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A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...children were dirty, for the languid mothers gave their strength to the loom; pious Dissenting women, perhaps, who took life patiently, and thought that salvation depended chiefly on predestination, and not at all on cleanliness. The gables of Dissenting chapels now made a visible sign of religion, and of a meeting-place to counterbalance the ale-house, even in the...
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Carnifal Butetown, y gorffennol, presennol, a'r dyfodol
History & The Arts

Carnifal Butetown, y gorffennol, presennol, a'r dyfodol

...Children holding hands in Butetown Carnival parade] Wrth adfywio, mae miloedd o dai newydd yn amgylchynu Butetown. Fodd bynnag, mae rhai rhannau o'r datblygiad wedi bod yno ers 30 mlynedd bellach. Roeddwn yn cerdded heibio Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru gyda'm hwyres, oedd yn dair oed ar y pryd. Edrychodd arno a dweud, 'Carnifal yn fan'na', a dyna lle mae wedi bod erioed, yn ei...
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Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2019). During the rest of the twenty-first century, climate change and changes to land use practices are projected to make wildfires even more frequent and intense. It is predicted that global wildfires will increase by 14 percent by 2030, 30 per...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...centre left) at a reception at Buckingham Palace, London on 29/11/22. Four years later in November 2022 the monarchy was back in the headlines for a similar event, following persistent questioning on the origin of charity boss Ngozi Fulani by Buckingham Palace Aide Susan Hussey. The palace, hosting the reception in honour of those who work in and around domestic abuse,...
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Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith
Education & Development

Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith

...children'). Mae Ian Kessler (2002) yn awgrymu'r rhesymau canlynol dros y datblygiadau hyn: In many areas of the UK, there have been growing problems recruiting and retaining qualified professionals such as nurses and teachers. There has been, from successive governments, a wish to ‘modernise’ public services to make them more responsive to their ‘clients’ and more...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...Children are born into a digital world and exposed to technology from a young age. At work, many routine processes are being automated, and according to some commentators, around 35 per cent of jobs are at high risk of computerisation (BBC News, 2015). Technology is impacting on every area of life and the speed of change is accelerating. All this has implications for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?

...centred around Trudeau’s lack of gravitas. One such repeatedly aired ad took the form of a hiring committee reviewing Trudeau’s resume and deciding “he’s just not ready” – a committee member patronisingly, “nice hair though”. The constant streams of attack ads against Trudeau may well have backfired in. Public expectations about him were so lowered that...
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP) on 25.7%, the far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) on 12.1% and the pro-Kurdish left-wing Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on 10.5%. The AKP is predicted to take 312 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP 135 seats, the HDP 60 and the MHP 43. This result is a big surprise, since pre-election polls forecast a result not...
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