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Selling Empire: Further resources
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Further resources

...Studies: Working Papers on Africa and Asia historical to contemporary Working Papers on Commodities and Empire Books and articles Anthony, Scott. Public Relations and the Making of Modern Britain: Stephen Tallents and the Birth of a Progressive Media Profession (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013). Anthony, Scott. ‘Imperialism and Internationalism: The...
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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...study black holes because they can tell us a lot about the ways that stars die. By measuring the masses of black holes, we can learn about what was going on in stars’ final moments, when their cores were collapsing and their outer layers were being expelled. It may seem that black holes are by definition invisible – they after all earned their name through their...
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We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education
Education & Development

We learn, together: exploring familial learning in home education

...Studies qualification. This includes a significant number of families choosing to keep children’s learning outside of formal schooling following the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Some suggest that the numbers of home-educated children are vastly under-represented in surveys done by local authorities and data collection agencies. There is currently no formal data...
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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...study from scratch as part of a qualification or by itself for pure interest. If you have already studied Beginners’ Chinese, choose a 30-credit Intermediate Chinese. Registration starts in March of every year for an October start. Short courses in Beginners' and Elementary level Mandarin Chinese, and Chinese Business Culture Essentials course are available to study at...
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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...study found that antidepressants were more effective in treating depression than placebo. The study was led by Dr Andrea Cipriani who claimed that depression is undertreated. Cipriani maintains that antidepressants are effective and a further 1m prescriptions should be issued to people in the UK. This approach suggests that poor mental health caused by social conditions...
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The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...study the local culture and beliefs but with ‘Christian Western eyes’. This tribe’s religious system was called Badimo, which in local language means ‘ancestors. During his work of conversion, Moffatt transmuted the concept of Badimo by renaming it as ‘devils’ (Comaroff, J., and Comaroff, J., 1991). Furthermore, in his report ‘he represented the (di)ngaka...
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Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...Studies courses and qualifications....Why not ‘World Religions’?: Introduction - You’ve probably heard the term ‘World Religions’. You may have come across it in documentaries, newspapers or textbooks. Perhaps you’ve even done a course at school or university called ‘Introduction to World Religions’, or something similar. The idea that there are five or...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the importance of recovery in an exercise programme evaluate the role of recovery strategies in sport and exercise identify the challenges of investigating recovery strategies...Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: 1 Why is recovery important? - In order to understand why recovery is so important we need to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs