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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...languages] Heading for a European exit? In the survey, of five different possible options for Britain’s relationship with the EU, the most popular by far, backed by 43%, was that Britain should remain in the EU but try to reduce its powers. That, of course, is precisely the sentiment to which Cameron has been trying to appeal through his renegotiation. Another 22% said...
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Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...courses. The 3rd of March is Africa Environment Day, also known as Wangari Maathai day in tribute to the late environmentalist and first female African Nobel Peace Prize winner. It should be celebrated and promoted, not only to increase awareness of the stunning African environment, which is increasingly under threat, but also to celebrate the people who tirelessly give...
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Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...course, some research attempts to capture the talk rather than the participant, as in narrative and discursive analyses of the meanings, resources (discourses, narratives, repertoires), and language practices in play in a social and communicative context. Yet even in these approaches, there has been a tendency to reinstate the subject, for instance in psychosocial...
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...courses attended, certificates earned, hours logged. But what if we reimagined it as something more human, more relational and more embedded in the everyday?...A recent conversation between three colleagues from different professional backgrounds – education, social work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...courses and qualifications and Early Years courses and qualifications. [Children in tent - Corbis] When I look back on my own childhood in the 1970s and 80s and compare it with children today, it reminds me of that famous sentence ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (from L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between). Even in a relatively short...
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Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary
History & The Arts

Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary

...free'. The symbolism is mind blowing in its power and significance. So although the master of reincarnation could not overcome death, his final words to us – literally death-bed words – leave us in no doubt that Bowie understood that he would be set free. And what of the wardrobe in the corner of the room? Is this symbolic of ‘the’ Wardrobe in Narnia – the...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...language there are two main words to describe expressive movement: baile (/ˈbʌɪle/) and danza (/danθa/). The origin of both terms is uncertain but it is believed that the word baile comes from Latin ballare, and the word danza comes from French danser. Although danza is commonly used to refer to ritualised or choreographed movement, both terms are mostly used...
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How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?
Science, Maths & Technology

How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?

...languages), Pic 2: Bad picture A Twitter user Gabbar cracked a joke about Pichai's massive success referring to”Rajnigandha” which claims [in its advertising that] chewing its mouth freshener will bring success: I am surprised so many Indians are taking over as heads of Global organisations without chewing Rajnigandha Paan Masala. — Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) August...
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