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Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community
Science, Maths & Technology

Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

...everyday life...Transcript In a new documentary, Lisa Robinson – researcher, advocate and one of around a thousand UK university students of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) heritage – shares her community’s story. She explores cultural traditions, health inequalities and the legacy of centuries of discrimination, from forced migration to the horrors of the eugenics...
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Writing Poetry
History & The Arts

Writing Poetry

...own lives inform and inspire their poetry, and the way in which personal details can be changed or highlighted in order to produce dramatic poetry. Rhyme and Speech Rhyme is an intrinsic aspect of poetry, but is it wholly necessary? Paul Muldoon and Jackie Kay talk to about where – and where not – to use rhyme, and the intrinsic rhythm patterns in everyday speech....
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Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...English alphabet 1 2 3 4 5 1 A B C D E 2 F G H I/J K 3 L M N O P 4 Q R S T U 5 V W X Y Z Jump forward a few millennia to the France of Napoleon Bonaparte who wanted his soldiers to be able to communicate silently and in the dark. This led Captain Charles Barbier de la Serre to develop his Ecriture Nocturne (night reading) system. Barbier used a 6x6 grid with raised dots...
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What happens ‘When East Meets West’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens ‘When East Meets West’?

...English mother and Singaporean father, she strongly believes that celebrating differences – no matter what they are and how subtle they may appear – is something we should always foster, not fear. [illustration with map showing cultural identity ] What is cultural identity? Cultural identity may be a better way of allowing someone to have the freedom to self-identify...
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Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...English translation), which included losing an arm and then being cared for by the local inhabitants of the island, influenced Mizuki's work for the rest of his life. After surviving the war and being demobilized in 1945, like millions of other returning soldiers, the one-armed Mizuki struggled to find a way to make living in rural Tottori Prefecture. He would go on to...
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Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...everyday reading practices, these supported children’s RfP. These reading communities generated new kinds of talk about reading. Reciprocal and interactive reading communities enabled teachers to: Develop a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century Create new social spaces that encouraged choice, parental and library involvement and child...
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Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Languages

Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge

...English. The US market wasn’t the only one to change the title of the first to avoid a reference to philosophy, as this was seen as off-putting for a children’s book. The French title avoids any reference to a stone altogether with Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter at the Wizards’ School). The seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,...
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Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry
Health, Sports & Psychology

Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry

...everyday sexism. Already male pundits have been accused of patronising, condescending and sexist language on air. Meanwhile a male ex-footballer has complained about women being employed for commentating because of the “pitch” of their voices. This World Cup, you may have seen or listened to some new female pundits and commentators. Eniola Aluko, who plays for England...
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