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The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union
Society, Politics & Law

The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union

...socially and democratically. For all the hype around movements such as “Ireland’s Future” it is clear the dialogue is operating in an echo chamber, the outreach to unionism is minimal, the arguments for constitutional change are weak and often solely romantic. Even with the demographic changes of recent years, no poll suggests that constitutional change is realistic...
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Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...social integration and negative social interaction are factors commonly associated with depression (Bschor et al., 2014). But what does it actually feel like to experience depression? Is depression on the increase? Is this an illness of modern civilisation? Can depression serve as an adaptive response – is there any benefit to depressed mood? Why do some people who...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...sociales passées ou actuelles afin d’informer ou de faire réagir le spectateur. Le cinéma engagé existe sous différentes formes telles que les documentaires, les longs métrages, ou même les films animés et expérimentaux. L’une des initiatives locales mettant en lumière des thématiques sociales est le « Printemps du film engagé », ayant lieu chaque année...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...social context. In the 1990s, organisations paid more attention to the effect that work culture and environment have on the potential for creativity on people in organisations. In the current millennium the focus has shifted towards understanding creativity as an emergent phenomenon that builds on what has gone before and arises from ongoing interactions, a perspective...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...work directly benefits British people’s health, security and economic well-being. Are they experts Britain can do without? Leave campaigners implied that quitting the European Union would be as easy as giving up a gym membership. Instead, the process looks fiendishly complicated – and that’s before the impact of abandoning EU agencies has been discussed. Presumably...
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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...work which has taken place with the Moon rocks taken from that mission...President Kennedy’s famous “We choose to go to the Moon” speech to a crowd of 40,000 people on 12th September 1962 resonated widely with the American population and dampened some of the disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. It also started the space race with the Soviet...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...work of Jerome Bruner, Catherine Snow and Kathy Sylva...There are a lot of things to remember at the start of a new school term. Uniforms, sports kit, stationery equipment, activity clubs … Often forgotten are the names of the people behind the learning which actually goes on once pupils arrive in the classroom. Not the teachers who do the teaching – but the academics...
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...working for the UK Fireball Alliance, together with colleagues in Australia and France, were able to define a well-constrained zone in which any surviving fragments from the fireball might be found. The region turned out to be close to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, centred around the picturesque town of Winchcombe. An appeal went out to members of the public to look out...
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