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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Languages

What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...learning for younger, or more vulnerable, children.[4] For adults also they can serve an educational purpose. The fact that they’ve evolved from similar basic practices as all other forms of writing means that examining how they work can be an excellent prism for understanding human communication in general. And they’re especially insightful for understanding the...
The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...learning and think about things in the current context. There is no definitive image of a foster carer Foster carers are individuals from all walks of life, living in all different types of communities, across the country. Their role is to provide safety, support and care for children and adults for a variety of reasons and for varying periods of time. The contribution...
Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...Learn common new year’s greetings in Chinese The most common new year’s greetings are: 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè), 新年好 (xīn nián hǎo) and 恭喜发财 (gōng xǐ fā cái). The first two expressions mean ‘Happy New Year’ while the last one means ‘Wishing you a Prosperous New Year’ and is mostly used in Cantonese-speaking communities and in bus...
Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...of what is going on in our lives, we have a relationship with ourselves and in order to maintain good mental health, we need to look after this relationship. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...learn to do something new: doing something new, or something in a different way, can be uncomfortable and requires effort. Individuals may have spent a long time building up their skills and knowledge and are not happy with the potential impact that this could become redundant and may also be a loss of identity to some extent (i.e., Jo was the expert in programme X, but a...
Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?
History & The Arts

Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?

...learn from him, and perhaps to gain some notoriety from being seen with him. But he refused to be called a teacher or to accept any payment from them. His views about religion were odd too. He didn’t seem to set much store by the traditional stories about the Olympian gods. Most strangely of all, he claimed to have a guiding spirit or ‘daimonion’, who would warn him...
Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...learn more about these bodies, their potential habitability, role in pre-biotic chemistry and physical and chemical conditions that result in the presence of water and energy that might support life. If life was found there it might even indicate a second genesis of life in addition to life on Earth. However, there is only so much that a single space mission can...
Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...and psychiatrists of the future know as much about its role in good health as they do about anatomy and physiology. The state of our mental health could depend on it. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....