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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...religions and functions. A stroll through the Open Market in the centre of Milton Keynes will reveal a busy hub of food, clothes and other products from the Middle East, Asia and beyond. The 2011 Census recorded 18.5% of residents were born outside of the UK and a fifth of the population were from a non-white ethnicity. So a variety of people and cultures are present...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain

...Religion has played a very important role in shaping Spanish baking traditions. During the Muslim invasion, Spaniards stated their Christianity by eating a lot of pork, hence the wide use of chorizo in empanada fillings and the inclusion of pork fat where other cultures would use butter. Many specialities such as tarta de Santiago are linked to a particular Christian...
The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...religion, and their fondness for harmonised singing. They were young often single men who on arrival took lodgings where they were given the room next the front door. After work they went through it in search of recreation, entertainment and the company of young men like themselves, for men outnumbered women in the early years which explains much of the masculine culture...
What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...religion, but these protections do not extend to people of variant sexual identity. This gray area is where discrimination still manages to play out in the daily lives of LGBT persons. Nasser*, a 23-year-old who moved to Jordan about a year ago and identifies as a homosexual, has experienced being asked to leave an establishment for displaying affection publicly. “The...
From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...religion is centred around a healing model of care, with the recognition that for many people, chatting, having a cup of tea, and simply listening are themselves healing acts, providing a sense of community and feeling cared for (Bartolini et al., 2019). [Group of older people sat together drinking tea] Can we heal the NHS with more care? The NHS is in dire need of...
Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...religions and skills including critical thinking, empathy and adaptability (Barrett 2018). Such competencies can be developed through Peace Education activities that offer opportunities for groups to find areas of commonality in diverse communicative repertoires, enabling people to work effectively together, whatever their differences. [A group of children, some wearing...
How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...religion and civil rights, the true radicalism of his thought remains underappreciated. The “civil saint” portrayed nowadays was, by the end of his life, a social and economic radical, who argued forcefully for the necessity of economic justice in the pursuit of racial equality. Three particular works from 1957 to 1967 illustrate how King’s political thought evolved...
Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...religion or identity. Create opportunities for students to draw on their lived experiences without fear of discrimination or misunderstanding. 5. Design fair, authentic, real-world assessments Students are more motivated – and feel more capable – when assessments clearly resemble tasks they might face in work or community settings. Research suggests: Develop...