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Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...educational reformer Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya undertook this kuṭīpraveśika treatment. His treatment was syndicated in major newspapers throughout the world. And while he didn’t expect such a radical transformation, his rejuvenation was well publicised and before and after pictures were circulated. So, as a religious studies scholar, what are my questions to do...
Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...education for all of us. When you’re involved in a struggle it’s something that changes your mindset, and you see yourself as part of something bigger than just your specific workplace. “These women understood that. They were women who had fought for years to provide for their families, they were strong and feisty women, and they used that strength in this dispute...
Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Education, about her route to astrobiology, her current research and where her work might go in the future...Find out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Astrobiology isn’t a subject on the school curriculum or even in many universities. Could you tell me something about your journey to astrobiology? It was a long journey. A very long...
The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...educational attainment (Kincaid et al., 2019). These risk factors reflect a variety of complex processes including children being separated from their parent and the disturbance this causes; financial struggles; stigma and difficulties in trying to keep in contact with the imprisoned parent (Murray & Farrington, 2008). It can be extremely traumatic for a child to watch...
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...education. As a result, many people have never heard a single piece by a woman composer, let alone know their names. In this article, and also in the accompanying video, we’ll be sharing the stories of a range of nineteenth-century women composers: who they were, what they composed, and what they achieved in their lifetimes. [Laura Hamer ] Transcript Fanny Hensel (born...
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...technology and modern languages...Revision and examinations: 3.1 Stage 1: Finding out about the exam paper - As a first step, it is a good idea to find out as much as you can about the exam paper for your course. Find out how your exam paper is set out, the way the questions are organised, and what weight each question carries in terms of marks. Different papers adopt...
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Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...Technology in Sydney explores the French attacks through the prism of the nation's literature: Yet the spirit of critique lives on in their literature, most famously for Anglophone audiences in the form of novelist Michel Houellebecq’s mordant satires on French society. In a spirit arguably less nuanced than his canonical predecessors like Balzac and Zola,...
Teaching assistants: support in action (Chinese)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Chinese)

...Education and Employment (DfEE) (2000) The Teaching Assistant’s File: Induction Training For Teaching Assistants, DfEE, London. Dillow, C. (2010) Supporting Stories: Being a Teaching Assistant, Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham Books. Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) (2002) Chief Inspector’s Report 1999–2002 [Online], Bangor, Department of Education. Available at...