups; human rights abuses; and humanitarian needs (Machine Learning for Peace, 2022a). For this purpose, over 600 keywords in Ukrainian and Russian are searched, and these are supplemented by other terms and...
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