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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...day or whatever. Hugh Mackay: Let’s turn to the connections between rugby today and the world of work – the Welsh economy. You said something about the origins of rugby lying with industrial south Wales, working class. The national team was characterised by players from these industries. Now lets fast forward to the present. How does rugby today connect with the world of work in Wales? Gareth Williams: I ......
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Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...world along sex-role dimensions” (p. 82). In Kohlberg’s view, boys think “I am a boy, therefore I want to do boy things, therefore the opportunity to do boy things (and to gain approval for doing them) is rewarding” (p. 89). His emphasis, then, is on gender role development as being self-socialised; certainly, there is plenty of information about gender roles in...
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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...world about physical sizes. Now we’re not so interested only in stature. We really are thinking about people’s back length to stature or their leg length. We’re thinking about people’s proportions and we have significant data on that from people all around the world. And we can then begin to get a data set that really describes the population so we can start...
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Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...world about a range of issues - homosexuality just being one of them. But there is a problem of access to these interpretations and there is a problem of what is the interpretation that gains currency in certain Muslim states that are endorsed by different Muslim governments. So these, I have encountered more relaxed or inclusive interpretations of sexuality, but...
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Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...world through the study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language.The course approaches the language methodically, starting with the alphabet and effective ways to memorise it, before building up to complete Greek words and sentences. Along the way, you will see numerous real examples of Greek as written on objects from the ancient world...This...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...world for the BBC’s main news outlets. He now specialises in underwater filmmaking. His most recent documentary Shark Junction appeared on NatGeo Wild and The Smithsonian Channel. He was the principal underwater camera on the Panda-award-winning cinema film The End of the Line. He films and presents special features for the BBC’s Travel Show. He has also authored...
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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...such as Lantolf and Ellis have argued that private speech contains language that learners have internalised from the environment and therefore acts as a proxy for social talk. As Ohta claims, this is where the individual’s inner and social worlds meet, audibly, and many insights live there, if we listen carefully. Learn how to make some great speeches like Dumbledore...
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Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?
Education & Development

Should boys be taught about periods and the menstrual cycle at school?

...world, there’s still an element of shame associated with a woman’s monthly cycle. Menstruation is associated with smells, mess, blood, gore, impurity and disgust. Which is probably why many women say they feel uncomfortable talking about their periods. This leads to women suffering in silence when it comes to “that time of the month” – hiding away from what some...
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