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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...researched or ‘hidden’. While we may seek to take some comfort from assumptions that discussions of poverty and inequality should start from questions of social justice, this contrasts with long-standing ideas that the poor are a ‘problem’, at times a ‘dangerous’ population. Such populations are also often associated with particular places; for instance, with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...children. Like Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation that sparked Arab Spring (and, coincidentally, the current civil war in Syria), the image of Aylan, too, has the capacity to change the world. Bouazizi was not the first person to set himself alight in protest, just as Aylan was not the first child to wash ashore on Mediterranean beaches. [Asylum seekers arrive in...
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Article 5 mins
Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?

...children for the agreed contact time together. Wanting to ‘move on’ and put the grief associated with the relationship breakdown behind them can be frustrated by the regular reminders. It is as if the wound starts to heal, but then is opened again. It leaves us wondering to what extent the acrimony that can arise in such circumstances is caused, in part at least, by...
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Article 5 mins
War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...children in an air raid. This reminds us that it wasn’t just World War II in which people on the ‘home front’ were under threat from the enemy. Photo of Poplar memorial courtesy of Fin Fahey. Some rights reserved [War memorial] The fabric of national life This plaque on Ben Nevis is the highest memorial in Britain. But that’s not the only reason it’s remarkable....
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Article 10 mins
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...children in the world under the age of five are overweight or obese, while 155 million children in the same age group are too short for their age and a further 52 million children in this age group are too thin for their height (WHO, 2017). The problem of malnutrition goes hand-in-hand with poverty and poverty makes nutritious food unaffordable. In Activity 1, you will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...children outside. And that budgerigar changed his life. And I recorded this interview with him and I then recorded a prison chaplain talking about the journey people go on in prison. I put the two interviews together with a bit of music and it won a Sony Gold. It took me a day and a half to make! Can you mix natural history with environmental issues? I don’t think...
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Video 20 mins
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...children ‘sample’ a range of different sports (Côté, 1999). From this initial entry phase into sport, people go on to have different relationships and experiences associated with sport whether through participation or, in some cases, as a career. What transitions have you experienced so far? Activity 2 Your journey so far Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Whether you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...Centre talks to Professor Linda Colley of Princeton University about her book 'Acts of Union and Disunion' and the wider issues of the union of the United Kingdom, national identity and devolution. This event was hosted by The Open University in Wales in partnership with Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre in March 2014. 66 days: It was announced 29,474,000...
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Activity 5 mins