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Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about FGM to: recognise women and girls at risk and escalate immediately to the relevant bodies. meet the needs of women and girls who have had FGM with a compassionate, non-judgmental, person-centred, holistic approach. signpost people to appropriate supportive care and resources. work effectively...
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How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...works from 1957 to 1967 illustrate how King’s political thought evolved from a hopeful reformer to a radical critic. King’s support for white moderates For much of the 1950s, King believed that white southern ministers could provide moral leadership. He thought the white racists of the South could be countered by the ministers who took a stand for equality. At the...
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The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...work at an optimal level. This will help our body and brain to cope better with changes that ageing brings. The famous motto that goes with ageing is: ‘Use it or lose it’. This is true about all physical functions as well as our brain functions. We do need to regularly exercise/train the functions we do not want to lose. Not being able to concentrate and/or feeling...
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Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Voluntary Gravedigging in the West of Ireland

...working with picks and shovels to dig a grave that measures approximately 7ft x 3ft x 6ft deep. This takes them between two and five hours to do, depending on the ground conditions and whether it is an old or new grave. If it is an old grave, it will be easier to dig but will be a more complex and sensitive job as human remains are put to one side to be reinterred later....
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Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...work in times of unprecedented crisis, either nationally or continentally. “More Europe” is unlikely to provide a solution to the democratic malaise and anti-establishment feelings in many national landscapes. And “better Europe” will not work either if it does not address the fundamental legitimacy problems at the EU level, where integration is perceived as an...
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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...work to make all the reading undertaken – in English lessons, in projects and in cross curricula and extra curricula contexts – pleasurable. But in order to foster reading for pleasure in schools, homes and community contexts, conceptual clarity is essential, alongside awareness of the subtle differences between reading for pleasure, pleasure in reading and their...
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The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of Scotland's patron saint...The acts of this apostle’s martyrdom, though rejected by Tillemont, &c. are maintained to be genuine by Nat. Alexander, Hist. t. 1, and by Mr. Woog, professor of history and antiquities at Leipsic, in learned dissertations published in 1748 and 1751. The authority of this piece being contested,...
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Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...work through this course, you will become familiar with the deeper levels of harmony in Mozart's piano sonatas...This free course, Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground, continues our examination of 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of analysing tonal music. In this course, this method is explained...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs