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Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday
Education & Development

Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday

...think about the place those people took up in the world, the relationships they had and the spaces they left. The Imperial War Museums’ Lives of the First World War contains many personal stories about the lives of men and women from across the British Commonwealth that peace educators can use as a starting point for thinking about the effects of violent conflict. For...
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...think about the image of Jane Austen as it appears on the new banknote, however, allows us to think about what Austen means in contemporary culture. The choice itself suggests, for instance, that her image has become generally recognisable, or that if it isn’t, then it should be. It suggests, moreover, that Austen, whether you consider her as a person, an author, or a...
Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...thinks that this is a fatal objection to Nicias’s suggestion. Laches is assuming that it is just obvious that boars, stags and lions can be courageous, even though they do not have the kind of knowledge Nicias is describing. Nicias, though, digs in his heels. Animals, he insists, cannot be courageous. And this is just because they do not have the ability to predict...
How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...think you could fake those kinds of emotions when she is going through it like that”. Another said that he found her “convincing” because “she was emotional and upset right from the start”. That said, the complainant was sometimes seen as not emotional enough to be a credible rape victim. One juror said that they did not believe her story as “she didn't come...
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...thinking. Another aspect is that coloniality has survived decolonisation and still informs today’s globalised world, for example from the perspective of its economic organisation and division of labour: What is termed globalization is the culmination of a process that began with the constitution of America and colonial/modern Eurocentered capitalism as a new global...
Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...thinking about the environment as instrumental and extractive, looking at traditional knowledge and indigenous perspectives could constitute a possible way to start acting differently. The World Indigenous Science Network sees balance and respect as fundamental features of ecological knowledge. Indigenous scientists have repeatedly spoken out about how their knowledge are...
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...thinking of studying for a university degree and would like to develop the English reading and writing skills needed to succeed. You'll be introduced to academic reading and effective note-making strategies. You'll develop your essay writing. You'll look at academic style and vocabulary-building strategies. You'll also enhance your understanding of sentence structure and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...think about ‘treatment escalation plans’ that indicate a range of treatment decisions and encourage those caring for the patient to continue routine care as appropriate. The sociologist, Kellehear (2007) points out that dying does not take place in a social and physical vacuum. For example, it has implications for the way in which medicalised dying is managed. When...