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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...with philosophy”. Transcript References Hobbes, Thomas. (2017 [1651]). Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Spinoza, Benedictus de. (2016 [1670]). “Theological-Political Treatise”, in The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume II, trans. Edwin Curley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Discover more articles like this Study a free course on human rights and politics...
Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...studying his 2001 authorised biography, A Time to Jump, and his subsequent public comments can give us more insight. Early years A key ingredient in Edwards’s success was a genetic blueprint that meant he had raw speed on the track (according to his biography, his best 100m time is 10.48 sec). Speed as you approach take-off in triple and long jump is one of the key...
Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?

...study, the Football Association has announced new heading guidance for youth training (under 18s) but only at grassroots level. This includes no heading during training for primary school children, a graduated approach to heading training for older children, and specified ball sizes for training and matches. This goes part of the way to reducing the risk but heading is...
Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...Studies scholars, technologies are never neutral and hold the potential to exacerbate existing inequalities in benefits from innovations. A digital divide, or space gap, exists in access to space benefits. For example, UNESCO has reported that 45% of the world's population still do not have access to the internet. In the era of COVID, this means a lack of access to...
The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...studied a long time to prepare himself for the functions of the holy ministry. At length, coming out of his solitude, like the Baptist out of the desert, he preached the word of eternal life to the Britons. He built a chapel at Glastenbury, a place which had been consecrated to the divine worship by the first apostles of this island. He founded twelve monasteries, the...
The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...To find out more about the history of women and the vote see: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/ There is more information about regional women’s history in Jane Long (1999) Conversations in Cold Rooms: Women, Work and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Northumberland, Royal Historical Society Studies in History...
Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...studies which focuses on the experience of women, and especially young women, has its roots in the dreaded 'f' word - feminism! There is a view that feminism is redundant: it succeeded, we're now all equal and so there's no need to talk about it any more! It's rather as if women have graduated from some useful but restricted experience, like school or army training....
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Studies qualifications. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two principal festivals celebrated by Muslims, with the other being the Eid al-Adha. Eid means festival and the Eid al-Fitr is the Feast of Breaking the Fast, sometimes also called the Festival of Sweets. It may be referred to as the ‘lesser Eid’, and the Eid al-Adha the ‘greater Eid’. The Prophet Muhammad is...
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