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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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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...skills. Niven, who also studied art at one time, has an artist's eye for his city - the streets, the buildings, the effect oflight - and his Glasgow is a beautiful place as well as a prosperous one. SEANDAMER The events of the First World War were to change all that. The emergence ofa genuinely national British press in the nineteenth century was vital in this process....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...skills that you need to develop to become more effective in this role. Then you’ll be asked to watch a series of video clips showing facilitation in action. You’ll meet Alan as he tries to facilitate a meeting of an established group – a chaotic meeting. Next you will listen to a dialogue between Alan and a more experienced facilitator, Lisa, to see how she handled...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...skills-based points system imposed. For skilled workers, seeking better job opportunities than elsewhere, it’s worth considering that immigration has contributed to UK growth and this impetus may now be weakened. The economy continues to grow, but slowly. The government has failed to meet the targets it set for deficit reduction, and this can’t all be blamed on...
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