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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...type of experience was part of their early days in the UK and the more they had access to local knowledge, the better they were able to organise their lives to avoid or challenge such exploitation. However, as we spoke to them right after the vote to leave the EU, the spectre of Brexit cast anxieties and doubts over their future aspirations. BREXIT a looming new...
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Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance

...types of training sessions. Oestrogen is a feel-good hormone. It increases levels of serotonin, which can improve confidence, motivation and mood. Tracking of the menstrual cycle will also ensure that we record the athlete’s menstruation. Having a period is a vital sign of health and in athletes it is a great indication that they are getting their fuelling right. If a...
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Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...typed response of ‘same’ pinging through each of our phones, we began to realise something profound. This was knowledge. In our book, I noted that it felt as if ‘this woman is living my life’. Those exchanges that began with ‘You won't believe what happened today’, evolved into deeper reflections on identity, motherhood and marginalisation; this was data. It...
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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...types provided by The Open University. Check out this list of further resources collated by the Health and Wellbeing pillar of the OU’s BME network. External resources Black Minds Matter UK Currently under development, Black Minds Matter is a service that will aim to connect Black individuals with free professional mental health services across the UK.
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Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...type will resurface again in the future. However, it is also possible that regulatory agencies will take steps to prohibit such developments. While American culture and business practices have been widely accepted and adopted in Europe, the American model of sports seems beyond the pale for Europeans, at least for the moment. References Beech, J., Horsman, S., & Magraw,...
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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...phrases like ‘friendship’, ‘cooperation’, ‘equality’, ‘sincerity’ and ‘peace’. The ‘five no’ approach formula dates back to the 1960s and is based on respect for African sovereignty, signalled by the idea of ‘non-interference’. Xi: China, Africa embark on distinctive path of win-win cooperation 3 September 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...types of evidence available are diverse and the following sections by necessity focus only on selected aspects of this. In particular you will look at a range of literature – history, biography and panegyric. You will be introduced to the conventions of these genres and the importance of understanding the perspectives of the individual authors. In particular you will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...types of strategies have been used to get that young person to that point and with what effect. And that then would lead us into psychologically informed, or evidence-informed, next steps or additional strategies, for supporting, minimising the significance of that problem for the school in relation to that young person. Nathalia Gjersoe As well as generally working with...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs