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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...families social work. Here she reflects on how her writing has changed and discusses how to write in an accessible way. Don’t worry if you do not fully understand everything in this audio, you will return to it at the end of this section and revisit some of the concepts that Vicki talks about. Make some notes on the questions that follow: VICKY My name’s Vicky. I’ve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...family or band to speak other tongues. We can get some sense of how prevalent multilingualism may have been from the few hunter-gatherer peoples who survive today. “If you look at modern hunter-gatherers, they are almost all multilingual,” says Thomas Bak, a cognitive neurologist who studies the science of languages at the University of Edinburgh. “The rule is that...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...history, it is argued, provides distinctive information about masculinity and femininity from birth – for example, clothes, nursery décor, and the toys and activities provided. Moreover, there is undoubtedly widespread modelling of gender stereotypes in the family as well as in wider culture. When children’s gender role-inconsistent behaviour is met with open...
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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...families have lived on the land. 3. Are there ways that local farmers can be supported and enabled to stay on the land? Answer International companies can support local farmers through the creation of cooperatives to boost productivity and improve access to markets. The government can also support family farms through public policies and investment in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...family social worker. In the first video you will see a snapshot from a typical day in a busy children’s social work team and a referral that comes in concerning an allegation of sexual abuse by a grandfather. This is the sort of very emotionally upsetting and challenging task that social workers may have to engage in. In the videos that follow, you will hear from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...family honesty ideal justice liberty magic persons a. abundance b. associated c. no d. curiosity e. elegance f. family g. honesty h. ideal i. justice j. liberty k. magic l. persons The correct answers are c, f, g, i, j and l. Answer Paloma uses the following words: familia – family libertad – liberty justicia – justice personas– persons honestidad – honesty Even...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...history continues to affect the relationship between ancestry and race in the US today. Studies have shown that many people in the US with mixed ancestry (for example, who have one white and one Black parent) self-identify as Black and are regarded by others as Black. Former US president Barack Obama is one such example. Despite equal contributions of European and East...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...family they would be working. So when Robert Owen said “your’re not going to do this” they were thinking, “well this is effectively a cut in wages, we don’t like this" What he does is he institutes a system whereby the children will be taken into what we would call a workplace nursery and from the age they could walk alone as he says they were taken effectively...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs