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Get ready for beginners’ French

...de la francophonie, 2018). Do any of them surprise you? Over 300 million people around the world speak French. France is the most-visited country in the world, with 75 million tourists every year. Toulouse and Montreal are among the world’s leading cities in aerospace technology. French film production is the second-largest in the world, producing 500 films per year. In...
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...de sin tugadh coimitmintí sonracha do phobal na Gaeilge sa chomhaontú féin. Chun an fhorbairt atá déanta ó 1998 ar aghaidh a mheas agus a scagadh mar is cuí, áfach, de réir na coimitminte thuas, is gá súil a chaitheamh siar ar chás na Gaeilge roimh an Chomhaontú stairiúil sin. Cad chuige ar tháinig ceist na teanga chun cinn go lárnach agus go leanúnach i...
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...10 November 2022). UCU Glasgow (2020) ‘The Realities of Casualisation at the University of Glasgow’. Available at: https://ucuglasgow.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/ucu-glasgow-anti-casualisation-report.pdf (Accessed: 10 November 2022). UCU website (n.d.) ‘UCU Rising FAQs’. Available at: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12469/FAQs (Accessed: 10 November 2022)....
Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?

...La Línea de la Concepción, the Spanish town on the “other side”. With the referendum three years into our project, we are in prime position to gauge the reaction. Shifting identity The border played a major role in the shift towards Britishness on Gibraltar that created the conditions for economic prosperity as well as providing a safety barrier from Spain which,...
What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...la langue de Molière’ had other ideas. A political decision? [The Olympic mascot for Paris 2024. A red soft toy, based on the hat worn during the French Revolution. Triangular shape.]The Olympic Phryge, mascot of Paris 2024, based on the hat worn as a symbol of freedom during the French Revolution.As the official language of the Olympics, it makes sense for French to...
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...class lines. One mother of four objected strongly to what she described as Playboy 'grooming' girls for sex work, but not – it transpired during the course of discussion - to her son's poster of Jordan, since Katie Price was 'doing it for herself', rather than exploiting others, and was, like her, a single mother with kids to support. She, and some other working-class...
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...class And amidst these arguments over integrated education in Northern Ireland, let us not forget the other great elephant in the room; class. Northern Ireland still has the 11 plus, academic selection for entrance to post-primary education, and on the whole pupils from more affluent socio-economic backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged...
Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...class A drugs are the most harmful. For example, heroin and cocaine are class A drugs and cannabis a class B. The penalties for possession vary depending on the classification. Despite criminalisation drug use remains significant. The 2013 Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 8.2 per cent of adults between the ages of 16 and 59 took an illicit drug in the last...