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The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...de la Concorde will create an impressive backdrop to showcase the talent and skills of the competing B-Boys and B-Girls, as breakers are known, but will it overcome the arguments of the critics that it is not really a sport? The following video introduces GB breaker Sam Phillips, a.k.a B-Boy Sheku. Sam talks about training as an athlete and dancing like an artist....
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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution The American Civil Rights Movement With a focus on the Sixties as experienced by the West, you’ll explore how the era has been presented as one of protest, change and crisis. You will explore the Sixties from the point of view of politics, society, culture, religion, economics and technology. In A Spiritual Revolution?: Wicca and...
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Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...De Brant’s (2019) research with athletes who had retired or were close to retirement explored what athletes themselves felt they had to offer in terms of competencies they had developed during their career. The strongest they identified were goal orientation, dedication to success and collaboration. For some athletes, a natural career path is one that sees them remain...
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A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar
Health, Sports & Psychology

A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar

...faqs/track-your-mood-scale (accessed 24/02/23) NHS Digital (2021) Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2014. Available at https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey-survey-of-mental-health-and-wellbeing-england-2014 (accessed...
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What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...classes and that we are facing a chronic shortage of teachers, the whole area of the government’s strategic planning in education is called into question. [David Cameron visits the Magna Academy in Poole] David Cameron on a visit to the Magna Academy, Poole A sticking plaster approach As parliament’s public accounts committee pointed out in January 2015: “The DfE...
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Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...class homes had accessed synchronous or asynchronous learning opportunities, compared with just 16% of working class pupils. The Children’s Commissioner for England rightly highlights concerns around the widening of this disadvantage gap, most often noticed during the longer summer break. The digital divide has also widened – not all families have access to multiple...
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...de la Chine (The Chinese Orphan) before a bust of the then exiled author The philosophes saw themselves as engaged in a battle for minds; they appealed to something which they saw and cultivated as a new factor in European society: public opinion. It was with public opinion in mind that they criticised existing institutions in France and what they saw as a corrupt and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs