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Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...de chànain nàiseanta na h-Alba. Mar eisimpleir, le rannsachadh a dhèanamh air ainmean-àite dh’ionnsaichidh tu mun bhuaidh a tha aig a’ Ghàidhlig thairis air Alba cha mhòr air fad. Bun-tùsan Ceilteach agus sgaoileadh eadar-nàiseanta Bheir an earrainn seo dhut tuigse air bun-tùsan na Gàidhlig mar chànan Ceilteach le dlùth chàirdeas ri Gàidhlig na...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
My career goal: Social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

My career goal: Social care

...adult social care, and just what it takes: Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice. Transcript Transcript...
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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...adults in the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL), along with an estimated 20,000 children. Reports of sign language in the UK go as far back as 1570 when it was used in secular communities. Its popularity has grown exponentially over the years and now there are thousands of non-deaf people in the UK who can use BSL. Until the 1940’s sign language would be passed on...
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How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...adults. Smith’s report isn’t a report exclusively about child sexual abuse: indeed, a majority of Savile’s BBC victims were legally adults. However, that they were over the age of consent is immaterial: they did not consent. Fast forward four years to the day the report was released. The Mail Online, anticipating the report, ran with a headline: “Damning Jimmy...
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Article 5 mins
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...adults, rather than tools or technology, that were the key to transforming children’s learning experience. It is a principle that continues to inspire current literacy and media literacy students. His three key books – In Search of Mind, Actual Minds, Possible Worlds and Acts of Meaning – offered an alternative account of how the human mind works. According to...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...adults does not necessarily result in the improved psychological well-being of sexual minority young people. Given the continuing negative portrayal of sexual minority people, that few countries fully protect the rights of LGB people, and that young people can’t leave difficult social environments in the same way that adults can, it is not surprising that many LGB youth...
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...adults in trouble, greater leisure facilities could be made available, such as youth clubs; adventure playgrounds; and educational programmes in music and art. Adult lawbreakers could be helped with community-based employment and job skills training. Implementing social policies The current focus of punishing the offender has meant that the victim is largely ignored. One...
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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...adult’s lap or in a stroller. And wherever toddlers and preschoolers got to touch books, baby wipes and hand sanitizers never seemed far away. Did these adults think the literacy bug is a germ? These observations provide evidence that a discourse about the importance of early reading for children’s schools success is readily available and imbues contemporary...
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