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How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...class British family struggling through World War II. It was designed to promote US participation in the war by encouraging empathy with the British public. The Archers, similarly, was designed with political objectives in mind. Produced by the BBC in association with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the programme provided farming tips and information...
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Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...classes - Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Look at an extract from An A to Z of English by clicking on the video clip below. In this extract, poet Michael Rosen acts out a confusing lesson on grammar. How many of the questions would you have got right? (Just give an answer based upon your immediate impression, it's not a test!) ‘An A to Z of English’ –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...feedback on our emerging outputs. But there has also been the personal requirement to tolerate ambiguities and confusions as we seek to hold open our analytic impulses to frame our interpretations through our own familiar assumptions. Through such efforts, and in spite of the powerful structures and inequalities shaping the production of knowledge, I hope we can...
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Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Emotionally sensing knowledge

...class, experiences of death, areas of academic expertise and research experience. Participants, too, had multiple positionings. We sought to critically reflect on the multiple, diverse and intersectional ways we may be positioned and understood as ‘outsiders’ or ‘insiders’, as ‘strange’ or ‘familiar’, not only to participants but also to one another. To do...
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‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...feedback on negative experiences which require a considered and institutional response. These would not have been heard without this study. All participants in the study passed their modules in the 2022 academic year – four participants attained a first-class honours degree. Our findings challenge the stereotypes and deficit assumptions that arise from the analysis of...
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How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...class – but many of Europe’s most iconic sausages were probably devised to please the palates of the rich. In the 16th century, salamis, capicolli pork sausages and other preserved meats were luxuries enjoyed by city dwellers, which also provided a bit of income for farmers. And so it is that sausages have also provoked anxiety about ethnicity, class and political...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...la diversità culturale e culinaria delle venti regioni. Tipica dell'Emilia Romagna è la piadina, un tipo di pane azzimo che risale ai tempi antichi e viene cotto su una piastra o testo. Alcuni dolci siciliani risalgono alla dominazione araba in Sicilia, per esempio la cassata - non è un gelato ma un dolce! La cassata è preparato con ingredienti esotici come zafferano,...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...class/race see Carter and Weiner, 2013; for UK achievement gaps related to race/ethnicity see Stevens, 2007, for gender, ethnicity and social class see Strand, 2014) and disproportionate numbers of Black male students disciplined and excluded from school (for US see Skiba et al., 2002; Monroe, 2005; Ritter and Anderson, 2018; for UK see Parsons, 2008; Demie, 2019). Much...
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