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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...that what happens in the early years impacts on a happy and healthy childhood. So the work that you do is absolutely vital to the national effort to give our children the best start in life. One of the things that we've learned over the last few years is the benefits of physical activity in health and wellbeing at all ages. From the very smallest babies when we start to give them tummy time and to support their head and ......
Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...work for Shell. It wasn’t particularly energy that struck me as the most interesting thing when I joined the company, it was more the challenge to work on nice projects, work internationally, work on complex technical and organisational issues, etc., and live in different countries. And in that sense the company has not disappointed. RH: But now you’ve found yourself...
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...work within the novel...This free course, Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, is designed to tell you something about Hardy's background, and to introduce you to the pleasures of reading a nineteenth-century novel. Why do we believe in fictional characters and care about what happens to them? You will discover some of the techniques that Hardy uses to...
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...working wall. 45 minutes 3 Watch the United Nations’ Numbers in Action video and consider the reflection points. 20 minutes 4 Read the extract from The Healer and consider the reflection points. 15 minutes 5 Browse the Exile Voices photography project and consider the reflection points. 15 minutes 6 Watch the video Did you know, in 2028… and consider the reflection...
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...working in the development industry. In Video 1, conference participants talk about the contrast between development in the twentieth and the twenty-first century. INTERVIEWER What does development mean to you in the twenty-first century? JULIUS MUGWAGWA Very interesting question. I think development to me means the same thing maybe that it has meant for so many other...
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...work during the turbulent times of the 1960s; his songs like Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They are A-Changin’ were widely popular during the anti-Vietnam War and civil rights movements in the United States. Bob Dylan is also immensely popular in some South Asian countries. In fact, in 2009 Indian author Nilanjana S Roy proposed on the Serkadis blog that Bob Dylan...
Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...works of art and architecture. This was a time when objects, commodities, ideas, designs, and technologies circulated over long distances, crossed boundaries and travelled between cultures, with significant consequences for the visual arts. Which brings us to the discussion (which I'll be moderating live between 10-11pm on Thursday 29 March). Join in the discussion by...
Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'
Education & Development

Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'

...work their way through the activities in each stage, usually with some face-to-face support from an adult, and learn how to create, design and carry out their own social research into a ­­topic that interests them. Each stage begins and ends with a short quiz so young researchers can keep track of what they have learned. There are a variety of different activities which...