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Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...families in a society which is based on neoliberal principles, where individuals are expected to take responsibility not only to provide for their families but also to work on themselves to better themselves with minimum support from the state. In family situations this translates to the practices of intensive parenting, which essentially describes the competitive nature...
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What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?

...family member of an EU citizen. Suitability is a criminal background check to ensure the individual is not a threat to public security. Settled and pre-settled status The official date of withdrawal – March 29, 2019 – is not the deadline for accruing the five years needed for permanent residency. Instead, if EU citizens and their families have been continuously...
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Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...trees, extensive undergrowth, bats and hedgehogs? Global meets local The political activism that sparks Climate Camps may be different from the political activism of a local constituency who self-interestedly dispute the selling off of green space. But there is a meeting ground – in this case, a physical space, a 'radical garden', in which purple sprouting broccoli, and...
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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...tree root or a cavity in a wall. Why do you think she chooses a place out of the sunlight? 2: Something to eat In early Spring, when the queen emerges from hibernation, she first searches for food, to replenish her spent stores of body fat. You can help by ensuring that you have a succession of flowers that will span the season. Make sure that you include spring flowering...
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Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...trees contains samples from the DVD set. You should begin each course by watching the relevant TV programme on the DVD and reading the corresponding chapter in The Life of Mammals. You will be asked to rewatch specific sequences from the programme as you work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment &
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...trees and countryside really affected my whole being, just like Coventry had done, but in a totally different way. I’m getting married soon to a girl who lives in London. I’m trying to persuade her to move out into the country, but first of all I think I need to put my city experience into perspective. Can you explain to me why growing up in Coventry was such a dismal...
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Life in Law
Society, Politics & Law

Life in Law

...family lawyers or immigration law advisers? What if you have credit card debt or are faced with an eviction notice and can't afford a lawyer? This collection gives us an insight into the daily lives of those in the legal profession. (NB The legislative process audio podcast contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.)... The...
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Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality
Education & Development

Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality

...family conform to traditional fixed gender roles, thus reinforcing the status quo that although women have full access to education they should still maintain their traditional roles in society in and outside of the home. The disparity in gender roles is further reinforced with an emphasis on the theme of the protection of traditions, cultures, and customs. In all of the...
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