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Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...resources: Shou, shinou, ey: Five major Arabic dialects and what makes them unique Did you know?: The Evolution of the Arabic language in the Silk Roads 18 Ways to Say Thank You in Arabic – Sound Like a Local The reasons that drive people to learn Arabic are varied, as it is a language with a long scientific, literary, and cultural history, and it is spoken by more than...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...humans and marine mammals for many years. Writing on her blog ScienceIntegrityDigest, Twitter, and PubPeer, she is an expert in detecting inappropriately duplicated or manipulated photographic images and plagiarised text in biomedical literature. Her investigative work has been featured in many international portals, including Nature News, the New York Times, and the...
Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...Humanities Research Council's Open World Research Initiative. The project aims to regenerate and transform modern language learning in the UK by foregrounding the power of language to shape how we live and make our worlds. It is led by King's College London in partnership with The Open University, Queen Mary University and the University of Westminster. The focus is on...
What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...Human Factors, 9(1), pp. 24–30. Jones, J.W. and Wuebker, L.J. (1993) ‘Safety locus of control and employees' accidents’, Journal of Business and Psychology, 7, pp. 449–57. Kyriacou, C. and Sutcliffe, J. (1997) ‘A note on teacher stress and locus of control’, Journal of Occupational Psychology, 52 (3), pp. 227–8. Popova, S. (2012) ‘Locus of Control -...
A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...human history, it is only in the last century or so that it has been recognized as a distinct phenomenon, something that children have a right to be protected from. In 1868, in rural Cheshire, John Bradley and his wife died within a few weeks of each other. They left a family of four young children under the age of eight. Several weeks later an aunt investigated, and...
The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...humans to make quick decisions around money and how engrained habits influence spending. He explains how nudges invite us to move away from habits which might not be serving us and towards more purposeful spending. He uses his own experiences around money to acknowledge that change is difficult – but possible. Transcript Find out more about Professor John and his work...
What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...human affairs.” This leads him to lament that in all religions “such a holy and necessary morality” has been sullied by all manner of ridiculous and risible stories. “Why is there not a single religion whose precepts do not come from a sage and whose dogmas are not of a madman?” He lays the blame for this at the feet of the disciples, who fear that their founder...
Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...resources into the state. The Democrats had, as of November 5, spent US$77.2m in TV ads in Florida; Trump has spent less than half that, at US$38.2m. The huge effort from the Democrats is especially telling: Florida has voted Republican many times before, and Clinton could win the White House without it, but it’s very difficult for Trump to get to the Oval Office...