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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...thinking for ourselves. The Leviathan For Spinoza, problems in Dutch society stemmed from the inappropriate intervention of religious power into its politics and everyday life. Instead, religion should be a matter of personal conscience, as well as one means of teaching everyone how to live together peacefully and cooperatively. His approach has often been compared to the...
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Article 10 mins
Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate
Languages

Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate

...think tank director – and prominent Remainer – Peter Wilding, used it in an article about the Eurozone crisis. It’s what’s known in linguistics as a blend – the result of a process whereby two words are fused together to create a new term. As a way of coining new words this is a very common process. In the last few years, for example, it’s given us such...
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Article 5 mins
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?

...think deeply about his jumping technique including a new two-arm swing skywards. The big jump The final ingredient in the mix is supreme confidence. Edwards’s 1995 season started well. A national record in his first contest, he was on his way. Then in June he achieved the longest leap of all time, 18.43m in Lille. Unfortunately the jump was only a hair’s breath,...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...think are more helpful: what does this change open up, and what does it close down? Reframing the question like this gets away from polarised ideas of right and wrong, good and bad. Instead it acknowledges the complexity of the situation and the fact that something can simultaneously expand understanding in some ways and constrain it in others. The main, extremely...
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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...thinking and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. It subsequently empowered them to discuss plans for leaving the refuge and returning to a life outside. Surprisingly, gaining employment was their main cause for concern around establishing a safe environment for themselves and their children. Domestic violence is a persistent and major problem throughout the world that...
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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...thinking, how to be a leader without the need for a title, to be trusted with other people’s money, kindness, generosity, bravery and strength. There was a strong ethos of “all roles are open to all”, so at various times I was a band leader, Sunday school teacher to the over 50s, choir director, an events planner, prayer co-ordinator, preacher (going too far there...
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Video 40 mins
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...think it gives majesty. I do not praise it … for there is more admiration and praise for the painter who imitates the rays of gold with colours’ (Alberti, 1966 [1435], p. 85). Here Alberti confronts the mentality that looked to precious materials for ostentation, and suggests that prestige lies in the prowess of the artist alone. Alberti goes further, however, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...systems and cause these changes. You will consider flows of water, heat and even pollution around the planet and look at how, through positive feedback processes, the flows that are affecting the Arctic are already changing the whole planet. There will be further changes, with an impact on us all. The Arctic is often considered a victim of climate change – and it...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs