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What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...children and young people. The programme had three key components: The provision of one-to-one mentoring An opportunity to shadow mentors in their business enterprises An opportunity to engage in a number of enterprise-related challenges One-to-one mentoring: Central to the mentoring programme was the development of a one-to-one relationship between the mentor and mentee....
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The history of Halloween
History & The Arts

The history of Halloween

...children be protected from it? Before I say why I think Halloween provides an example of something that both Christians and Pagans can and do celebrate, let’s first be clear about some historical facts. Medieval sources make it certain that the 31st October and the 1st November were important festive occasions in Ireland and Wales. In Ireland the festival was known as...
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Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...centre improvements, buildings (and lately, precious infrastructure like roads). To me, these always seemed to be wise investments, but they ultimately seem to have been an irrelevance to the most deprived sections of society. What went wrong with Objective One spending? A ruthless, long overdue inquest about the previous use of EU money must now begin, and must...
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The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...centres and protesting over the failed promises of economic security that had tempted many to move to the town. It was within this context of rising unemployment that the workers at the town’s second largest employer, Lovable Bra, were threatened with the closure of their factory. Lovable worker Kathy Lawn summed up the feelings of many, telling the Evening Times that...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...centres. Ingrid and Dan Williams did something similar in London in late 2015, for an exhibition of data-based artwork. To Ingrid's list of New York internet infrastructure they added green BT utility cabinets. You can see her work at Seeing Networks and BigBangData Lots of digital data is also carried wirelessly, and artist/designer, Timo Arnall, developed a project that...
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Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...children, teaching them how to do sports, is also a good way where you can lead and show the ability to communicate with people of all age groups, really. Then we look at things like membership of the Urdd or Young Farmers, and being able to debate in public speaking competitions. All these are good skills because if you look at GMC standards, what we’re looking at is...
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Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come
Society, Politics & Law

Why Bernie Sanders could determine the shape of America for years to come

...children will not see better days than they did. Influential election analyst Charlie Cook points out that while 54% of whites believe their children will not be better off than they are, that figure is 10% less for African-Americans and 17% less for Hispanics. For both the Republican and Democratic races, the driving force behind the campaign has been sentiment in the...
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Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...children to look after. This would result in a reduction of the health system's capacity to cope. Such a scenario may well have been a consideration in the UK government’s response so far, however, it would also imply policy options that, in this case, the government did not take (such as funding for dedicated child care for NHS staff and support for working partners of...
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