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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...educational achievement with the children’s disrupted schooling and anti-Roma bullying by their peers. And the Westminster parliament, in 2019, identified that Roma victims of domestic abuse face greater barriers than the non-Roma. It is harder for them to secure the employment and housing they need to leave their abuser. The centrality of family and community to Roma...
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Education ‘schools must treat absence as authorised when it is due to religious observance’. References and further resources References Douglass, S.L. (2002) ‘Holidays and Religious Observances’, World Eras, Vol. 2: Rise and Spread of Islam, 622–1500, Gale, pp. 280–7. Ergil, L.Y. (2021) ‘Turkish and Ottoman traditions for Eid al-Fitr: a time for...
Article 5 mins
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...it does not offer a complete picture of their needs. All of this individual’s subsequent difficulties may be attributed to the anxiety, without considering that they might, in fact, be autistic. This could also mean that some autistic people don’t have access to the support they need in education, at work or in society, because their needs are not fully recognised. ....
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...education bill that expanded opportunities for millions of Americans. He was a leader in opening markets to trade and led the Senate to ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement and creation of the World Trade Organization. Senator Mitchell received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He...
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost connections with our...
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...educated elites, especially those who wished to portray India as a unified, modern nation on the international stage. Even today, religion in India is presented in introductory textbooks as a single, albeit multifaceted, tradition, ignoring literally hundreds of millions of people’s beliefs and practices. Judaism – is not a good fit with the World Religions model. It...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...technology is increasingly being used to extract energy from food waste...Waste management and environmentalism in China: Strategy 3: Improving technology - Burning or incinerating MSW dramatically reduces the volume of waste to be dealt with and is an important way of dealing with the waste problem in China. However, a modern plant should not be designed just with mass...
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...education (Article 28). You can read the full Convention, and a summary, if you click here. If you are thinking about planning a research project with and by children or young people, three of the articles stand out as particularly relevant in this context: Article 3 In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions,...