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Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...Introduction - Family life is continuously changing in many ways. This course looks at the change, or lack of change, in the role of women and men in the home. The discussion of this topic will focus on the connectedness between women’s work in the paid labour force and their work in the home. In addition, underlying this will be our recognition that family life today...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...management and treatment. In particular, post-mortem and pathological studies were to be carried out to determine the causes of death. Cleaning Some of the materials and methods used for cleaning at the various centres proved to be unsuitable for emaciated and highly stressed birds. The process took far too long, the detergents caused irritation, and often oil stains were...
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Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...Introduction - In this course you will find out some of the things very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life and relationships from birth. You will look at what they need from other adults and children, and what they can learn. Using a video extract, you will observe and listen to young babies in action, and learn from them....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Building the first Thames sewer system
Science, Maths & Technology

Building the first Thames sewer system

...project, the Victoria Embankment, wasn't officially opened until July 1870. However, the works themselves were a great success; the cement built sewer system lasted well into the 20th Century - and had London's population not expanded so rapidly, the tunnels would probably still be happily carting sewage away from the City now. However, with many more people, and much...
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The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...project – or indeed any other party at all. A large number of the rejections appear to be students. Rachel O’Brien is also a student activist and a current student in Birmingham. She describes herself as “heavily critical of the Labour Party and their current policies – but not opposed to the party as a whole”, and has, like Craig, never been a member of another...
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Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey
History & The Arts

Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey

...projected to appear in three volumes. He despairingly wrote to me: after weeding out the forests of rubbish, I believe it will make only one decent volume. At that time he was direly beset with visitations more terrible than the normal poverty of authors. A little before I knew him he had come one morning to my friend Hill, wet and shivering, having slept under a hayrick...
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Article 10 mins
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...project.” Again, this applies equally whether you are adapting services in an emergency or ensuring that they are future-proof. References Bodde, Amy E.; Seo, Dong-Chul (2009) A review of social and environmental barriers to physical activity for adults with intellectual disabilities. Disability and Health Journal. 2(2(, pp. 57-66. Carers UK (2020) Carers Week 2020...
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Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...projecting another SNP landslide with it forecast to win 60% of the vote. Labour’s demise in Scotland has been in the making for some considerable time now. As the primary defenders of the Union in Scotland – arguably on a Wales and England basis too – they have found themselves in the unenviable position of defending what for growing numbers in Scotland is the UK...
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