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Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...thinking about how to support those living with someone facing a terminal illness. These tips are informed by ethnographic research with people of working age who are terminally ill, research about job quality and wellbeing, and personal experience of working whilst living with a terminal illness. Below is an image of factors that research has shown makes a ‘good...
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What have big meals got to do with Christmas?
History & The Arts

What have big meals got to do with Christmas?

...think that Christmas feasting is a distraction from the “glad tidings” they associate with Jesus’ birth. Some of these people question the association of big meals and glittery decorations with questions of salvation. This is not a new concern. It has vexed some Christian preachers since this midwinter festival was added to Christian calendars sometime in the third...
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Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...think you need any kind of academic background or university level background to be able to access those.’ ‘Intermediate and advanced courses, such as Business models in strategic management, are slightly harder and I've worked with students to support them sometimes with those, but I actually use those more advanced courses with advanced learners.’ ‘OpenLearn is...
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A Letter to Earth
Nature & Environment

A Letter to Earth

...think of our presence on Earth with a sense of responsibility and feel privileged that we have been able to borrow this Earth from our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It also makes me conscious that we should think of Earth with gratitude for the pure love we receive. The anthem reminds us of our responsibilities towards the Earth when we enjoy our...
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the Doctor says to Rose of the TARDIS at the end of the first episode of the 2005 relaunch: ‘Did I mention that it also travels in time?’ Doctor Who has always had a close relationship with human history. When first conceived, Doctor Who was...
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12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning
Education & Development

12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning

...thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.] "Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others." 12: [Chinese painting of a tree with a Confucius quote saying: "When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn"] "When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to...
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The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...systemic barriers that still hinder equity. Through this lens, it calls for deeper investment, reform, and a dismantling of colonial legacies in men’s football. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar seemingly one powerful narrative was emerging, Africa’s assertion of Black African coaching excellence which could hopefully lead to global conversations about representation,...
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Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...think that ‘voice’ is used literally here, too. But since people (plural) can’t actually speak with one voice (singular), I think we’re in the realms of comparison: several or many people are speaking as if they just have one voice between them – that is, unanimously. In sentence (d) we have a clear connection with sound – but this particular sound isn’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr