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Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition
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Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition

...family A person talking about her family, who they are and what they do for a living A day in my life A person describing a typical day in their life Opening times Opening times in a shop Spare time activities Three people saying what they do in their spare time Preferences What do you enjoy doing? Invitations Short dialogues with 4 people accepting or declining an...
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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...family historian, it would surely be a terrific mission to find out how a Bible study class from the West Midlands came to erect a war memorial on top of a mountain in Scotland! Photo of Ben Nevis memorial plaque courtesy of coda on Flicker. Some rights reserved Symbolising values We may be somewhat ambivalent about war memorials, though. One could argue that World War II...
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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...family is astounding. In particular I was interested to hear both George and his father’s views on rugby and the current debate whether to remove tackling from the school game. Talking to The Times George’s father Simon Robinson said: “We have discussed it as a family…I would do anything for this not to have happened but I just think [that] it is the nature of...
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Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...families centred around the females – mothers and their daughters are the family focal points. Based on this social structure, the common assumption has long been that healthy animals strand themselves as an altruistic gesture, that they do so to continue caring for distressed family members. Recent work, however, casts doubt on this analysis, with genetic tests showing...
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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...families the opportunity for jobs, homes, education, health and a standard of living of which they could be proud. The 1944 Education Act was already on the statute book when the Labour government came to power. By raising the school-leaving age to 15 and later to 16, it was going to give children chances that their parents had never had - to carry their education on (if...
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Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Education & Development

Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual

...families of graduates know how to celebrate! I graduated in a beautiful cathedral and will forever have the memory of the stained-glass windows, the lanterns and the joy all around that you can’t help but absorb even when your minute of high-stakes walking is done. The OU are fairly relaxed so despite the formal outfits and hand-shaking, the audible whoops and just...
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The influence of From A Distance on audiences and participants
Society, Politics & Law

The influence of From A Distance on audiences and participants

...families experience when they become refugees. During the event audiences were invited to take part and to reflect on their own positioning, ethical responsibility towards refugees and how this affects their own identities. Below you can view how visitors felt about and reflected upon the influence that these drawings had on their perceptions of the refugees’...
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Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...family, and they were often very bored. I often used to wonder what the impact was on them in the long term. I only have to listen to a song from that era to be transported back, remembering all of those children. This experience made me develop a lifelong interest in children’s health and well-being. And then when I moved into education, I was asked to teach a child...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs