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Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...circulating that humans are the only animal to experience sexual pleasure; that we approach sex in a way that is distinct from others. As with many questions about sex, this exposes some interesting facts about the way we discuss the subject. [Snails having sex] On one level, the question of whether humans and nonhumans experience sex in the same way is fairly simply...
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Why do we need free speech?
History & The Arts

Why do we need free speech?

...circulated that the presidential election had been stolen. Five lost their lives, while faith in democracy was deeply shaken. Even in the more peaceful world of universities, debates have also raged around the no-platforming and ‘cancelling’ of speakers on controversial issues. The current Education Secretary has tabled legislation to prevent ‘unacceptable silencing...
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Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...circulated. The huge increase in the scale and quantity of images transmitted or circulated via the mass-media over the last 75 years has made us all aware of iconic images; pictures which seem to possess the ability to sum up or symbolise important events, processes, or feelings. Such images provide important points of reference for us, anchoring our sense of identity in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...et al., 2023). This means viewing any form of neurodivergence as something different from what society describes as normal experiences (neurotypical), therefore that individual is ‘missing’ something in how their brain works or processes information. Consequently, these experiences are compared with what might be termed normal experiences which results in not only...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming ‘Nurses set to strike for first time in their history’. While the words made an eye-catching headline, they failed to recognise, and in effect denied, the history of industrial action by nurses, mainly women, in Scotland over the last fifty years. Strike action by nurses in Scotland has...
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Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...et al. (2000) The occurrence of deserts on a worldwide basis …, Environmental Physiology of Animals, Chapter 14. Blackwell Science Limited © Willmer et al. (2000) The occurrence of deserts on a worldwide basis …, Environmental Physiology of Animals, Chapter 14. Blackwell Science Limited Figure 1 Locations of deserts worldwide showing the broad latitudinal belts north...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...et al., 2017, p. 27). An effective TI organisation must have embedded values of physical and emotional safety, trust, choice, collaboration and empowerment (Fallot and Harris, 2009). Workforce trauma must be ‘recognised and supported, whether that stems from childhood adversity, adult trauma, or directly or indirectly through work’ (Gillespie-Smith et al., 2018, p....
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Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...et al., 2024). Barriers from individual teacher reader identities and varied school experiences may also need to be addressed (Hendry, 2022). Supporting new teachers begins by investigating their starting points in the knowledge of texts as well as their expectations of RfP pedagogy. Participants considered how they currently get to know new teachers as readers and...
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