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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...based approach to construct children’s understanding of safe space in school. Doctoral dissertation. Queen’s University Belfast. Available at: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/using-a-mosaic-based-approach-to-construct-childrens-understandin (Accessed: 12 December 2023). Moll, L., Amanti, C., Neff, D. and Gonzalez, N. (1992)‘Funds of knowledge for teaching:...
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Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...based on the signs and symptoms of a condition. For instance, if adults have a viral illness, they can explain that they have a headache, feel exhausted and can usually explain exactly how they feel. This is partly based on the use of language. So, feeling unwell could be regarded as being different to feeling unhealthy. Feeling unwell can make everybody feel unhealthy,...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...de-platforming’ those whose views are thought to be ‘disagreeable’ or cause ‘offence’ are now at the frontline of today’s ‘culture wars’. On one side are those who argue that in a democracy people must be allowed to speak freely – even if that means airing views that might offend others. On the other side are those who defend their right ‘not to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...base. [Figure 1] Figure 1 John Rising, William Wilberforce, oil on canvas, 220 × 130 cm., Wilberforce House, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library. This portrait depicts Wilberforce in 1789, at the time that the campaign against the slave trade was gathering momentum. The sense of chaotic, earnest energy is characteristic Wilberforce came into...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...De re publica) and ‘On Laws’ (De legibus), inspired by Plato’s similarly named Republic and Laws, along with a great deal of new technical vocabulary for expressing philosophical ideas which until that point could only be expressed satisfactorily in Greek. Much of this work took place in a short burst of productivity during the years 45 and 44 BCE. We can only...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...based policy? I mean a lot has been said over the past few years about the importance of evidence in, you know, determining government policy, determining the policy of all sorts of bodies, but do you think anything’s really changed? TIM HARFORD: I think we have taken some steps in the right direction, but they’re quite small steps. So, for example, there is more...
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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...based in Chicago, picked up this leech video online and broadcast it to their American audience, and the American presenter said ‘This is incredible behaviour filmed by the BBC Natural History Unit for this new series, Wonders of the Monsoon.’ Of course this series was also co-produced by Animal Planet, and because this news piece has been broadcast in America, it was...
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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...based on three-year rolling averages). In global terms, this places Northern Ireland in the top quarter of the international league table of suicide rates. Tomlinson identified adults who as children had lived through the worst period of Troubles-related violence (from 1970 to 1977) as the age group that experienced the most rapid rise in suicides in the decade after...
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