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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...think of home we think of something that is not just the material environment. It involves the social, the psychological and the structural environments. It is a concept that is more complex and says something about personal meaning and identity, about family and friends, our life history. It varies depending on our age, gender, culture and generation. Given this...
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Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
History & The Arts

Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up

...think again. We are accustomed to thinking and talking about religion in particular ways: they are supposed to have founders, texts, rituals and buildings. They are also supposed to be old and they are supposed to be philosophical explorations of the big questions—the meaning of life, death, the universe and everything. But the significance of Jediism—in our age of...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...thinking about death, a festival can allow that which is pushed to the back of our minds to come into awareness – albeit in a safe and manageable way. Festival can be understood like this: as a temporary suspension of our usual rules or ways of coping; a time when familiar oppositions – such as life and death, inside and outside, self and other – become uncertain....
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Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...think in detail about the process of driving; they learnt it and now they simply do it from memory. If you had to think in detail about everything involved in driving in your working memory, you would be exhausted! Similarly, using vocabulary or grammatical structures in French for the first time requires a lot of focused thought. Consequently, as much information as...
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...think it’s because like the young ones they’re looking to the elders isn’t it, like and they see what the elders do. – Santi, aged 17. They also talked about the need to have “back up”, and the protection that comes from “moving” in a big group of friends. To them, “road life” (the young people’s experiences in their neighbourhoods and other public...
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From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Society, Politics & Law

From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging

...thinking and lifestyle to be part of any community group, we may externally be part of that, but the internal crisis will always haunt us. By meeting with colleagues from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, I realised that we all share history, art, music.I was fortunate to work in a place where I was exposed to various cultures. I started to experience the...
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Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...think about the following questions. Don't read the discussion until you have finished. How is the influence of the Enlightenment evident in Goya's early career? How were the effects of the Napoleonic invasion reflected in his art? In what ways did Goya's art move towards a Romantic concern with the darker forces of unreason, mystery and suffering? Click below to view...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...systems of employee relations appreciate the impact of structures of management and ownership on employee engagement reflect on the current state of employee engagement in an organisation...Employee engagement: 1 Experiencing engagement - Most people who have worked in different jobs in different sectors will have different experiences of employee engagement. Moreover, as...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs